Health

Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 19 : Going by the figures, there seems to be a decline in the new Covid cases in Kerala as 7,643 people turned positive after 82,408 samples were tested in the past 24 hours.The test positivity rate was 9.27 per cent, said a s…

Guwahati, Oct 19 : After nearly two years, students of Classes 1 to 8 as well as of Class 11 headed back to their schools as all government and private institutions in Assam re-opened on Tuesday.Officials of the Education and Health Departments said …

Jaipur, Oct 19 : Rajasthan Health Minister Raghu Sharma on Tuesday cancelled leaves of medical personnel in the wake of rising dengue cases in the state and announced to launch ‘Dengue Free Rajasthan’ campaign from October 20 to November 3 to control…

Mumbai, Oct 19 : Spelling cheers ahead of Diwali, the Maharashtra government on Tuesday decided to relax pandemic norms further and extend the timings for restaurants and shops, an official said.As per the new orders, which come into effect immediate…

Chennai, Oct 19 : After the resounding success of the five mega vaccination camps against Covid-19, Tamil Nadu is gearing up for the sixth camp.However, instead of the customary Sunday camps — all five mega vaccination camps were held on Sundays, th…

New Delhi, Oct 19 : The Central government on Tuesday asked all states and Union Territories (UTs) to focus on second dose of vaccination in the light of adequate availability of Covid vaccines.The Union Health Ministry said a sizeable number of bene…

New Delhi, Oct : India reported 13,058 new Covid cases on Tuesday, the lowest in 231 days, and 164 deaths in the last 24 hours, according to Union Health Ministry data.With the new fatalities, the overall death toll has increased to 4,52,454.The reco…

Chandigarh, Oct 19 : Haryana’s third Covid-19 sero survey with a sample size of 36,520 has found that 76.3 per cent of the population — 78.1 per cent in urban and 75.1 per cent in rural areas — has virus antibodies.In the first round of the survey,…

New Delhi, Oct 18 : All three unions of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences held a hour-long protest against the hospital administration on Monday, and have threatened to go on strike if their pending demands are not considered by the adminis…

New Delhi, Oct 18 : The national capital on Monday reported 15 fresh Covid cases, taking its tally to 14,39,405, as per the Delhi Health Department bulletin.However, no fatality has been reported in the city in the last eight days.The city’s death to…