Health

Srinagar, July 31 : New cases outnumbered recoveries in Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday where 118 new cases and 113 recoveries were reported, but no Covid related death during the last 24 hours.Health officials said 118 new cases, 40 from Jammu divisio…

Bengaluru, July 31 : Amid the rising Covid-19 cases in Karnataka, the state government on Saturday made an RT-PCR test certificate compulsory for those travelling from Kerala and Maharashtra to the state.The certificate has been made mandatory for al…

New Delhi, July 31 : Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said on Saturday that the Central government headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi will provide 1 crore doses of Covid vaccine to the state for the month of August, in the wake of a poss…

Thiruvananthapuram, July 31 : In what could be a record of sorts, Kerala on Saturday recorded 20,624 new Covid positive cases in 24 hours taking the total new cases in the past five days to over one lakh.This is the fifth day in a row that the state …

New Delhi, July 31 : The Centre has directed 10 severely Covid-19 affected states on Saturday to ensure that all districts reporting positivity rate above 10 per cent must ensure strict restrictions on public gatherings.According to the ICMR, 80 per …

New Delhi, July 31 : The Centre has provided Rs 1,828 crore so far to states and union territories under the emergency Covid response package to combat the pandemic.A total of 15 percent of the allocated amount for ‘Emergency Covid Response Package’ …

New Delhi, July 31 : The Center has directed all the states and union territories to vaccinate homeless people and beggars who may not have resources for vaccination against the Covid-19 pandemic.Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan issued an order …

New Delhi, July 31 : The Ayush ministry’s All India Institute of Ayurveda in collaboration with the United Kingdom’s London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine will conduct a study on ‘Ashwagandha’ for promoting recovery from Covid-19 in a boost …

Mumbai, July 31 : A new non-fiction comedy show on television has taken the initiative to make our frontline workers, especially medical personnel, laugh at a time when they are working very hard amid the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.The makers of ‘Zee …

Chennai, July 31 : The Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) has ordered closure of nine markets and commercial establishments where large number of people gather, till August 9, 2021, starting from Saturday.The market closure is to prevent the spread of…