Health

New Delhi, Aug 21 : The Delhi government on Friday notified the Medical Oxygen Production Promotion Policy 2021 with an aim to increase the production of oxygen in the national capital through either new manufacturing enterprises or by expanding the …

New Delhi, Aug 20 : Zydus Cadila on Friday announced that it has received Emergency Use Authorisation from the Drug Controller General of India for ZyCoV-D – the world’s first plasmid DNA vaccine for Covid-19.ZyCoV-D is a three-dose vaccine which wil…

Amaravati, Aug 20 : Overall Covid cases crossed 20 lakh mark in Andhra Pradesh to reach 20,00,038 with the state reporting 1,435 new infections on Friday.Meanwhile, 1,695 more recovered from the disease in the past 24 hours, taking the total number o…

New Delhi, Aug 20 : The national capital recorded 57 new Covid cases and zero deaths in the past 24 hours, the daily health bulletin of Delhi government said on Friday.According to bulletin, the new cases took Delhi’s overall Covid tally to 14,37,274…

Srinagar, Aug 20 : New Covid cases outnumbered recoveries in J (and) K on Friday with 159 new cases, 126 recoveries, and one death reported in the last 24 hours.Officials said that 36 cases, 64 recoveries, and one death were reported from the Jammu d…

New Delhi, Aug 20 : Zydus Cadila’s three-dose indigenous Covid-19 vaccine ZyCoV-D, the world’s first DNA-based Covid vaccine that can be administered to people aged 12 and above, on Friday received emergency use authorisation (EUA) in India, an offic…

Chandigarh, Aug 20 : Punjab Chief Secretary Vini Mahajan on Friday reviewed the progress of the Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital and Research Centre at Medicity in New Chandigarh near here and was assured that the ultra-modern cancer tertiary care facilit…

Chandigarh, Aug 20 : Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Friday said the state has been giving a benefit of Rs 2 lakh to poor families under an insurance scheme, who have lost members during the Covid-19 pandemic.The Chief Minister informed…

Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 20 : The Kerala government on Friday announced it has sanctioned Rs 3.2 crore for providing financial support to 87 children who lost parents due to Covid.State Health Minister Veena George said that a sum of Rs 3 lakh would b…

Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 20 : There appears no sign of Covid cases in Kerala slowing down as on Friday, 20,224 people turned positive after 1,19,385 samples were tested in the past 24 hours, and the test positivity rate climbed to 16.94 per cent.A sta…