Health

New Delhi, July 10 : India recorded 42,766 new Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours and 1,206 deaths, said the Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry on Saturday.This is the 32nd consecutive day when India reported less than one lakh new coronavirus…

Gurugram, July 10 : The Gurugram health department will start administering the Russian-made vaccine against Covid-19, Sputnik V, from Saturday (July 10) at the government polyclinic sector-31 without any charge, officials said on Friday.With this in…

Bengaluru, July 10 : Alarmed by cases of Zika virus in neighbouring Kerala, Karnataka on Friday issued guidelines to prevent the spread of the disease in the state.”As monsoon season allows proliferation of Aedes mosquito, which is a vector for Zika …

Amaravati, July 9 : Andhra Pradesh on Friday logged 3,040 new Covid cases, raising the state’s overall tally over 19.1 lakh, even as its active caseload dropped to 30,300.As many as 4,576 more persons recovered from the disease in the past 24 hours, …

Mumbai, July 9 : For the first time in 14 days, Maharashtras Covid-19 toll suddenly shot above the 500-mark, though the daily infections remained below the 10,000-mark, health officials said here on Friday.On June 26, the state’s toll stood at 511, a…

Shimla, July 9 : Observing that the same set of guidelines cannot be there for the entire state due to the variants of coronavirus in different areas, the Himachal Pradesh High Court has directed to constitute a monitoring committee for each district…

Gandhinagar, July 9 : The Gujarat government on Friday announced that colleges, polytechnics, and Class 12th offline education could be commenced from July 15, at 50 per cent capacity and after approval of the students’ parents.With daily Covid-19 ca…

New Delhi, July 9 : India’s Covid vaccination coverage crossed the 37 crore-mark (37,19,25,602) on Friday, 175 days after the nationwide inoculation drive commenced on January 16.Of these, over 11.33 crore vaccine doses have been administered to peop…

New Delhi, July 9 : The national capital on Friday reported 81 new Covid cases, and three deaths in the last 24 hours.The daily Covid positivity rate was at 0.11 per cent, according to the health bulletin issued by the Delhi government.In the same ti…

New Delhi, July 9 : Newly-appointed Union Minister for Science (and) Technology, Jitendra Singh, said on Friday that the Covid-19 pandemic has shifted the focus to biotech and genetic interventions, offering an appropriate opportunity to work on st…