
April 10, 2021 03:36 IST
Mumbai will shut all its 72 private vaccination centres for the next three days in view of vaccine shortage. “If we don’t receive more stock by Sunday, even government centres will be shut from Monday,” said Dr Mangala Gomare, executive health officer in BMC.
Sat, Apr 10, 2021
April 10, 2021 00:58 IST
Maharashtra, Delhi, Gujarat, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh have reported a shortage of Remdesivir as Covid-19 cases surge.
Mon, Apr 12, 2021
April 09, 2021 22:19 IST
Private centres in Mumbai to be shut for 3 days.
Fri, Apr 09, 2021
April 09, 2021 02:16 IST
Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope, however, reiterated that they would need at least 40 lakh doses per week to run its vaccination drive without hitches.
Fri, Apr 09, 2021
April 09, 2021 01:40 IST
Nagpur is the worst affected. On Thursday, it had only three ventilator beds left.
Fri, Apr 09, 2021
April 09, 2021 00:20 IST
The civic body wants to scale up to a lakh vaccinations daily but has not received equivalent supply, said officials.
Fri, Apr 09, 2021
April 07, 2021 22:28 IST
In a meeting between the central government and the state government on Wednesday, the Centre said Maharashtra could reach 11 lakh active Covid-19 cases by April 30 if the surge continues uncontrolled and no restrictions are put in place.
Wed, Apr 07, 2021
April 07, 2021 15:36 IST
Maharashtra estimates that its stock of 15.76 lakh doses of Covaxin and Covishield will be exhausted in three days.
Thu, Apr 08, 2021
April 07, 2021 03:35 IST
As on Tuesday, more than 34,100 of the 4.5 lakh actively infected patients in Maharashtra were on oxygen support.
Wed, Apr 07, 2021
April 07, 2021 03:25 IST
Resident doctors at T N Topiwala medical college in Mumbai went on mass leave on Tuesday to protest against the conversion of the hospital into a dedicated Covid-19 facility.
Wed, Apr 07, 2021
April 06, 2021 23:21 IST
A disruption in supply chain has caused shortage of Remdesivir in a few districts.
Wed, Apr 07, 2021
April 05, 2021 01:37 IST
Many workers said they are mulling returning home. Anticipating a lockdown, some began leaving the city over the past two days.
Mon, Apr 05, 2021
April 04, 2021 04:20 IST
All 2,214 oxygen beds were occupied over Friday and Saturday in the district, where the positivity rate was 43.8 per cent in the closing days of March. Of a total 15,484 active cases, 4,600 are under home isolation.
Sun, Apr 04, 2021
April 03, 2021 03:58 IST
As a second Covid wave rolls over Maharashtra, mainly the rural areas, patients are forced to travel long distances to seek treatment. At Nashik civil hospital, a nodal centre for rural areas, all the 110 beds are full.
Sat, Apr 03, 2021
March 31, 2021 04:23 IST
In a grim indicator of the worsening Covid-19 situation, queues at RT-PCR testing centres in Mumbai have increased, with a waiting time that ranges between 3 to 4 hours for swab collection. The test reports now take up to 48 hours to arrive.
Wed, Mar 31, 2021
March 30, 2021 01:30 IST
Maharashtra has recorded close to six lakh Covid-19 cases this month and registered over 2,100 deaths. Over the last two weeks, Maharashtra has recorded a 32.21 per cent rise in coronavirus cases.
Tue, Mar 30, 2021
March 29, 2021 22:16 IST
The move comes in the backdrop of rising cases and scarcity of beds noticed in private hospitals over the last few days.
Mon, Mar 29, 2021
March 29, 2021 02:21 IST
The lockdown option was discussed at a meeting Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray had with Health Minister Rajesh Tope, Health Secretary Dr Pradeep Vyas, and the Covid Task Force to consider ways to bring the surge in cases under control.
Mon, Mar 29, 2021
March 28, 2021 23:11 IST
Mumbai Covid-19: Officials said people with even mild symptoms want to get admitted to hospitals. Also, while beds are available in government facilities, many prefer beds in private hospitals.
Sun, Mar 28, 2021
March 28, 2021 01:26 IST
The hospital had 35 staffers on duty at time of incident. The maintenance staff began searching for the source of smoke in the hospital and the nursing staff began the evacuation process, said CEO Dr Hafeez Rehman. The entire mall, at that point, was deserted.
Sun, Mar 28, 2021
March 27, 2021 07:44 IST
The couple, both Covid-19 positive, were admitted to Sunrise hospital at 6 pm on Thursday, and were in a private room.
Sat, Mar 27, 2021
March 27, 2021 04:28 IST
Health department employees dug up details of patients from their war room data to get the phone numbers of all patients admitted in the hospital in the last few days and began calling them to get an update on their location.
Sat, Mar 27, 2021
March 27, 2021 04:15 IST
The couple, both Covid-19 positive, were admitted to Sunrise hospital at 6 pm on Thursday, and were in a private room. At 11 pm, Madhuri saw smoke entering the room.
Sat, Mar 27, 2021
March 27, 2021 04:14 IST
Bodies of two other patients, who died of Covid-19 a few hours before the fire broke out, were also recovered.
Sat, Mar 27, 2021
March 27, 2021 01:22 IST
Navghar resident Harish Karamchand Sachdeva (60) was also admitted at 4 pm on Friday to the ICU at Sunrise hospital with high flow oxygen support.
Sat, Mar 27, 2021



