Articles tagged under: CoronaVirus

No mandatory COVID test before arrests in Gujarat

December 01, 2023
No mandatory COVID test before arrests in Gujarat

Gandhinagar: The Gujarat Police will no longer be required to conduct a COVID-19 test before arresting any accused individuals. The Health Department of the Gujarat Government today reversed the previous circular that mandated COVID testing prior to arrest of any individuals. In a new circular addressed to the Gujarat Police and health officials, the government announced the discontinuation of mandatory coronavirus tests for accused persons. Given the decline in the COVID-19, all prior circul...Read More

Gujarat joins nationwide drill to assess preparedness against Covid-19

April 10, 2023
Gujarat joins nationwide drill to assess preparedness against Covid-19

Gandhinagar: Amid the surge in Coronavirus cases in the state, a two-day mock drill started on Monday as part of a nationwide effort to evaluate the emergency preparedness of both public and private hospitals. The mock drill will continue on Tuesday and is being held in numerous public and private healthcare facilities across India. The mock drill is being carried out in 9,231 sub-health centres, 1,475 primary health centres, 356 community health centres, civil hospitals, and private hospital...Read More

COVID-19 under control in Gujarat; Mock drill on April 10-11: Health Minister

April 08, 2023
COVID-19 under control in Gujarat; Mock drill on April 10-11: Health Minister

Gandhinagar: The COVID-19 situation is under control in Gujarat, and the state will also organize a mock drill in all COVID hospitals on April 10-11, said the state health minister on Friday. During a review meeting chaired by Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Friday, Rushikesh Patel, a health minister of Gujarat, stated that the COVID-19 situation in the state was under control, with 20,000 to 22,000 tests being conducted daily to detect infections. Patel added that Gujarat was o...Read More

Mandatory RTPCR test for passengers from 6 countries entering Gujarat

April 01, 2023
Mandatory RTPCR test for passengers from 6 countries entering Gujarat

Gandhinagar: The Government of Gujarat has made it mandatory for passengers coming from China, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, and Thailand to submit a negative report of an RTPCR test. Passengers coming from these six countries will be allowed to travel only if they provide a negative report of an RTPCR test taken within 72 hours prior to their journey. The negative report must be submitted on the Air Suvidha portal. The state health department has decided to continue implementing ...Read More

2,247 active cases of Covid 19 in Gujarat; 908 in Ahmedabad

March 31, 2023
2,247 active cases of Covid 19 in Gujarat; 908 in Ahmedabad

Amdavad: On Friday morning, Ahmedabad district, including the city, recorded 908 Covid cases, accounting for 40% of the 2,247 active cases in Gujarat. As per Friday morning's data, Gujarat had 2,247 active cases, accounting for 14.7% of the country's total active cases which is 15208. Ahmedabad alone has more active cases than 20 Indian states. However, experts suggest that the higher number of tests and population composition are factors behind the increase in cases. DeshGujaratRead More

Less than 3 percent Covid cases need hospitalization in Gujarat: Govt

March 30, 2023
Less than 3 percent Covid cases need hospitalization in Gujarat: Govt

Gandhinagar: Hospitalization in Covid infection cases at present in Gujarat is less than 3 percent. Gujarat witnesses daily 268 covid tests per million. Mock drills across private and government hospitals will be carried out on 10-11 April. These details were shared by the Government of Gujarat today in a note, regarding the review meeting held by the Gujarat Chief Minister on the current situation of covid-19 cases in the State and the preparedness of the Health department. DeshGujarat Le...Read More

PM Modi reviews the situation arising out of increasing cases of Covid-19 and influenza

March 22, 2023
PM Modi reviews the situation arising out of increasing cases of Covid-19 and influenza

New Delhi: Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi today chaired a high-level meeting to assess the Covid-19 & Influenza situation in the country in terms of preparedness of health infrastructure & logistics, status of the vaccination campaign, emergence of new Covid-19 variants & Influenza types and their public health implications for the country. This high-level review meeting comes in the backdrop of a spike in Influenza cases in the country & rise of Covid-19 cases in the past 2 w...Read More

Surat reports first Covid19 death in state after 41 day

March 11, 2023
Surat reports first Covid19 death in state after 41 day

Surat: After a period of 41 days, Gujarat has witnessed its first corona-related death in Surat, which also happens to be the first Covid death in the city in six months. Meanwhile, the number of new and active Covid cases is steadily increasing in the state. On Friday, 24 new patients were identified, bringing the total number of active cases to 151. Among the new cases, Ahmedabad city reported eleven cases, Mehsana had three, and Rajkot, Surat cities and Surat district each had two. Of the ...Read More

AMC resumes vaccinations at urban health centers

January 17, 2023

Amdavad: Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation, has resumed the vaccination drive in urban health centres from today. After going through a vaccine crunch for about 20 days the civic body received a french stock of 43,000 doses of Covid19 vaccines. According to Health Department, the union government has sent 25000 doses of Covishield and 18000 doses of Covaxin. Before going through vaccine shortage the AMC had administered 51.09 lakh first doses and 47.12 lakh second doses to citizens above 18 ...Read More

No new case of Covid19 recorded in Gujarat

January 12, 2023

Gandhinagar: Despite the resurgence of Coronavirus in many countries, Gujarat yesterday saw no new case of Covid 19 after 1029 days. For the first time since March 2020, when the outbreak of Covid 19 happened, the state recorded zero cases on Wednesday. According to the Health Department, As of yesterday, Gujarat only had 22 active cases. Out of these 22, 12 are from Ahmedabad. The nationwide number of active Covid 19 cases stands at 2342. DeshGujaratRead More