Health

Amaravati, Aug 7 : Andhra Pradesh on Saturday recorded 1,908 new Covid cases, raising the state’s overall tally beyond 19.8 lakh, while 23 persons succumbed to the virus in the past 24 hours to mount the state’s Covid death toll to 13,153.The state’s…

Bengaluru, Aug 7 : Bengaluru logged 357 new Covid cases in the past 24 hours, while five persons succumbed to the virus in the same time period, the daily health bulletin issued by the Karataka government said on Saturday.In the last 24 hours, the st…

Srinagar, Aug 7 : New cases outnumbered recoveries in Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday where 142 new cases and 136 recoveries came to light during the last 24 hours although no Covid related death was reported from anywhere.Officials said 142 tested pos…

Hyderabad, Aug 7 : Interventional Gastroenterologist Dr Yalaka Rami Reddy has bagged the patent for developing a unique surgical device which would make colonoscopy intervention process easier than its existing form. Composite Polypectomy Snare is ea…

Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 7 : Ever since Kerala became the hotspot of Covid in the country by recording as high as 50 per cent of the total daily cases in the country, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan prefers to give out the daily Covid statistics in th…

New Delhi, Aug 7 : Johnson and Johnson’s single-dose vaccine against Covid-19 has got the approval for emergency use in India on Saturday.With J (and) J single-dose vaccine, India has now a total of 5 Emergency Use Authorization vaccines (EUA) to str…

Panaji, Aug 7 : The rising number of Covid cases in Kerala is a cause for concern, Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said on Friday.The Chief Minister also advised the general population to adopt precautions during the upcoming Ganesh Chaturthi festiv…

Chennai, Aug 7 : Tamil Nadu has stepped up measures to check passengers arriving from Kerala by road, rail or air.At the Kerala-Tamil Nadu border, heavy police force has been deployed with a Deputy Superintendent of Police manning each check-post.Tam…

Bengaluru, Aug 7 : In view of surge in Covid cases districts that share borders with Kerala and Maharashtra, Karnataka on Friday decided to enforce a weekend curfew in eight such districts as well as night curfew across the state.According to fresh g…

Amaravati, Aug 7 : Andhra Pradesh Governor Biswa Bhusan Harichandan on Friday said the state should emerge as a role model in preventing the third wave of coronavirus.He was speaking in webinar ‘Creating awareness on prevention of third wave of Covid…