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Nitish Kumar Urges Centre To Provide Fresh COVID-19 Vaccine Stocks
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today urged the Centre to provide fresh stocks of COVID vaccine vials so that administering of jabs, which is currently on hold, could be resumed.
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4 Foreigners Test Covid Positive At Bihar's Gaya Airport, Isolated
Four foreign nationals have tested positive following RTPCR tests at Bihar's Gaya Airport and have been kept in isolation at a hotel.
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Caught On Camera: Bihar Woman Health Worker Attacked For A Day's Absence
Grassroots health workers at Bihar's Jamui district threatened to boycott vaccination duty after one of them was attacked by a hospital's stafffor not reporting to work for a day.
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"Took 11 Vaccine Shots": Probe In Bihar After 84-Year-Old's Bizarre Claim
An 84-year-old man's bizarre claim of having received 11 shots of Covid vaccine has prompted authorities in Bihar to launch a probe.
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Bihar Deputy Chief Ministers, 2 Ministers Covid+ve After Public Events
Bihar Deputy Chief Ministers Tarkishore Prasad and Renu Devi, and two of their cabinet colleagues - Ashok Choudhary and Sunil Kumar - have all tested positive for COVID-19.
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"3rd Covid Wave Has Started": Nitish Kumar As Bihar Sees 1st Omicron Case
A day after Bihar reported its first Omicron case, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Friday said that the third wave of COVID-19 has begun in the state and urged people to remain vigilant.
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Bihar Makes Covid Test Must For Those Visiting During Diwali, Chhath
The Bihar government has made COVID-19 test mandatory for those coming from other states during Diwali and Chhath festivals, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said on Monday.
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Bihar To Verify Covid Deaths After Row Over Unaccounted Figures
After the Patna High Court expressed its displeasure, the Bihar Health Department has set up a three-tier committee to verify and update the recording and reporting of coronavirus--related deaths during the second wave of infections in the state.
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Bihar's Pandemic Deaths Secrecy Myopic, Not Legally Desirable: High Court
The Patna High Court on Saturday once again pulled up Bihar's Nitish Kumar government for what it called an "opaque system" of maintaining birth and death records.
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Bihar Saw Nearly 75,000 Unaccounted Deaths Amid 2nd Covid Wave, Data Shows
Bihar's Civil Registration System showing a difference of about 82,500 between the number of deaths in January-May 2021 and the same period last year. Yet, the official Covid-related death number during this time is only a little over 7,700.
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Bihar Revises Covid Deaths By 72% To More Than 9,000, Sets Off New Row
Bihar's massive revision in its Covid deaths figure to over 9,000 has become controversial with the 72 per cent jump raising more questions. Because of Bihar's update, India reported 6,148 new deaths today, the highest single-day spike.
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Bihar Health Department Revises COVID-19 Fatalities, Confirms More Than 9,000 Deaths
The number of COVID-19 deathsin Bihar was on Wednesday revised drastically upwards by the state health department which put the total number of fatalities caused by the pandemic at 9,429.
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Panchayat Polls Delayed Due To Covid Surge In Bihar, Cabinet Nod For Alternative Arrangement
The Nitish Kumar government in Bihar on Tuesday amended the states Panchayati Raj Act, paving way for setting up advisory committees for supervising the functioning of the village bodies till fresh elections to these could be held.
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Impressed By Bihar App For Covid Patients At Home, PM Seeks Info For Nationwide Use: Report
An innovative Home Isolation Tracking (HIT) App developed by the Bihar government to monitor the condition of Covid patients recuperating at their homes has drawn special praise from Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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Lockdown In Bihar Till May 15, Says Nitish Kumar As Covid Cases Rise
Bihar will go into a lockdown till May 15, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said today amid the incessant rise of COVID-19 cases. The decision came hours after the Patna High Court ordered the government to declare a lockdown, warning that it may step in.
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Nitish Kumar Urges Centre To Provide Fresh COVID-19 Vaccine Stocks
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today urged the Centre to provide fresh stocks of COVID vaccine vials so that administering of jabs, which is currently on hold, could be resumed.
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4 Foreigners Test Covid Positive At Bihar's Gaya Airport, Isolated
Four foreign nationals have tested positive following RTPCR tests at Bihar's Gaya Airport and have been kept in isolation at a hotel.
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Caught On Camera: Bihar Woman Health Worker Attacked For A Day's Absence
Grassroots health workers at Bihar's Jamui district threatened to boycott vaccination duty after one of them was attacked by a hospital's stafffor not reporting to work for a day.
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"Took 11 Vaccine Shots": Probe In Bihar After 84-Year-Old's Bizarre Claim
An 84-year-old man's bizarre claim of having received 11 shots of Covid vaccine has prompted authorities in Bihar to launch a probe.
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Bihar Deputy Chief Ministers, 2 Ministers Covid+ve After Public Events
Bihar Deputy Chief Ministers Tarkishore Prasad and Renu Devi, and two of their cabinet colleagues - Ashok Choudhary and Sunil Kumar - have all tested positive for COVID-19.
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"3rd Covid Wave Has Started": Nitish Kumar As Bihar Sees 1st Omicron Case
A day after Bihar reported its first Omicron case, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Friday said that the third wave of COVID-19 has begun in the state and urged people to remain vigilant.
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Bihar Makes Covid Test Must For Those Visiting During Diwali, Chhath
The Bihar government has made COVID-19 test mandatory for those coming from other states during Diwali and Chhath festivals, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said on Monday.
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Bihar To Verify Covid Deaths After Row Over Unaccounted Figures
After the Patna High Court expressed its displeasure, the Bihar Health Department has set up a three-tier committee to verify and update the recording and reporting of coronavirus--related deaths during the second wave of infections in the state.
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Bihar's Pandemic Deaths Secrecy Myopic, Not Legally Desirable: High Court
The Patna High Court on Saturday once again pulled up Bihar's Nitish Kumar government for what it called an "opaque system" of maintaining birth and death records.
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Bihar Saw Nearly 75,000 Unaccounted Deaths Amid 2nd Covid Wave, Data Shows
Bihar's Civil Registration System showing a difference of about 82,500 between the number of deaths in January-May 2021 and the same period last year. Yet, the official Covid-related death number during this time is only a little over 7,700.
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Bihar Revises Covid Deaths By 72% To More Than 9,000, Sets Off New Row
Bihar's massive revision in its Covid deaths figure to over 9,000 has become controversial with the 72 per cent jump raising more questions. Because of Bihar's update, India reported 6,148 new deaths today, the highest single-day spike.
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Bihar Health Department Revises COVID-19 Fatalities, Confirms More Than 9,000 Deaths
The number of COVID-19 deathsin Bihar was on Wednesday revised drastically upwards by the state health department which put the total number of fatalities caused by the pandemic at 9,429.
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Panchayat Polls Delayed Due To Covid Surge In Bihar, Cabinet Nod For Alternative Arrangement
The Nitish Kumar government in Bihar on Tuesday amended the states Panchayati Raj Act, paving way for setting up advisory committees for supervising the functioning of the village bodies till fresh elections to these could be held.
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Impressed By Bihar App For Covid Patients At Home, PM Seeks Info For Nationwide Use: Report
An innovative Home Isolation Tracking (HIT) App developed by the Bihar government to monitor the condition of Covid patients recuperating at their homes has drawn special praise from Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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Lockdown In Bihar Till May 15, Says Nitish Kumar As Covid Cases Rise
Bihar will go into a lockdown till May 15, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said today amid the incessant rise of COVID-19 cases. The decision came hours after the Patna High Court ordered the government to declare a lockdown, warning that it may step in.
