Health

Lucknow, July 9 : After two cases of the Delta plus strain were found in Deoria and Gorakhpur, a patient has now tested positive to the Kappa strain of Covid-19 in Sant Kabir Nagar.The patient, a 66-year-old man, has died.The strain was detected duri…

New Delhi, July 9 : India recorded 43,393 new Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours and 911 deaths, said the Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry on Friday.Friday is the 31st consecutive day when India reported less than one lakh new coronavirus ca…

Lucknow, July 9 : Cinema halls and multiplexes will not reopen in the state even though the Uttar Pradesh government has allowed them to reopen from July 5.The UP Cinema Exhibitors Federation had earlier said that cinema halls and multiplexes would r…

Bengaluru, July 9 : With the pandemics second wave on the wane, only 2,530 new Covid cases were registered across Karnataka, while 62 patients died of the infection in a day, said the state health bulletin on Thursday.”In all, 2,530 patients tested p…

Bengaluru, July 9 : The Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) would resume inter-state bus service to Kerala from July 12 after suspending it for over 2 months due to Covid-induced lockdown, an official said on Thursday.”With the easing …

Amaravati, July 8 : Andhra Pradesh on Thursday reported 2,982 new Covid cases, raising the state’s overall tally beyond 19.1 lakh, even as its active caseload dropped to 31,850.As many as 3,461 more persons recovered from the disease in the past 24 h…

New Delhi, July 8 : The Union Cabinet on Thursday announced a Rs 23,000 crore second emergency Covid package to improve the facilities in the health sector across the country, which will be used by both the Central and state governments to deal with …

Srinagar, July 8 : Recoveries stayed ahead of new Covid cases in J (and) K on Thursday as 353 patients recovered while 262 new cases and four deaths were reported during the last 24 hours.Officials said 136 recoveries, 120 cases and two deaths were r…

New Delhi, July 8: In a major setback to Chinas Covid vaccines, Singapore is not counting its citizens who received Sinovac Biotech shots as being vaccinated against Covid-19 due to lack of data to show that the doses are effective against coronavirus,…

Mumbai, July 8 : A 17-year-old orphan boy from Kolkata was given a new lease of life by a Mumbai doctor who successfully removed a large coconut-sized stone weighing 1 kg from an augmented urinary bladder.Rajiv Redkar, a consultant paediatric surgeon…