Suggesting that the rise in number of tests has been the reason for pendency in cases, Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant on Monday said that the testing facilities will be ramped up further and the pendency will be cleared by tomorrow. The CM had come a cropper on the pending cases as the Opposition parties – Congress, GFP, MGP and the independent Rohan Khaunte took the opportunity to expose the shoddy COVID management of the State. The Chief Minister this morning held a review meeting on COVID, which was attended by Health Minister, health Secretary and other officials. Despite the…
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PANJIM: Bharatiya Bhasha Suraksha Manch (BBSM) President Subhash Velingkar called on Governor Satya Pal Malik requesting that government grants be provided only to regional language primary schools in the State. A three-member delegation of the BBSM, led by Avadhut Ramchandra Kamat, convener of the Bharatiya Bhasha Suraksha Manch, met the Governor of Goa, Satya Pal Malik, and gave him a detailed account of the mother tongue media issue in Goa. The visit took place as per the backdrop of the recent passage of the new 2020 National Education Policy by the Central Government in Parliament. A detailed decision to grant…
PANJIM: Health Minister Vishwajit Rane has claimed that Plasma therapy treatment given to two patients recently i showing positive results. The Minister also appealed to people cured from Covid to kindly come forward and donate plasma. “Two patients were given plasma therapy of which one patient is showing improvement in oxygen saturation level while the other patient is as it is. We will be giving him another dose.” said Rane speaking to reporters on the sidelines of government launch event He said, “I urge all the people who have been cured of COVID to kindly come a donate plasma. As…
PANJIM: Directorate of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship launched the online admissions to ITI and student data management system with an aim to bring efficiency in the complete admission process and to manage crucial student data, facilitate easy monitoring of students’ activities. With this launch, students will no longer require to buy a hard copy of the prospectus from designated centers. Also this will make the process easy, intuitive and time saving. Further, this online admission process will help student create a pre-filling of trade preferences, instead of waiting on the day of the rounds, as done earlier. This will also…
PANJIM: Even as the Central Govt has exempted night curfew from Unlock 3, the State’ s ban on movement of public at night continue to be in force till August 10. State government had last month imposed night curfew on movement of persons from 8.00pm to 6.00am till August 10. When contacted, the office of District Collectorate North informed that the State Government order is yet to be withdrawn and hence the night curfew is still in place. In view of the rising number of COVID-19 cases in the state, the North and South Goa District Magistrate haf issued an…
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Sunday issued fresh guidelines for international passengers coming to India amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The new guidelines will be implemented from 12:01 am on August 8. The ministry has also asked all passengers to submit a self-declaration form online at least 72 hours before travel. “All travellers should submit self-declaration form on the on the online portal (www.newdelhiairport.in) at least 72 hours before the scheduled travel,” the guidelines said. It also said that those coming to India must give an undertaking that they would undergo mandatory quarantine for 14 days as prescribed…
PANJIM: Goa Health Minister Vishwajit Rane announced that Plasma therapy has started in the state for treatment of critical COVID19 patients and that two patients have been successfully administered with plasma under the compassionate use of Convalescent Plasma against COVID19. “As committed to the people of Goa, we have started Plasma therapy in the state for treatment of critical COVID-19 patients.” said Rane He said, “Happy to announce that two patients have been successfully administered with Plasma under the compassionate use of Convalescent Plasma against #COVID19.” Rane further informed that his team is moving forward head on to fight this…