Health

Thiruvananthapuram, June 16 : A day before easing of lockdown norms, Kerala on Wednesday saw its Covid test positivity rate (TPR) dip to 11.79 per cent as 13,270 people turned positive from 1,12,521 samples sent for testing in the past 24 hours, Chie…

New Delhi, June 16 : Delhi now has adequate Covid vaccines for all categories with fresh supply of Covaxin and Covishield received from the Centre to accelerate the mass vaccination drive in the capital, the ruling AAP said on Wednesday.Presenting th…

New Delhi, June 16 : The national capital on Wednesday reported 212 new Covid-19 cases while its daily test positivity rate stood at 0.27 per cent, according to the health bulletin issued by the Delhi government.A total of 25 persons succumbed to Cov…

Mumbai, June 16 : The Mumbai Police have launched investigations into an alleged fraud in a posh Kandivali housing complex where a private vaccination drive was undertaken two weeks ago, an official said.”We are probing the matter after the society’s…

Hyderabad, June 16 : A post vaccination study by Apollo Hospitals among healthcare workers at its units across India has revealed that Covid vaccines provided protection in more than 95 per cent of the healthcare workers.The results of the study, rel…

Hyderabad, June 16 : Telangana recorded 1,489 new cases of Covid-19 and 11 deaths on Wednesday.The new cases pushed the state’s cumulative tally to 6,07,925 while the death toll mounted to 3,521.The case fatality rate now stands at 0.57 per cent agai…

Srinagar, June 16 : Recoveries remained ahead of new cases in J (and) K on Wednesday as 1,649 patients were discharged after recovery and 635 new cases were reported in the Union Territory during the last 24 hours.Officials said 193 cases and six dea…

Chandigarh, June 16 : With a rapid decline in the number of new Covid-19 cases, Punjab Sports Minister Rana Gurmit Singh Sodhi on Wednesday directed to open all stadia across the state for the players desirous to participate in national and internati…

New Delhi, June 16 (IAS) Covid vaccines — Covishield and Covaxin — prevented the risk of infection in more than 95 per cent of healthcare workers in India, according to a study by Apollo Hospitals released on Wednesday.The study covered 31,621 health…

New Delhi, June 16 : Facebook on Wednesday joined hands with The Healthy Indian Project (THIP) — a health specialised fact-checking site — as part of its third-party fact-checking programme in India to combat Covid-19 and all other health related m…