Health

Amaravati, Aug 21 : Andhra Pradesh on Saturday recorded 1,217 new Covid cases, raising the state’s overall tally beyond 20 lakh, even as its active caseload dropped to 15,141.As many as 1,535 more persons recovered from the disease in the past 24 hou…

Bengaluru, Aug 21 : The Covid positivity rate has taken a nosedive in Bengaluru with 260 positive cases being reported against 374 recoveries and one death in the past 24 hours, according to the department of Health and Family Welfare.Meanwhile, 1,35…

Chennai, Aug 21 : The Tamil Nadu Medical Students Association (TNMSA) has written to Chief Minister M.K.Stalin seeking his intervention in bringing back the body of a student who died in the Philippines where he was studying medicine.A.Aswin (22), wh…

Vijayapura (Karnataka), Aug 21 : Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Saturday said that the government will provide free treatment to patients affected with black fungus disease even after getting discharged from the hospitals.”The post-trea…

Chennai, Aug 21 : The Tamil Nadu government has extended lockdown for two more weeks till September 9.The government also announced the reopening of schools for classes from IX to XII from September 1 onwards.Colleges will also reopen in the state fr…

Srinagar, Aug 21 : New cases outnumbered recoveries in Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday where 144 new cases and 126 recoveries were reported during the last 24 hours, but there was no Covid related death in the union territory.Officials said 144 people …

New Delhi, Aug 21 : Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced on Saturday that the markets in the national capital will be allowed to open as per their schedule from Monday onwards.”Till now, markets in Delhi were allowed to function till 8 pm d…

Chennai, Aug 21 : Hesitancy and fear about Covid-19 vaccination are still prevalent among the people of Tamil Nadu, and the statistics provided by the state public health department on the number of vaccines administered on pregnant woman seems to be…

New Delhi, Aug 21 : Communities can play a key role in utilising the healthcare resources judiciously and tackle the future waves of the Covid-19 pandemic, said Saurabh Varshney, Executive Director and CEO at AIIMS Deoghar. Responding to how India ha…

Bengaluru, Aug 21 : Karnataka recorded 1,453 new Covid cases, 1,408 recoveries and 17 deaths in the last 24 hours, according to the state health bulletin on Friday.Authorities have managed to bring down cases in Bengaluru Urban and Dakshina Kannada w…