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The decision to increase Covid-19 bed strength in government hospitals comes in the wake of increasing complaints from people on the lack of bed availability for treating Covid-19 patients. (DC file photo)

45,000 beds to be ready for corona patients in Andhra Pradesh

Officials are trying to trace people showing corona symptoms within three hours of receiving a call on 104 toll free...

19 April 2021 11:44 PM IST

Telangana CM K Chandrasekhar Rao. (CMO Telangana/Twitter)

Telangana CM K Chandrashekar Rao tests positive for COVID-19

Rao had mild symptoms, following which he had undergone the tests while tests conducted on the personal staff of the CM...

19 April 2021 10:13 PM IST

Telangana Health minister Etala Rajendar. (DC Image)

COVID-19: Etala plays down health officials' grim assessment in...

There appears to be some stark contrasts in the ways the government, and the health officials, have been speaking about...

19 April 2021 1:46 AM IST

Oxygen cylinders brought from Maharashtra being unloaded from a truck. (PTI File)

Railways' 'Oxygen Express' trains to meet high demand amid surge in...

Amid spiralling coronavirus cases in the country, the demand for medical oxygen in the country has gone through the roof

19 April 2021 1:27 AM IST

Cipla Ltd will price its generic version of Gilead Sciences Incs antiviral drug remdesivir for use in COVID-19 patients. (Photo- Twitter)

Top Remdesivir supplier grilled in Mumbai as MVA & BJP tussle

Furious BJP leaders have accused the Maharashtra state government of harassing the Remdesivir suppliers in the state

19 April 2021 12:39 AM IST

AP has geared up vaccinate almost half a million healthcare and frontline workers against Coronavirus. (Photo: DC/Narasimha Murthy)

Drive to vaccinate five lakh healthcare, frontline workers from today...

AP Covid nodal officer Dr. Srikanth said CM Jagan has ordered that vaccination of all healthcare and frontline workers...

19 April 2021 12:17 AM IST

A. B. Venkateswara Rao. (DC File Image)

Andhra Pradesh government initiates disciplinary proceedings against...

GO directed Venkateswara Rao to submit a written statement within 30 days of his defence and state whether he desires to...

19 April 2021 12:09 AM IST

A student washes her hands at Chamata Girls School after schools re-opened following a gap of more then seven months due to coronavirus pandemic, at Chamata in Nalbari district, Monday, Nov. 2, 2020. (PTI Photo)

Stifling classrooms exposing children to virus in Kurnool

DMHO says most positive cases are reported from urban areas like Nandyal, Adoni and Kurnool and that too from...

18 April 2021 11:50 PM IST

The Centre has purchased 11 million doses of Covishield vaccine for the ongoing inoculation drive. (Photo: AP)

Andhra Pradesh gets two lakh Covishield doses

The state has eight lakh vaccine doses and from Monday the vaccination doses will be administered to beneficiaries...

18 April 2021 11:30 PM IST

Is it more important to go have some drinks, join dance parties, consume liquor when other people are dying, asked Dr G. Srinivasa Rao, Director of Health Services. Representational image

Bars, pubs become virus hotspot in Telangana

During tracing and tracking, it was found that 40 Covid-19 cases were linked to just one pub, another 32 cases were...

18 April 2021 8:09 AM IST

Government of India had approved the use of Covaxin as part of the vaccination drive as one under a clinical trial mode . This, it was learnt, was causing concern among potential recipients of this particular vaccine among some healthcare personnel in the state. (Representational Photo)

Andhra Pradesh gets 6 lakh doses of vaccine

Five lakh doses of Covishield and one lakh doses of Covaxin were distributed to the districts as per requirement on...

18 April 2021 7:56 AM IST

Currently, the Phase I of the vaccination programme is reserved for medical professionals and hospital workers in the government and private sector across the country. (Representational Photo: AP)

Vaccination suspended in Telangana as vaccines yet to come

There will not be any vaccination at government Covid vaccination centres on April 18

18 April 2021 7:39 AM IST