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NTPC blast: Minister Anupriya visits injured shifted to Safdarjung

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New Delhi, Nov 3 (IANS) Two of the injured in the NTPC boiler blast in Uttar Pradesh has been shifted to the Safdarjung hospital here. Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Anupriya Patel has visited them.

A green corridor was created to bring the patients to the national capital, considering the seriousness of their condition.

Seven more injured in the Tuesday’s blast were also to be shifted to the city’s AIIMS hospital, besides the Safdarjung’s ‘s trauma centre, said an official.

Patel visited Safdarjung hospital late on Thursday “to oversee and ensure that patients from the blast got the best medical care and treatment”, said the official from the Union Health Ministry.

She has suggested that facilities and doctors from the Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital could also be used, if necessary.

The death toll in the blast in National Thermal Power Corporation’s 500MW unit in Rae Bareli rose to 30 on Thursday. The government has ordered a magisterial probe into the tragedy.

The massive explosion took place in state-owned power plant’s Unchahar town unit on the Lucknow-Allahabad Highway on Tuesday. Many were trapped when the boiler burst and a huge ball of dust rose, making the rescue operations difficult.

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Covid toll in Karnataka is a worrying sign for state government

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Even though Karnataka recorded the lowest number of Covid deaths in April since the virus struck first in 2020, the state is recording a rise in the positivity rate (1.50 per cent). Five people died from the Covid infections in April as per the statistics released by the state health department. In March, the positivity rate stood around 0.53 per cent. In the first week of April it came down to 0.38 per cent, second week registered 0.56 per cent, third week it rose to 0.79 per cent and by end of April the Covid positivity rate touched 1.19 per cent.

on an average 500 persons used to succumb everyday in the peak of Covid infection, as per the data. Health experts said that the mutated Coronavirus is losing its fierce characteristics as vaccination, better treatment facilities and awareness among the people have contributed to the lesser number of Covid deaths.

During the 4th and 6th of April two deaths were reported in Bengaluru, one in Gadag district on April 8, two deaths were reported from Belagavi and Vijayapura on April 30. The first Covid case was reported in the state in March 2020 and three Covid deaths were recorded in the month. In the following month 21 people became victims to the deadly virus, and May 2020 recorded 22 deaths. The death toll recorded everyday after May crossed three digits. However, the third wave, which started in January 2

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