Health

New Delhi, Aug 10 : Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Tuesday released the National Fact Sheet Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS-4), 2019, underlining the role of teachers as the most crucial in creating awareness among children about the ha…

Bengaluru, Aug 10 : Bengaluru logged 315 Covid cases, 492 recoveries, and three deaths in the last 24 hours while the maximum cases (37) in Karnataka were reported from Dakshina Kannada district bordering Kerala, according to the state government hea…

Amaravati, Aug 10 : Andhra Pradesh on Tuesday registered 1,461 new Covid cases, taking the state’s overall tally beyond 19.8 lakh, even as its active cases dropped to 18,882.As many as 2,113 more persons recovered in the past 24 hours, taking the sta…

Chennai, Aug 10 : After a third renal transplant surgery, a 41-year-old resident of Chennai now has five kidney’s in his body and is doing well.The patient, who underwent a third renal transplant surgery at the Madras Mission Hospital, earlier had tw…

New Delhi, Aug 10 : The Union Health Ministry has decided that CGHS beneficiaries getting medicines for chronic diseases will be permitted to purchase them and get reimbursed.In a circular issued on Tuesday, the ministry said that an option has been …

Chandigarh, Aug 10 : With the re-opening of schools in Punjab, 20 students from two government schools in Ludhiana city on Tuesday tested positive for Covid-19.While 12 students are from Kailash Nagar, eight are from Basti Jodhewal.District Magistrat…

Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 10 : Hovering over the 13 per cent mark for a while, the daily Covid test positivity rate in Kerala on Tuesday jumped to 15.91 per cent, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said.In a statement issued here, he said that 21,119 peop…

Srinagar, Aug 10 : Recoveries outnumbered new Covid cases in J (and) K on Tuesday with 124 recoveries, 113 new cases, and 2 deaths reported during the last 24 hours.Officials said that 49 recoveries, 40 cases, and two deaths were reported from the Ja…

New Delhi, Aug 10 : The health ministry on Tuesday said that no states have reported any deaths due to the oxygen crisis during the second Covid wave.In a press conference held here on Tuesday, Health Ministry Joint Secretary Luv Agrawal said, “Only …

Bhopal, Aug 10 : As many as 53 per cent of the total eligible population in Madhya Pradesh has received the first dose of Covid vaccine and 10 per cent population has received the second dose.Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan reviewed the vaccinat…