Mandeep Kaur Narula

Covid-19 cases up 85% over past month in Amritsar to 1,170

From 630 cases on June 15, the number had risen 85% to 1,170 till July 16 (Thursday) or 540 cases in a month. State government says that the source of infection of nearly 15% of these cases is unclear

Covid-19: Community spread cases in Amritsar go up by 174% in a month

Also, nearly two-thirds (67%) of the total cases reported in the district during the same period were that of community spread, wherein the patients had no travel history or were those with untraceable sources of infection

COVID-19 PILOT PROJECT: 500 undergo rapid antigen testing in Punjab, positivity rate 15.6%

Of the 504 symptomatic people tested in Amritsar, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Mohali and Patiala districts, 79 tested positive for the coronavirus

As Punjab records 70 dengue cases in 30 days, state may not be prepared for another outbreak

Due to all focus on combating Covid-19, special wards for vector-borne disease patients yet to be set up.

Fake Covid-19 reports: Row over transfer of probe from VB to Amritsar police deepens

Two covid patients recover with plasma therapy in Amritsar

HOUSE-TO-HOUSE SURVEILLANCE: Punjab starts testing all Covid-19 symptomatic patients for tuberculosis

The health officials say since people get similar symptoms for Covid-19 and TB and as both the diseases are fatal

Random sampling increased by 57% in Amritsar containment zones

Community spread spirals in Amritsar, but contact tracing remains poor

So far, the district, which was categorised as a ‘red zone’, has reported 971 coronavirus cases, including 45 deaths

Amritsar GMC PPE scam probe stuck as testing report on kits awaited from DRDE

The DRDE, an agency of the defence ministry, has been authorised to conduct laboratory testing of Covid-19 kits

Covid-19: 27-year-old Dubai-returnee becomes Amritsar’s first plasma donor

Under the treatment called convalescent plasma therapy, antibody-rich blood plasma of patients, who have recovered from Covid-19, is preserved for transfusion into critical patients

Random sampling off target in Amritsar’s containment zones

As per state government’s guidelines, 10% population of a containment zone has to be tested for Covid-19 to check whether there is community transmission in the area

Despite 500 Covid-19 recoveries, no donor for plasma therapy in Amritsar

On June 19, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) allowed the GMCH to treat covid-19 patients with plasma therapy, but the hospital had started a hunt for donors around 15 days ago

83 community transmission cases in Amritsar in 5 days

Dist records first 100 community transmission cases in 17 days and took 10 more days to record another 100 cases

Amritsar’s Covid-19 doubling rate at 27 days, 10 deaths reported in five days

It took 58 days for the district to report 305 cases and 27 days for the cases to double to 613

No community spread in Punjab: ICMR

Amritsar civil surgeon seeks action against private labs over ‘false’ Covid reports

Five Amritsar residents, including a pregnant woman, who were first tested positive for the coronavirus by the private labs, were later found negative by the GMC’s viral research and diagnostic laboratory (VRDL)

Amritsar gets first containment zone as infections breach 500-mark

The health department has also identified 19 hotspots in the district where community transmission cases have shown a sudden spike.

Punjab set to launch door-to-door campaign to screen all residents

SURVEILLANCE PROJECT State health dept to prepare detailed data on co-morbidities of residents as part of programme and update details of those aged above 30 on a new web portal

100 locally transmitted Covid cases in Amritsar in 17 days

Of 420 Covid-19 cases, 24% are locally transmitted; 11 cases surfaced on Thursday alone

MBBS fee hike: GMC doctors, AAP workers stage protest in Amritsar

GMC doctors wore black badges, AAP workers gheraoed OP Soni’s house

Amritsar medical college lab ramps up Covid testing capacity by half

108 government staffers to screen people for Covid-19 in Amritsar

The health department on Friday started training employees of education, irrigation, sports and soil conservation departments, who will soon be deployed for screening people at the bus stand and railway station among other public places

Doctors decry hike in MBBS fee

Calling for protests, some doctors called it an attack on youngsters wanting to become doctors, questioning the timing, especially when MBBS students were doing emergency duties in Covid-19 wards in hospitals

Coronavirus lockdown: In Amritsar, community spread cases up by 166% post-relaxations

Of a total of 40 cases of community spread, wherein a patient has no travel history and has not come in contact with any virus-infected person, reported in the district so far, as many as 25 were reported in the past week

Source of 19 coronavirus cases in Amritsar district still untraced

Amritsar has 315 positive cases to date, with 295 cured

Day after death, two-month-old boy tests Covid-19 positive in Amritsar

This is the fifth Covid-19 fatality in the district, 314 cases have been registered so far

Punjab launches community transmission surveillance programme in four districts

Health dept collecting blood samples from people in Patiala, Ludhiana, Jalandhar and Gurdaspur for conducting rapid antibody tests

53% Nanded-returnees have recovered in Amritsar

As many as 95 patients were discharged on Friday - 44 from GMCH and 51 from Sri Guru Ram Dass Charitable Hospital

Prisoner being treated for Covid-19 escapes from Amritsar hospital

Asked policemen to open his handcuffs on the pretext of going to the toilet before breaking open the window and fleeing at 11pm on Monday