Health

Thiruvananthapuram, May 28 : Kerala on Friday saw its Covid test positivity rate witness a further drop to 16.40 per cent down from the nearly 30 per cent early this month.A statement issued by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said that another 22,318…

Chennai, May 28 : Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Friday announced extension of the tightened Covid-19 lockdown by one more week.In a statement issued here, Stalin said considering the Covid-19 spread district wise and to safeguard precious …

New Delhi, May 28 : Public health expert Poonam Muttreja has said that Lakshadweep administration’s proposed two-child norm defies all logic.The Lakshadweep administration has proposed a new panchayat regulation that makes any person with more than t…

New Delhi, May 28 : Bharat Biotech said on Friday that the timeline for manufacturing, testing, and release for a batch of Covaxin is approximately 120 days.In a statement, the company said that manufacturing, testing, release and distribution of vac…

Gurugram, May 28 : Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Friday virtually inaugurated four Pressure Swing Absorption (PSA) oxygen plants here.These plants have been built under the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programme in collaborat…

Amaravati, May 28 : The Andhra Pradesh government has decided to crack the whip on private hospitals that are over-charging Covid patients.While notices and warnings were being issued to them till now, Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy has now di…

Chennai, May 28 : The Tamil Nadu government has constituted a special task force to tackle mucormycosis or black fungus.The 12-member committee is chaired by the Director of Medical Education (DME) and will advise the state government on issues relat…

Mumbai, May 28 : The Bombay High Court on Friday ordered the Maharashtra government to immediately transfer ailing octogenarian priest and Koregaon-Bhima case accused Father Stan Swamy to a private hospital for 15 days, in view of his deteriorating h…

Patna, May 28 : As many as 17 persons from a village in Raghopur Assembly constituency in Bihar’s Vaishali district died of Covid-19 infection in a single month, according to Juhi Parveen, the head of Chak Sikandar village panchayat.Juhi Parveen rele…

New Delhi, May 28 : Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal on Friday virtually inaugurated four oxygen PSA generator plants donated and installed by automobile major Maruti Suzuki under its CSR initiative in three government hospitals in the state.”By en…