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10.12.2021 / 10:47

Omicron scare: 3 UK returnees test positive for Covid-19 at Goa airport

Omicron variant of coronavirus. Goa's health minister Vishwajit Rane said the 234 passengers will have to undergo mandatory home quarantine and will be retested on Day 8 or earlier if found symptomatic.

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Goa govt warns of action against hotels if found flouting COVID-19 norms

PANAJI : The Goa government will take strict action against restaurants, hotels or entertainment zones, if they are found not adhering to COVID-19 norms, a state minister said on Sunday.Wearing a mask and maintaining social-distancing is a must for all to avoid the spread of the virus, he said."The state government will take a strict view on the functioning of restaurants, hotels and any place considered as an entertainment zone to ensure that people coming there strictly follow the coronavirus protocols," Health Minister Vishwajit Rane said."If these establishments fail to do so, the health authorities will take strict action against them," he added.If people find any restaurant, hotel, institution violating the rules, they can e-mail the

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Covid-19: Night curfew likely in Goa, says minister

Delhi to prevent the spread of COVID-19, a state minister said on Thursday.Health Minister Vishwajit Rane, however, did not specify when its implementation is likely to start.He said that he has discussed the issue with Chief Minister Pramod Sawant.Also Read | The march of 2020 in 10 key long reads"I have spoken to the chief minister on imposing night curfew in the state on lines of the state of Delhi and Karnataka.

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Goa increases period of monitoring home-isolated Covid patients: Details here

Panaji: The Goa government has decided to increase the period of monitoring of COVID-19 patients under home isolation from 10 days to 17 days.Health Minister Vishwajit Rane told this reporters on Friday."Coronavirus-infected people in Goa are increasingly opting for home isolation.

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Goa to prepare SOP on providing oxygen to covid-19 patients

PANAJI : The Goa government will prepare a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) to ensure that all COVID-19 patients, whether with mild, moderate or severe symptoms, get oxygen on time in state-run facilities, Health Minister Vishwajit Rane has said.Rane made the statement after chairing a meeting of an expert committee that on Thursday reviewed the COVID-19 situation in Goa which is witnessing a rise in positive cases.A Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) is to be developed to ensure all patients, whether mild, moderate or severe, get oxygen on a timely basis, an official statement quoted the Health Minister as saying after the meeting.He said patients coming to the Goa Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) with coronavirus symptoms are to be

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COVID-19: Pending formalities delay plasma therapy in Goa

PANAJI : Despite having the infrastructure in place, the Goa government is yet to begin plasma therapy for COVID-19 patients, as there are some formalities left to be completed, a senior official has said.At least 15 to 20 recovered COVID-19 patients have already donated their plasma, state health secretary Neela Mohanan told reporters on Friday.However, the state government is yet to start plasma therapy, as there are a few more procedures left to be completed, she said.Convalescent plasma therapy is an experimental procedure where plasma from the blood of a recovered COVID-19 patient is transfused to a critically ill coronavirus patient.State health Minister Vishwajit Rane had set a deadline of last week to begin plasma therapy in the

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Goa: Private hospitals asked to reserve 20% beds for COVID-19 patients

PANAJI : The Goa government has made it compulsory for all private hospitals in the state to reserve 20 per cent of their total beds for COVID-19 patients.

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Goa govt to widen scope of COVID-19 testing as cases rise

PANAJI : The Goa government plans to expand the scope of COVID-19 testing in the state by designating special teams at the primary health centres and community health centres to collect samples of suspected coronavirus patients, health minister Vishwajit Rane has said.Currently, samples for COVID-19 testing are collected only at the district hospitals in Margao (South Goa) and Mapusa (North Goa), and the sub-district hospital in Ponda (North Goa).Goa reported 77 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, taking the total count to 1,761.

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Special train passengers who alighted at Madgaon asked to show residential proof

Panaji: Even as opposition parties in Goa claimed the special train service between Delhi and Kerala capital Thiruvananthapuram was bringing in COVID-19 cases due to a scheduled halt in Madgaon, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant claimed "90 per cent Goans" alighted.

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Mumbai-Goa train: 4 passengers test positive for Covid-19

PANAJI : The number of active coronavirus cases in the coastal tourist state of Goa as increased to 26 after four passengers who came on a train from Mumbai yesterday were found to be infected with the contagious disease. The Goa government took the samples of 100 passengers from the Mumba-Goa train and found 4 of them to be positive cases.

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7 test positive for coronavirus in Goa, youngest patient is one-year-old girl

As many as seven people in Goa tested for novel coronavirus infection, state health minister Vishwajit Rane said on Thursday. Goa was earlier declared a green zone by the Centre as there was no active coronavirus case in the state.

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Coronavirus free state Goa to procure PCR machine in fight against the virus: Vishwajit Rane

Panaji: The Goa Health Ministry is in the process of procuring the latest polymerase chain reaction (PCR) machine to speed up its process to test 450-1000 swabs in the fight against COVID-19, state Health Minister Vishwajit Rane said.

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All credit to this doctor for Goa's 'zero COVID' status

PANAJI : As Goa notched a zero COVID-19 record on Sunday, after the last of the seven active cases tested negative, Edwin Gomes, nodal officer for the state's designated facility for coronavirus treatment, has emerged as the face of the state's fightback.

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Goa tourists will need COVID-19 certificate even after lockdown is lifted

PANAJI : Goa Health Minister Vishwajit Rane on Tuesday said air travellers will not be allowed to enter the coastal state without a health certificate, after the Centre opens up airports once the COVID-19 lockdown is eased or lifted.

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Suspected coronavirus patient dies in quarantine in Goa

PANAJI : A 68-year-old female patient, with no travel history outside Goa and who was in quarantine due to suspected COVID-19 symptoms, died at 3 a.m. on Sunday, Health Minister Vishwajit Rane said.

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India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
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