Health

Bengaluru, July 17 : Karnataka on Friday announced its decision to allow educational institutions that work in the health and medical sector to reopen with immediate effect.With this decision, dental, medical and nursing colleges can restart across t…

New Delhi, July 17 : BJP MP Gautam Gambhir on Friday organised a Covid vaccination drive for the residents of Chak Chila village, an island in the middle of Yamuna river in the national capital.The vaccination drive was carried out in association wit…

Bengaluru, July 17 : Karnataka would train doctors and paramedics across the state to fight the possible Covid third wave, Health Minister K.Sudhakar said on Friday.”The state health department will conduct training sessions for doctors and paramedic…

Bengaluru, July 17 : With the pandemic’s second wave curve flattening, new Covid cases dipped below 2,000 in a day, while deaths declined to 42 in Karnataka, said the state health bulletin on Friday.”Only 1,806 new cases were registered on Thursday, …

New Delhi, July 16 : Even as the second wave continues in India, the number of cases reported for long Covid after has been four times more than what was reported last year, Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals said on Friday.Long Covid is a condition where…

Thiruvananthapuram, July 16 : Even as Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan is being slammed by the Congress and the BJP over Kerala’s Covid test positivity rate (TPR)hovering in the 10 per cent range, he on Friday, informed Prime Minister Narendra that th…

Amaravati, July 16 : Andhra Pradesh on Friday registered 2,345 new Covid cases, taking its overall tally over 19.3 lakh, even as its active caseload dropped to 24,854.As many as 3,001 more persons recovered from the disease in the past 24 hours, to t…

New Delhi, July 16 : Mumbai-based Nevon Air has developed battery-powered full-face masks that provide five times filtration and are proving to be a promising solution to prevent Covid outbreaks.The Nevon Air masks simply cover all the three entry po…

Srinagar, July 16 : Breaking a long trend, new Covid cases outnumbered recoveries in J (and) K on Friday as 221 new cases and one death were reported while 208 patients recovered during the last 24 hours.Officials said after it was over a fortnight t…

Chennai, July 16 : Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Friday announced extension of the lockdown in the state till July 31 with some relaxation.Among these, Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs), industrial schools, and typewriting training ins…