IRDAI directs Hospitals to provide cashless treatment for COVID-19 Policy holders.
Hospitals who have signed Service Level Agreement (SLA) with general and health insurers have to mandatorily provide cashless facility for any treatment to the policyholders including Covid-19 treatment in accordance with the agreed provision of SLA and terms and conditions of policy contract.
Government of Tamil Nadu has directed private industry and restaurant owners to assure 100% vaccination to their employers from 1st May 2021.
all sections of people in the 18-45 years age group, including those working at markets, traders, vendors, auto and taxi drivers, government employees, school and college teachers, and transport workers, would be covered during this massive drive .
Mohfw issues advisory on proning position in self-care for covid-19 patients.
PRONING is the process of turning a patient with precise, safe motions, from their back onto their abdomen (stomach), so the individual is lying face down and it is a medically accepted position to improve breathing comfort and oxygenation.
Hospitals in Karnataka are restricted from admitting Non Covid-19 patients in non-critical cases
Hospitals in Karnataka are instructed that Non Covid-19 patients who are not critically ill and not in need of emergency medical assistance are to be conventionally managed and not to be admitted to hospitals.
Guidelines for Management of COVID – 19 – Karnataka
A person shall be clinically assigned as asymptomatic/mild case through telephonic triage or by the health staff/medical officer/ physician. Such cases should have the requisite facility at their residence for self-isolation and also for quarantining the family contacts.
Guidance for approval of Covid vaccines for restricted use in emergency situations
Covid-19 vaccines approved for restricted use in emergency situations shall be used as per the guidelines prescribed under National Covid-19 vaccination program.
MHA directs States to prohibit the supply of oxygen for industrial use.
Industrial units which are not in a position to obtain oxygen are advised to consider alternate measures such as import of oxygen or setting up their own Air Separate units for generation of oxygen for their captive requirement .
Government of Delhi has announced curfew on movement of individuals from 19th April to 26th April 2021.
Private security services, manufacturing units for essential commodities, manufacturing units of non-essential commodities having onsite workers, production units which require continuous process can stay open, home delivery of food from restaurants, Cold storage and warehousing services have been exempted from curfew restrictions.
CDSCO has allowed submission of self attested documents for Import registration of cosmetics
The applicants are allowed to submit the self attested documents along with an undertaking that they will submit the notarized/apostilled documents with legal signatures after obtaining the same from the concerned authority. The notarized/apostilled documents with legal signatures shall be submitted within four months or after the Covid situation is normalized, whichever is earlier.
All restaurants and hotels to remain closed in Maharashtra till 1st May 2021.
During the curfew, the state government has ordered that restaurants and bars will remain closed for dining. However, home delivery services will be allowed during the curfew period and Restaurants and bars inside hotels are to be open only for in-house guest.
