Health

Chennai, May 23 : With a more strict week-long lockdown set to be implemented from Monday, several parts of Tamil Nadu on Sunday witnessed panic buying with people thronging shops and markets selling provisions and meat.Police had to file cases and e…

New Delhi, May 23 : Delhi has reported 1,649 new Covid cases in the last 24 hours, lowest since March 30, health officials said on Sunday.The daily positivity rate also declined to 2.42 per cent, lowest since March 28, when the Delhi’s daily positivi…

Jammu, May 23 : The Covid vaccination drive in the 18-45 age group will be accelerated in Jammu and Kashmir.Efforts are afoot for targeted vaccination programme from May 25 with a focus on high priority and high risk groups, officials said on Sunday….

New Delhi, May 23 : Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan on Sunday asked yoga guru Ramdev to withdraw derogatory remarks he allegedly made against allopathy.In a video circulated on social media, Ramdev was heard saying allopathy is “a stupid scien…

Mumbai, May 23 : Maharashtra’s Covid-19 daily deaths shot up to a new record high and the state toll zoomed above 88,000 but new infections dropped and remained below the 30,000 level, health officials said on Sunday.Compared with 682 deaths on Satur…

Guwahati, May 23 : The Assam Police launched a massive search operation on Sunday to trace around 500 people who fled from the state’s Jagiroad railway station, skipping the mandatory Covid test, officials said.Police and health officials said that a…

Puducherry, May 23 : Puducherry on Sunday decided to extend the ongoing lockdown till May 31 as Covid-19 cases continue to surge in the Union Territory.Lt Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan in a press release, said that the lockdown will be extended ti…

Guwahati, May 23 : The first Oxygen Express train for the northeastern region carrying 80 metric tonnes of liquid medical oxygen (LMO) arrived at the Inland Container Depot at Amingaon in Guwahati on Sunday.Receiving the area’s first Oxygen Express, …

Srinagar, May 23 : A patient suspected of black fungus infection was admitted to a hospital on Sunday in Srinagar city.Doctors at the government dental college said a patient suspected of mucormycosis is admitted in the hospital.”The patient is a pos…

Amaravati, May 23 : Andhra Pradesh has logged over 18,000 new Covid cases and 104 deaths during the 24-hour period ending 9 a.m.on Sunday.A total of 91,629 samples were tested during the period and of them, 18,767 were found positive.With this, the c…