Covid-19 Goa

Telangana Police were camping in Goa after a court in Mapusa had directed Edwin Nunes earlier this week to surrender in Anjuna for forging a COVID-19 certificate

In wake of rising cases of COVID-19, the Goa government on Wednesday advised citizens to continue wearing masks and follow Covid appropriate behaviour.

Goa failed to begin administering of booster doses of COVID-19 vaccines from Sunday due to unavailability of jabs at some private centres and as the medical staff of such facilities is yet to be trained for the purpose, an official said.

In the wake of a decline in COVID-19 cases in Goa, the state education department had last week issued a circular for the resumption of offline classes from Monday.

Trinamool Congress' Goa unit has written a letter to the Chief Electoral Officer demanding to prohibit Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra from campaigning in the state, alleging that she violated COVID-19 norms.

The ISL is being held behind closed doors, across three stadiums in Goa owing to the pandemic

A cruise ship, Cordelia, on which 66 of the over 2,000 people on board tested positive for COVID-19 yesterday has been sent back to Mumbai from a port in Goa, news agency PTI reported this morning.

Sixty-six passengers in a cruise ship that sailed from Mumbai to Goa have tested positive for COVID-19. In a tweet, Goa Health Minister Vishwajit Rane said some 2,000 samples were tested on board the cruise ship, Cordelia.

Chief Minister Pramod Sawant, who chaired the Task Force's meeting on COVID-19 on Monday, told reporters that the Goa government would also impose night curfew in the state.

Goa recorded a massive jump in coronavirus cases on Monday, at 388, with around 10.7 percent of COVID-19 tests returning positive - a high positivity rate considered one of the first signs of an impending wave of infections.

The Goa government is aiming to inoculate all 72,000 children in the 15-18 age group against COVID-19 with the first dose in the next four days after vaccination opens for them on Monday, state Health Minister Vishwajit Rane said on Sunday.

The Goa government on Thursday said all international passengers, including those travelling from "non-high risk" countries, will be tested for COVID-19 on their arrival at the coastal state's lone airport.

Goa will make it mandatory for people to be fully vaccinated or carry a COVID-19 negative report to attend parties or enter restaurants, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said today. This would be valid for all New Year celebrations too across the state.

"We are both completely asymptomatic and have immediately quarantined," wrote the actor

Four passengers from the United Kingdom tested positive for COVID-19 after arriving in Goa today, state Health Minister Vishwajit Rane said.

Telangana Police were camping in Goa after a court in Mapusa had directed Edwin Nunes earlier this week to surrender in Anjuna for forging a COVID-19 certificate

In wake of rising cases of COVID-19, the Goa government on Wednesday advised citizens to continue wearing masks and follow Covid appropriate behaviour.

Goa failed to begin administering of booster doses of COVID-19 vaccines from Sunday due to unavailability of jabs at some private centres and as the medical staff of such facilities is yet to be trained for the purpose, an official said.

In the wake of a decline in COVID-19 cases in Goa, the state education department had last week issued a circular for the resumption of offline classes from Monday.

Trinamool Congress' Goa unit has written a letter to the Chief Electoral Officer demanding to prohibit Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra from campaigning in the state, alleging that she violated COVID-19 norms.

The ISL is being held behind closed doors, across three stadiums in Goa owing to the pandemic

A cruise ship, Cordelia, on which 66 of the over 2,000 people on board tested positive for COVID-19 yesterday has been sent back to Mumbai from a port in Goa, news agency PTI reported this morning.

Sixty-six passengers in a cruise ship that sailed from Mumbai to Goa have tested positive for COVID-19. In a tweet, Goa Health Minister Vishwajit Rane said some 2,000 samples were tested on board the cruise ship, Cordelia.

Chief Minister Pramod Sawant, who chaired the Task Force's meeting on COVID-19 on Monday, told reporters that the Goa government would also impose night curfew in the state.

Goa recorded a massive jump in coronavirus cases on Monday, at 388, with around 10.7 percent of COVID-19 tests returning positive - a high positivity rate considered one of the first signs of an impending wave of infections.

The Goa government is aiming to inoculate all 72,000 children in the 15-18 age group against COVID-19 with the first dose in the next four days after vaccination opens for them on Monday, state Health Minister Vishwajit Rane said on Sunday.

The Goa government on Thursday said all international passengers, including those travelling from "non-high risk" countries, will be tested for COVID-19 on their arrival at the coastal state's lone airport.

Goa will make it mandatory for people to be fully vaccinated or carry a COVID-19 negative report to attend parties or enter restaurants, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said today. This would be valid for all New Year celebrations too across the state.

"We are both completely asymptomatic and have immediately quarantined," wrote the actor

Four passengers from the United Kingdom tested positive for COVID-19 after arriving in Goa today, state Health Minister Vishwajit Rane said.