Health

Gurugram, July 1 : The mega vaccination drive run by the Health Department in the district on the occasion of Doctors’ Day has set new records in the Covid vaccination programme in Gurugram on Thursday as 51,241 people were vaccinated at 220 health c…

Amaravati, July 1 : Andhra Pradesh on Thursday reported 3,841 new Covid cases, pushing the state’s overall tally beyond 18.9 lakh, even as its active caseload dropped to 38,178.As many as 3,963 persons recovered from the disease in the past 24 hours,…

Bengaluru, July 1 : Karnataka on Thursday issued fresh special surveillance measures for travellers from Kerala, asking them to produce a negative RT-PCR test report not older than 72 hours or vaccination certificate of at least one dose of Covid vac…

Bengaluru, July 1 : Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday visited the 100-oxygenated bed Covid care facility at Karnataka Power Corporation Ltd’s (KPCL) Yelahanka campus here.The hospital was raised from the ground up in less than 20 …

Jaipur, July 1 : A small tribal cluster in Rajasthan’s Dungarpur is basking in glory for checking the second wave of the coronavirus smartly.It stands tall for giving a ‘No Entry’ to corona in its periphery and hence can be a learning lesson for all …

New Delhi, July 1 : The Chief Justice of India, N.V. Ramana, said on Thursday that doctors have emerged as heroes without capes during the Covid-19 pandemic, adding that it is saddening to see them being brutally attacked while on duty.Delivering his…

New Delhi, July 1 : Expressing his anguish at the death of Corona warriors, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Thursday thanked the members of the medical fraternity and their families for their ‘exemplary valour and service to the society’ durin…

New Delhi, July 1 : Zydus Cadila on Thursday announced that the company has applied for emergency use authorisation (EUA) to the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) for ZyCoV-D — its needle-free plasmid DNA vaccine against Covid-19.If approved,…

Ranchi, July 1 : Amid declining Covid cases in Jharkhand, the state government on Thursday announced more relaxations to bring life back to normal in the state.As per fresh orders issued on Thursday, shops across all the 24 districts of Jharkhand can…

New Delhi, July 1 : Despite limitations of “long-neglected medical infrastructure” and “pressure of population”, India’s per lakh population rate of Covid-19 infection and death rate is still “manageable” compared to even developed countries, Prime M…