Health

New Delhi, June 27 : The Centre has told the Supreme Court that the Prime Minister announced the revised vaccination policy on June 7 after receiving requests from chief ministers of 13 states as well as health ministers of various states.”The revise…

New Delhi, June 26 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday held a meeting with the top officials to review the Covid situation and the progress of the vaccination drive in the country.The Prime Minister directed the officials to work with the stat…

Amaravati, June 26 : Andhra Pradesh on Saturday reported 4,147 new Covid cases, pushing the state’s overall tally to over 18.7 lakh, even as its active caseload dropped to 46,126.As many as 5,773 more persons have recovered, raising the total number …

Kolkata, June 26 : Days after a fake vaccination racket was busted in Kolkata, the West Bengal health department on Saturday issued a detailed guideline to control and monitor Covid vaccination camps (CVCs) organised by private entities across the st…

Srinagar, June 26 : J (and) K on Saturday reported more Covid recoveries than new cases as 864 people recuperated from the disease while 342 fresh infections pushed the tally to 314,316, health officials said.Officials said that out of the 342 new ca…

Panaji, June 26 : Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Saturday announced extension of the ‘curfew’ imposed in the state on account of the Covid pandemic till July 5.”The government of Goa has decided to extend the state level curfew till July 5,” Saw…

Kolkata, June 26 : Four days after Trinamool Congress MP Mimi Chakraborty took a jab at a fake Covid vaccination camp, the actor-turned-politician on Saturday complained of dehydration and stomach cramps.Mimi felt dizzy following a round of profuse s…

New Delhi, June 26 : The Pune-based Serum Institute of India (SII) has begun manufacturing Novavax’s protein-based vaccine Covovax, CEO Adar Poonawalla has said.The company will also begin clinical trials of Novavax for children starting July.”Excite…

New Delhi, June 26 : Director General of Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR), Balram Bhargava said that Covishield and Covaxin work against Alpha, Beta, Gamma and Delta variants of SARS-CoV-2, while their effectiveness against the Delta plus v…

New Delhi, June 26 : After wreaking havoc in India during the deadly second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic in April and May, the Delta variant has now spread to more than 90 countries — from the US to Europe to Africa to Australia.According to the Un…