MBBS/BDS seats to be reserved for Covid warriors' children under central pool: Centre
Wards of COVID Warriors: The Central Government on Thursday announced that the frontline Covid warriors will be given tribute; quota for Covid warriors' children. Five Central Pool MBBS seats have been reserved for this category for the academic year 2020-21.
The Union Health Ministry has approved a new category for selection and nomination of candidates from ‘Wards of COVID Warriors’ under Central Pool MBBS/BDS seats for 2020-21.
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“It will honour the solemn sacrifice of all COVID warriors who served selflessly,” Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan said.
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"90-99 percent of COVID-19 is only about protection and motivating others. You can protect yourself from this deadly virus with small precautions like wearing a good quality mask properly, maintaining social distance, and taking care of hand-hygiene," he said.
Coronavirus in India
In the last 24 hours, 45,576 COVID patients were found to be infected with the contagion disease in India. During the same period, India registered 48,493 new recoveries ensuring a net reduction of 2,917 cases from the active caseload.
The new recoveries have continued to overtake the daily new cases continuously since the past 47 days.
India’s active caseload has fallen under the 5 percent mark on Thursday.
-PTC News
