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Kolkata Records 1,090 New Covid Cases, 101% Jump In A Day
Kolkata today reported a whopping spike today as its daily case count more than doubled to 1,090 from 540 yesterday. The city's daily cases recorded a 101.85% jump today. Bengal logged 2,128 cases in the same period with 12 related deaths.
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Kolkata Airport Issues New Covid Guidelines For Travellers. Check Details
The Airport Authority of India (AAI), Kolkata on Monday issued guidelines stating that passengers arriving in West Bengal should be either fully vaccinated or carry an RT-PCR negative report for COVID-19, conducted within 72 hours of departure.
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Kolkata To Get Its First Drive-Through Vaccination Centre
Kolkata will get its first drive-through vaccination centre, which will begin operations at a shopping mall in the central part of the city this week, an official said on Wednesday.
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No Large Gatherings Allowed For New Year's Eve Celebrations In Kolkata: Police
The Kolkata Police have taken measures to ensure that all COVID-19 safety protocols are maintained and there is no large gathering for celebrating the New Year eve, as ordered by the Calcutta High Court to check a spike in infections, an officer said on Wednesday.
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Number Of Containment Zone In Kolkata Come Down To One
The number of containment zone in Kolkata has come down to one, according to the latest list released by the West Bengal government.
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Ban On Passenger Flights To Kolkata From 6 Cities Extended Till August 15
The ban on passenger flights to Kolkata from six cities -- all COVID-19 hotspots -- has been extended till August 15, amid a spurt in coronavirus cases in the state, airport officials said on Thursday.
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COVID-19 Victim's Body Left Unattended At Home For Over 14 Hours In Kolkata
The body of COVID-19 patient in Kolkata lay unattended at his residence for over 14 hours as neighbours and the local councillor failed to respond to repeated calls for help, the family has alleged.
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Kolkata Ambulance Driver Demands Rs 9,200 From Coronavirus Patients
An ambulance driver allegedly forced two boys, who are COVID positive, and their mother to get off the vehicle as they could not pay the exorbitant fare he demanded for a six-km journey between two hospitals in the city.
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Mother Gives Son Kidney After Spending 10 Days In Covid Hospital Together
For those who thought COVID-19 was the end of the world, a story from Kolkata would change their mind. A Bangladeshi woman has donated a kidney to her son who was in an advanced stage of renal failure. The transplant took place in Kolkata on July 3. Yes, this has happened before, many times over. But never before in India at least were both the don...
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Kolkata Markets Run Out Of Covid Drugs, Families On Frantic Run-Around
A shortage of Covid drugs in Kolkata is sending patient families on a harrowing run around. Since last week, the drug Actemra or Tocilizumab disappeared from the market. 53-year-old Rinku Banerjee flew in from Delhi via Jaipur to Kolkata to hunt for the medicine, personally, for her father who is in a south Kolkata nursing home. His doctor wanted t...
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Bangladeshi Woman Donates Kidney To Son After Both Defeat COVID-19 In Kolkata
Uttam Kumar Ghosh, a Bangladeshi national, got a new lease of life in Kolkata after his mother donated one of her kidneys to him, but his survival story is not just a case of organ transplant, as both had to get the better of COVID-19 before the surgery.
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Bengal Records Highest Single-Day Spike With 895 Coronavirus Cases
With 895 cases, West Bengal has reported the highest spike in new coronavirus cases in 24 hours. There have been 21 deaths in the last 24 hours. State capital Kolkata too peaked at 244 new cases. On Saturday, the state had reported 743 new cases. Besides Kolkata, worst hit are north and south 24 Parganas district - large areas in these two district...
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Kolkata's Iconic Coffee House Reopens After 103 Days
The iconic Indian Coffee House in Kolkata's College Street area - a favourite joint of poets, writers, painters and artists over the years - reopened on Thursday, 103 days after downing its shutters due to the COVID-19 outbreak and lockdown.
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Violinist, Mountaineer, And Model Team Up For COVID Helpline In Kolkata
A celebrated violinist, a mountaineer who have scaled the Everest and a model who walks the ramp for the likes of Sabyasachi Mukherjee, Rohit Bal and others are likely to have very little in common. But in Kolkata, the three are strung together by the harrowing experience of dealing with the deadly coronavirus which has either infected them or thei...
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Video Of Bodies Being Disposed Has No Links With Coronavirus: Bengal
The West Bengal government today said the "one-off incident" in which decomposed bodies were seen being loaded into a van at a crematorium in southern Kolkata has no links with the novel coronavirus pandemic.
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Kolkata Records 1,090 New Covid Cases, 101% Jump In A Day
Kolkata today reported a whopping spike today as its daily case count more than doubled to 1,090 from 540 yesterday. The city's daily cases recorded a 101.85% jump today. Bengal logged 2,128 cases in the same period with 12 related deaths.
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Kolkata Airport Issues New Covid Guidelines For Travellers. Check Details
The Airport Authority of India (AAI), Kolkata on Monday issued guidelines stating that passengers arriving in West Bengal should be either fully vaccinated or carry an RT-PCR negative report for COVID-19, conducted within 72 hours of departure.
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Kolkata To Get Its First Drive-Through Vaccination Centre
Kolkata will get its first drive-through vaccination centre, which will begin operations at a shopping mall in the central part of the city this week, an official said on Wednesday.
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No Large Gatherings Allowed For New Year's Eve Celebrations In Kolkata: Police
The Kolkata Police have taken measures to ensure that all COVID-19 safety protocols are maintained and there is no large gathering for celebrating the New Year eve, as ordered by the Calcutta High Court to check a spike in infections, an officer said on Wednesday.
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Number Of Containment Zone In Kolkata Come Down To One
The number of containment zone in Kolkata has come down to one, according to the latest list released by the West Bengal government.
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Ban On Passenger Flights To Kolkata From 6 Cities Extended Till August 15
The ban on passenger flights to Kolkata from six cities -- all COVID-19 hotspots -- has been extended till August 15, amid a spurt in coronavirus cases in the state, airport officials said on Thursday.
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COVID-19 Victim's Body Left Unattended At Home For Over 14 Hours In Kolkata
The body of COVID-19 patient in Kolkata lay unattended at his residence for over 14 hours as neighbours and the local councillor failed to respond to repeated calls for help, the family has alleged.
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Kolkata Ambulance Driver Demands Rs 9,200 From Coronavirus Patients
An ambulance driver allegedly forced two boys, who are COVID positive, and their mother to get off the vehicle as they could not pay the exorbitant fare he demanded for a six-km journey between two hospitals in the city.
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Mother Gives Son Kidney After Spending 10 Days In Covid Hospital Together
For those who thought COVID-19 was the end of the world, a story from Kolkata would change their mind. A Bangladeshi woman has donated a kidney to her son who was in an advanced stage of renal failure. The transplant took place in Kolkata on July 3. Yes, this has happened before, many times over. But never before in India at least were both the don...
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Kolkata Markets Run Out Of Covid Drugs, Families On Frantic Run-Around
A shortage of Covid drugs in Kolkata is sending patient families on a harrowing run around. Since last week, the drug Actemra or Tocilizumab disappeared from the market. 53-year-old Rinku Banerjee flew in from Delhi via Jaipur to Kolkata to hunt for the medicine, personally, for her father who is in a south Kolkata nursing home. His doctor wanted t...
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Bangladeshi Woman Donates Kidney To Son After Both Defeat COVID-19 In Kolkata
Uttam Kumar Ghosh, a Bangladeshi national, got a new lease of life in Kolkata after his mother donated one of her kidneys to him, but his survival story is not just a case of organ transplant, as both had to get the better of COVID-19 before the surgery.
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Bengal Records Highest Single-Day Spike With 895 Coronavirus Cases
With 895 cases, West Bengal has reported the highest spike in new coronavirus cases in 24 hours. There have been 21 deaths in the last 24 hours. State capital Kolkata too peaked at 244 new cases. On Saturday, the state had reported 743 new cases. Besides Kolkata, worst hit are north and south 24 Parganas district - large areas in these two district...
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Kolkata's Iconic Coffee House Reopens After 103 Days
The iconic Indian Coffee House in Kolkata's College Street area - a favourite joint of poets, writers, painters and artists over the years - reopened on Thursday, 103 days after downing its shutters due to the COVID-19 outbreak and lockdown.
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Violinist, Mountaineer, And Model Team Up For COVID Helpline In Kolkata
A celebrated violinist, a mountaineer who have scaled the Everest and a model who walks the ramp for the likes of Sabyasachi Mukherjee, Rohit Bal and others are likely to have very little in common. But in Kolkata, the three are strung together by the harrowing experience of dealing with the deadly coronavirus which has either infected them or thei...
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Video Of Bodies Being Disposed Has No Links With Coronavirus: Bengal
The West Bengal government today said the "one-off incident" in which decomposed bodies were seen being loaded into a van at a crematorium in southern Kolkata has no links with the novel coronavirus pandemic.
