Health

Bengaluru, Aug 27 : Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai announced on Friday that the government would ensure 5 lakh Covid-19 vaccinations in the state from September 1.”Union Health Minister Mansukh L.Mandaviya has assured us of providing 5 lak…

Bengaluru, Aug 27 : A heart-warming moment was witnessed ahead of the Blood Cancer Awareness Month (in September), when an aplastic anemia survivor virtually met his blood stem cell donor from Germany for the first time on a virtual platform during a…

Amaravati, Aug 27 : Andhra Pradesh on Friday recorded 1,515 new Covid cases, taking its overall tally beyond 20 lakh, while active cases rose again to reach 15,050.As many as 903 more persons recovered from the disease in the past 24 hours, taking to…

Chennai, Aug 27 : The Health Minister of Tamil Nadu, Ma Subramanian, said on Friday that 90.1 per cent teachers and 89.32 per cent non-teaching staff in Tamil Nadu schools have been vaccinated with at least the first dose of Covid vaccine.The ministe…

New Delhi, Aug 27 : India on Friday, for the first time, administered more than one crore vaccine does in a single day under its nationwide mass vaccination drive against Covid-19.This is the highest-ever vaccination achieved in a single day since th…

New Delhi, Aug 27 : The Drug Controller General of India has approved the Phase 2 and 3 clinical trials of India’s first Covid-19 mRNA vaccine.Pune-based pharma major Gennova Biopharmaceuticals Ltd is developing the nation’s first mRNA-based Covid-19…

Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 27 : Kerala on Friday recorded 32,801 new Covid cases after 1,70,703 samples was tested, taking the test positivity rate to 19.22 per cent, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said in a statement.It also said that the number of ac…

Gurugram, Aug 27 : The district health department along with the M3M Foundation organised a free drive-through Covid vaccination camp in Sector-67 in Gurugram on Friday.A total of 328 individuals above the age of 18 years received their second dose o…

New Delhi, Aug 27 : The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Gujarat government to table the report of inquiry commission, headed by Justice (retd) D.A.Mehta, in connection with the fire incidents at hospitals in Rajkot and Ahmedabad last year, on the f…

Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 27 : Kerala Health Minister Veena George on Friday said that the state expects to complete the first dose of vaccination for all aged 18 and above by September 30.With Kerala now becoming ‘Covid’s Own Country’, leading the cou…