New Delhi [India], July 14 (ANI): The Centre on Thursday wrote a letter to all the states and union territories, reiterating some of the key actions that are required to contain the spread of the disease.

New Delhi Apr 26 PTI Seventy per cent of the people who received a booster dose of the Covid vaccine did not contract the disease during the third wave according to a new study that covered around 6000 people in IndiaThe study led by Dr Rajeev Jayadevan co-chairman of the Indian Medical Associations national task force on coronavirus said that 45 per cent of the vaccinated people who did not take a precautionary dose reported Covid in the third waveThe survey covered 5971 vaccinated people of which 24 per cent were aged below 40 and 50 per cent belonged to the 40-59 age groupWomen accounted for 45 per cent of the people surveyed while 53 per cent were healthcare workersOf the 5971 people 2383 took the booster dose and 30 per cent of them reported Covid during the third wave it said The boosted group also had a greater proportion of healthcare workers and higher N95 useThe researchers also concluded that a long gap after the second dose correlated with a higher chance of infection during the third wave Also giving a third dose before a six-month gap did not make a difference in the infection rate it saidThe study also showed that the third wave affected those aged below 40 the most -- around 45 per cent of them contracted the diseaseAround 396 per cent in the 40-59 age cohort and around 318 per cent in the 60-79 age group reported Covid during the third wave Only 212 per cent of the people aged above 80 were infected Among the 2311 people who were infected during the third wave 48 per cent were asymptomatic while 53 per cent had mild symptoms Moderate severity was reported by 415 per cent while 069 per cent had severe diseaseThe researchers said Covaxin and Covishield recipients had the same rate of infection in the third wave A total of 5157 took Covishield and 2010 39 per cent of them reported Covid during the third wave of the infection Of the 523 people who tookCovaxin 210 40 per cent reported Covid The third wave of the pandemic hit India in late December last year and subsided by MarchThe government authorised a third dose of the same vaccine forhealthcare and frontline workers and the people aged above 60 from January 10 to mitigate the severity of infections hospitalisation and death PTI GVS ANB ANB

New Delhi [India], February 21 (ANI): Delhi's air quality is in the 'moderate' category with an overall AQI at 149, as per the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research (SAFAR)-India.

New Delhi [India], January 30 (ANI): Just days ahead of Union Budget, the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry's (FICCI) latest quarterly survey on manufacturing has revealed that 63 per cent of respondents reported higher production in the third quarter of 2021-22 (October-December 2021), significantly higher than the figures recorded in the last year's third quarter, which were around 33 per cent.

New Delhi [India] December 29 (ANI): With the overall Air Quality Index (AQI) at 286, the air quality in the national capital remains in the 'poor' category, according to the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research (SAFAR).

Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], October 27 (ANI): Sounding an alert for rainfall, India Meteorological Department (IMD) Director General of Chennai S Balachandran on Wednesday said that moderate rainfall is expected over entire Tamil Nadu and Puducherry from October 29-31.

New Delhi [India], October 23 (ANI): Delhi breathes better as the air quality in the national capital improved to the better end of the "moderate" category on Saturday from "poor" on Wednesday.

New Delhi [India], October 15 (ANI): Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday informed that the Air Quality Index (AQI) in the national capital has surged to 198.

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], August 31 (ANI): Moderate to intense rain is likely in Mumbai, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Tuesday.

New Delhi [India], June 7 (ANI): Air quality over Delhi-NCR is likely to remain in the 'moderate' category on Monday, informed Ministry of Earth Science citing India Meteorological Department (IMD).