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In a statement posted on her official Instagram page, Shilpa Shetty revealed six members of her family have contracted the virus. While her family  tests COVID positive, she assures her reports came back negative. Along with her family, two of her staff members are also positive. Bollywood star Shilpa Shetty on Friday announced that six of her family members, including husband Raj Kundra, son Viaan-Raj and daughter Samisha, have tested positive for coronavirus. In a statement posted on her official Instagram page, the 45-year-old actor said her parents-in-law and her mother have also contracted the virus. "The last 10 days have been difficult for us as a family. My parents-in-law tested positive for Covid-19, followed by Samisha, Viaan-Raj, my Mom, and lastly, Raj. They've all been in isolation in their rooms at home as per the official guidelines and have been following the doctor's advice," Shetty said. Besides her family, two members of the actor's in-house st...

Rapid  Vaccination seems to be the only way forward as COVID19 infections surge in India. Also doctors say Vaccination is the only solution against a more lethal third wave that might hit us in Oct 2021. India 's vaccination coverage now exceeds 16.49 cr doses of which 11.8 lakh jabs have been given to 18-44 age group so far. Over 23 lakh vaccination doses administered in the last 24 hours. Mumbai has also set-up drive-in vaccination facilities for 60+ age group. Here is a look at pictures and videos from across the country of how out Bravehearts took to vaccination. Viral video of a Girl Scared And Crying During COVID Vaccination और दो १८ साल वालों को वैक्सीन 😂😂 #JustForLaugh #JustForFun #CovidVaccine pic.twitter.com/8lgNNNNorn — MJ Augustine Vinod (@mjavinod) May 3, 2021           Mumbai's first drive-in vaccination centre began operations on May 4 at Dadar. 2 Visuals from Guwahati Medical College. below. #Mumbai is set to get 6 more driv...

As the second wave of  Covid-19   pandemic  continues to grapple the country, health professionals and authorities are advising people to adopt double masking.  Double masking is when you wear one mask on top of another. It helps improve the fit and filtration of your mask. Should you be double masking? and how can you do it correctly? Using a reference from the 1975 film, Sholay, the Mumbai Police department shared a meme collage, featuring Amitabh Bachchan and Dharmendra’s characters in Sholay - Jai and Veeru, and a man wearing two masks. There are a variety of Masks to choose from.  cloth masks surgical masks N95 masks How do you double mask Use the proper mask combination.  Experts  recommend using a cloth mask over a surgical mask what combinations to avoid Some mask combinations may not improve fit or may make it hard to breathe. As such, avoid combinations of the following: two surgical masks a KN95 and any other type of mask an N...

Now with the surge of covid19 in India, double masking is recommended everywhere. A home made cloth mask can be used as an inner mask and an N95 mask or surgical mask can be used as the outer mask. This will give us double protection from the virus everytime we go out. Making a mask is easier than you think, and you don’t need many supplies to make them. An old cotton shirt or pillowcase will do & elastic can be reused from clothes the kids have outgrown. Follow these simple steps to making your own home made mask. Scroll down to see the different techiniques you can use to make home made masks with materials and T-shirts you have out grown and other items easily availabe at home.

The new N440K strain was found in almost 20 to 30 percent of the samples in Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, and Telangana and found to be more dominant than previous variants during cell culture. With the nation already dealing with a strong double mutant variant of the Covid-19 virus, reports now suggest that the southern states of the country could have been affected by a more lethal variant of the virus named N440K.  Also known as the AP variant referring to the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh where it was first detected, the strain is said to be at least 15 times more virulent than the previous strains. It has a shorter incubation period and the virus is said to spread much more rapidly within the human body. It is also said that a short exposure is enough to get infected by the virus. It was the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology that had discovered the new coronavirus variant N440K and said it may even be stronger than the Indian variants of B1.6...

As more and more states promote face masks as a way to control the spread of COVID-19 , the top-line message has been: wear a mask to protect others. While it’s true that most face masks  are more effective in preventing you from launching droplets into the air than breathing in already dispersed droplets – that doesn’t mean masks offer no protection to the wearer. It’s likely that face masks, by blocking even some of the virus-carrying droplets you inhale, can reduce your risk of falling seriously ill from COVID-19, according to Monica Gandhi, MD, an infectious disease specialist at UC San Francisco. “The more virus you get into your body, the more sick you are likely to get,” she said. In the latest wave of infections in the U.S., the wider use of masks may be one factor for the lower death rates – along with more testing, younger patients and better treatments – said Gandhi. A greater proportion of these new cases have been mild or asymptomatic, though more data is needed t...

Deepika Padukone, her mother and sister test COVID-19 positive; father Prakash Padukone hospitalised. The rest of Deepika Padukone's family members, including her mother Ujjala, father Prakash Padukone, and sister Anisha are also COVID-19 positive. Bollywood actor Deepika Padukone, who is currently in her home town Bengaluru, has reportedly tested positive for COVID-19. The rest of her family members, including her mother Ujjala, father Prakash Padukone, and sister Anisha are also COVID-19 positive. Former badminton champion Prakash Padukone is reportedly hospitalised at the moment, seeking treatment for COVID-19.  Bollywood photographer and content creator Viral Bhayani had put out a post on Instagram informing that the star family is down with COVID-19. Vimal Kumar, a friend of Padukone has told news agency PTI that: "Around 10 days back, Prakash, his wife (Ujjala), and second daughter (Anisha), developed symptoms and got themselves tested and the results came out to be posi...

Mamata Banerjee lost from the Nandigram assembly constituency in a close fight with BJP leader and former close aide Suvendu Adhikari. Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee, whose party secured a dominant win in the recently held assembly elections in West Bengal, will take oath as the chief minister for a third term on May 5, senior TMC leader and minister Partha Chatterjee announced on Monday. "Congratulated @MamataOfficial's party's win in West Bengal assembly elections. Tomorrow at 7pm, the honourable CM will be calling on me at Raj Bhawan," the governor tweeted on Sunday evening. Banerjee is scheduled to meet West Bengal governor Jagdeep Dhankhar to stake claim to form the government, as announced by Dhankhar on Sunday as votes were counted for assembly elections in four states, including West Bengal, and the Union territory of Puducherry.   The TMC chief, though, lost from the assembly constituency of Nandigram, from where she pitted herself against...