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Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: It was a deadly day today as COVID-19 took 54 lives, highest single day death ever since the pandemic hit Goa last year. While 2303 new COVID-19 positive cases and 1303 recoveries were also reported today. As per DHS bulletin, the state today report 54 deaths out of which 12 death’s at SGDH, 24 death’s at GMC, 01 brought dead to PHC Madkaim, 02 death’s at NGDH and 01 death at North goa private hospital. Due to technical glitch in the portal, there were 14 deaths that occurred between 29th to 30th at GMC which have been…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Crime Branch today has nabbed under trial prisoner Hemraj Bharadwaj who had escaped from Colvale Central jail about 8 months ago. The incident occurred when Bharadwaj and three other accused were assigned the duty to dispose of garbage. Accordingly, two convicts and two undertrials including Bharadwaj under the supervision of main jail guard Prakash Naik came out from the main gate to the outer gate and began segregating the waste. While segregating the waste, Bharadwaj made an excuse that he wants to answer nature’s call and took advantage of the vegetation around the jail premises and fled.…

PANAJI: The President Goa Pradesh Youth Congress Varad Mardolkar has strongly demanded to extend the lockdown period by another fifteen days as Goa has grappled with massive second wave of COVID 19 and government has failed to combat it. “It is really hard to understand that, though we have the Chief Minister (Dr. Pramod Sawant) from medical field, why corrective actions and measures were not taken at the beginning of the second wave.” Mardolkar questioned. Mardolkar said that, at present, mortality rate has gone up, compared to the first wave of COVID-19. “Now a days every second person is tested…

Goemkaponn Desk MARGAO: Mother Care Hospital, Margao today has out Cesarean section on a young COVID 19 positive, first time pregnant lady with moderately severe COVID 19 pneumonia and persistent fever. Team of young Doctors lead by Dr Sawani Hegde Surlakar, consultant gynecologist and obstetrician, performed a Cesarean section on a young COVID 19 positive, first time pregnant lady with moderately severe COVID 19 pneumonia and persistent fever. The patient from Panjim was admitted in Mother care hospital Margao due to shortage of beds in panjim and other places. The patient being pregnant could not be given full COVID treatment…

Goemkaponn Desk PANAJI: MGP Supremo Sudin Dhavalikar has urged High Court of Bombay at Goa to take suo motu cognisance of surge in COVID19 cases and to direct the state government to extend lockdown. “I urge the HC to take suo motu cognisance of surge in COVID19 cases and to direct the state government to extend lockdown,” said Dhavalikar He further said that he understanda the apprehensions of Industry Body as well as other small scale businesses and daily wage workers on imposition of lockdown. “But considering the grim situation in Goa, there is no other alternative to impose a…

Goemkaponn Desk PANAJI: NCB Mumbai in its continuous fight against Drug Suppliers and Peddlers in Goa & Mumbai, NCB Mumbai launched 02 operations in Mumbai & Goa and registered 02 cases in a short duration of 12 hours yesterday. In these operations, NCB Mumbai seized multiple drugs i.e. 58 grams of Amphetamine( Commercial Quantity),15 blots of LSD (Commercial Quantity), Cocaine, Mephedrone and Herione in intermediate quantity, 59 tablets of Ecstasy/MDMA ( Commercial Quantity) and intercepted 02 persons at North Goa & Mumbai In operation one teams of NCB Mumbai & Goa raided one place namely Negi Café, opposite Arambol Beach,…

Advisory by Union Health Ministry Goemkarponn Desk Panaji: The Central Government is leading the fight in coordination and co-operation with all the States as well as the Union Territories in responding and managing the Kovid- 19 epidemics. A number of strategic decisions have been made for covid prevention, infection prevention, and management. In the same series, the Union Ministry of Health today issued new guidelines for home-segregation for mild and asymptomatic Covid-19 patients, thus revoking the earlier guidelines issued on July 2, 2020. According to the revised guidelines, Covid patients who have no symptoms of the disease or even mild…