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Fired by Trump, Indian-American surgeon Dr Vivek Murthy to now lead Bidens Covid task force

November 9, 2020, 11:37 AM

Sneha Shah | New Delhi

Dr Vivek Murthy

Dr Vivek Murthy?

Indian-American physician, Dr Vivek Murthy, who served as the 19th Surgeon General of the United States, is expected to co-chair a Coronavirus task force, which the same, soon to be sworn-in US President Joe Biden, will announce on November 9.

The 43-year-old Indian-origin surgeon originally hails from Karnataka. Murthy, who was Americas youngest top doctor during the administration of President Barack Obama, was fired soon after President Donand Trump took over the office.

Murthy would co-chair the 12-member task force along with former Food and Drug Administration Commissioner David Kessler and Yale University Professor Marcella Nunez-Smith.

On Monday, I will name a group leading scientists and experts as Transition Advisors to help take the Biden-Harris Covid plan and convert it into an action blueprint that starts on January 20, 2021, Biden said during his victory speech on November 7.

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Our work begins with getting COVID-19 under control. I will spare no effort, none, or any commitment to turn around this pandemic, he added

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Active COVID cases near 30,000 mark in Nagpur

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4 years ago

January 25, 2022

Radhika Dhawad | Nagpur

Nagpur’s COVID-19 tally, on Tuesday, January 25, reached 5,43,064 (till 5 pm) as 4028 (972 from rural and 2956 from city) new cases were recorded in a single day.

Also, active COVID cases, as on Tuesday, could be seen inching closer to 30,000 mark in the district.

Six people lost their lives (one from rural and five from city) on Tuesday. Till now, 10,183 people have lost their lives due to COVID-19 in the district. Total tests taken were 11,377.

While patients who recovered on Tuesday were 2519, the total number of recovered patients stood at 503729.

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Nagpur reports 90 COVID cases in past 24 hours

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4 years ago

January 2, 2022

Radhika Dhawad | Nagpur

Nagpur’s COVID-19 tally on Sunday, January 2 reached 4,94,193 (till 5 pm) as 90 (73 city, nine rural) more people tested positive for the virus.

Also, five patients recovered on Sunday taking the number of recoveries to 4,83,664.

Till now, 10123 people have lost their lives due to COVID in the district. As of now, there are 406 active COVID patients in the district.

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ALARMING! Nagpur reports 88 COVID cases in past 24 hours

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4 years ago

December 31, 2021

Radhika Dhawad | Nagpur

Nagpur registered 88 (81 from city) new COVID-19 positive cases on Friday, December 31. Nagpur previously had recorded as minimum as six cases on December 24.