Health

New Delhi, Aug 12 : Over 2,500 posts are lying vacant in the hospitals run by the Delhi government, including 487 posts for doctors, according to a report submitted in the Delhi Assembly during the recently concluded Monsoon Session.The status report…

Bengaluru, Aug 12 : Karnataka logged 1,857 new Covid cases and 30 deaths in the last 24 hours, while the active cases totalled 22,728, the positivity rate stood at 1.15 per cent and case fatality rate at 1.61 per cent, according to the government hea…

Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 12 : Kerala on Thursday saw yet another day of high Covid test positivity rate (TPR) with 21,445 people turning positive after 1,45,582 samples were sent for testing in the past 24 hours, an official statement said.The TPR ros…

Kolkata, Aug 12 : The West Bengal government on Thursday decided to extend the partial lockdown, although with some additional relaxations, till August 30.Keeping in mind the convenience of the people, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said the state go…

Srinagar, Aug 12 : New Covid cases outnumbered recoveries in J (and) K on Thursday with 176 new cases, 164 recoveries, and 2 deaths recorded during the last 24 hours.Officials said 96 cases, 75 recoveries, and two deaths were reported from the Jammu …

Bengaluru, Aug 12 : Even as Karnataka is struggling with Covid, the state Commissionerate of Health and Family Welfare Services on Thursday stressed the need for prevention and control of Zika Virus Disease (ZVD) in the state.”Considerable number of …

New Delhi, Aug 12 : Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Thursday met World Health Organisation (WHO) Chief Scientist Saumya Swaminathan here to discuss the WHO’s approval for Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin.During the meeting, Swaminathan also discus…

Gurugram, Aug 12 : In a unique initiative, the health department of Nuh district in Haryana, along with M3M Foundation, on Thursday launched the ‘Jan Swasthya Chetna Yatra’ — an awareness-cum-vaccination campaign.The campaign, to be held between Aug…

New Delhi, Aug 12 : Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Thursday said that it is difficult to ascertain without a probe if there were any oxygen-related deaths during the second Covid wave.He said that he has written to the Union Health Min…

Mangaluru, Aug 12 : Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, who is on a visit to Mangaluru to review the Covid situation, on Thursday announced that 50 per cent of ICU beds in the state hospitals will be converted into paediatric ICU beds.Asked ab…