Health

Amaravati, July 22 : Andhra Pradesh on Thursday recorded 1,843 new Covid cases, taking the state’s overall tally over 19.4 lakh, even as its active caseload dropped to 23,571.A total of 2,199 more persons recovered from the disease in the past 24 hou…

Thiruvananthapuram, July 22 : Kerala continues to reel under Covid cases in Kerala as 12,818 new cases were detected from 1,03,543 samples tested in the past 24 hours, with the test positivity rate vaulting over 12 per cent, a state government statem…

Shimla, July 22 : The Himachal Pradesh Cabinet on Thursday decided to open schools, comprising residential and partially residential schools, from Class 10 to 12 from August 2, while adhering to the Covid- 19 precautions.Students of Class 5 and 8 wou…

New Delhi, July 22 : A total of 52 countries came forward to help India when the nation was hit by the second wave of Covid-19, the government said on Thursday.In a written reply to parliamentarian Binoy Viswam in Rajya Sabha, Minister of State (Exte…

New Delhi, July 22 : Increased use of steroids for the treatment of Covid-19 has resulted in many problems from black fungus or mucormycosis to bone tissue death in patients who recovered from the deadly infectious disease, say doctors.Many patients …

Puducherry, July 22 : The Union Territory of Puducherry will conduct its third vaccination festival on July 23 and 24, officials said on Thursday.The festival, according to the health officials, is to protect the people from Covid-19, create vaccinat…

Chennai, July 22 : AIADMK Coordinator and former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam on Thursday hit out at Health Minister Ma Subramanian’s statement that there had been no deaths in the state due to oxygen shortage, saying it “is like hiding…

Amaravati, July 22 : As many as 10 lakh phone calls were made to Andhra Pradesh government’s Covid call centre by people across the state to tele-consult for medical advice during the second wave of the pandemic.Since May 1st to Wednesday, tele-consu…

Chennai, July 22 : The Greater Chennai Corporation is under concern over the uncontrolled crowd in markets, including the fish and vegetable markets in Chennai city as well as in Marina beach.While Marina beach is out of bounds for the general public…

Panaji, July 22 : Only one lakh from the state’s population of 15 lakhs have not taken their first Covid vaccination dose yet, according to Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant.Speaking to reporters on Thursday, Sawant also said that the state government…