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Goemkarponn desk QUEPEM: The three days vaccination drive starting yesterday at Our lady of Mother Poor High School Tilamol premises in Xeldem panchayat area, but the drive received poor response from the locals. On the first day, only 40 people got vaccinated. Sarpanch of Xeldem Caitan Lima said that there is poor response for Covid vaccination, especially in village area as compare to city area because there is lack of awareness. “Many doubts have been created in the peoples mind about health safety. There are negative messages going around on vaccination in social media,” he said. Sarpanch said that that…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI:Defending its decision to provide Ivermectin medicine to all those above 18 years as part of prophylaxis treatment against COVID-19, the Goa Government has informed the High Court that the use of the tablet reduces mortality rate. In response to a petition filed by South Goa Advocates Association on COVID-19 management and use of Ivermectin medicine, the the State government said that  it is not advisable for all without doctor’s consultation. The State informed the Division Bench that the medicines will be given to all the suspected and symptomatic covid cases as part of prophylaxis treatment. The Government…

पणजीः गोयंकारपण वृत्त गोवा प्रदेश कॉंग्रेस समितीचे अध्यक्ष गिरीश चोडणकर यांनी गोव्याचे राज्यपाल भगतसिंग कोश्यारी यांना पत्र लिहून मुख्यमंत्री डाॕ. प्रमोद सावंत यांच्या नेतृत्वाखालील भाजप सरकार बरखास्त करण्याची मागणी केली आहे. कोविड साथीचा रोगामुळे सर्व राज्यभर हाहाकार माजला आहे. या महामारीचा वाढता संसर्ग रोखण्यात व परिस्थिती हाताळण्यात अपयशी ठरल्यामुळे डॉ. प्रमोद सावंत यांच्या नेतृत्त्वाखाली सरकार बरखास्त करणे गरजेचे आहे, अशी विनंती चोडणकर यांनी राज्यपाल कोश्यारी यांना केली आहे. राज्यपालांना लिहिलेल्या पत्रात चोडणकर यांनी असे निदर्शनास आणून दिले आहे की, ऑक्सिजन, व्हेंटिलेटर बेड्स, आवश्यक औषधे आणि रुग्णालयाच्या बेड्सच्या अभावी २ हजारहून अधिक निष्पाप गोमंतकीयांचा मृत्यू झाला आहे व अजूनही ते सरकारच्या…

Goemkarponn desk Panaji: Goa Pradesh Congress Committee paid tributes to the first Prime Minister of Independent India, Pt Jawaharlal Nehru at Congress Office in Panaji on Thursday at an event to mark his 57th death anniversary. In attendance at the event were GPCC President Girish Chodankar, Ponda Congress leader Rajesh Verekar, Spokesperson Tulio D’Souza, General Secretary Adv Yatish Naik, General Secretary Vijai Pai, Panjim Congress leader Menino D’Cruz, Secretary Everson Vales and other Congress members. The programme was hosted by Vijai Pai. All members offered garlands to Nehru’s portrait. Referring to the ongoing turmoil and horrors which unravel everyday under…

Goemkarponn desk Police have been at the forefront of the entire Covid pandemic. From guarding containment buildings and hospitals to ensuring lockdowns and curfews have been effectively implemented. Policemen have been standing strong, facing an enemy, nobody truly understands. With the approaching third wave of Covid set out to be deadlier than before, it was the need of the hour to train police staff to perform their daily duties without getting infected. A session was conducted via video conferencing and was attended by all police officers and staff of South Goa District Police Stations. Dr Uday Kakodkar, administrator for super-specialty…

* Porvorim: An initiative of MLA Rohan Khaunte, Porvorim Rising, will set up camps across all the wards in the constituency as a part of its program “Vacci-Assist” to register people in the age group of 18 to 44 years for the upcoming vaccination drive of the state government. The program would begin from June 01 onwards. Khaunte said that all the three panchayats would be covered under the Vacci-Assist program that would provide assistance to the people in the age group of 18-44 years to register themselves for vaccination. The MLA said that the registration does not mean booking…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Amid rising cases of mucormycosis, also known as black fungus in Covid-19 patients across the country and the state, Public Health Department today said that the state government has classified black fungus as a notified disease. “In exercise of the powers conferred by section 57 of the Goa, Daman and Diu Public Health Act, 1985 (Act 25 of 1985) (hereinafter called the said Act), the Government of Goa hereby declares the following disease to be notifiable disease for the purpose of part II of the chapter VII of the said Act. throughout the State of Goa,” the…