Health

New Delhi, May 20 : The government on Thursday said that the aerosol can travel up to ten metres from the infected person, and that aerosol through the infected person can fall within two meters but can be carried to ten teters through the air.”Aeros…

Hyderabad, May 20 : Police in Hyderabad and the rest of Telangana have become stricter with the implementation of lockdown. On the direction of Director General of Police M.Mahender Reddy, police officials on Thursday began taking measures to enforc…

New Delhi, May 20 : Cipla Limited on Thursday announced the commercialisation of a polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test kit ‘ViraGen for COVID-19 in India, in partnership with Ubio Biotechnology Systems Pvt.Ltd.ViraGen is Cipla’s third offering in…

Hyderabad, May 20 : The Telangana government has declared fungal infection mucormycosis as a notifiable disease under Epidemic Diseases Act 1897.All the government and private health facilities shall follow guidelines for screening, diagnosis and man…

New Delhi, May 20 : The Office of Principal Scientific Advisor to Government of India, Prof K. Vijay Raghavan has released advisory on “Stop the Transmission, Crush the Pandemic – Masks, distance, sanitation and ventilation, to prevent the spread of …

Chennai, May 20 : Tamil Nadu’s health department has shifted its focus more on Covid awareness programmes and has been apprising the people of the state, especially the rural settlers, of the pandemic vulnerabilities.The state Health Minister Ma.Subr…

Hyderabad, May 20 : The Telangana health authorities on Thursday brought relaxations on hospital admissions and said that positive test report is no more mandatory for admission to a Covid health facility in the state.The Director of Public Health an…

Chennai, May 20 : Crematoriums in Madurai are to get two additional gasifiers, according to Madurai corporation officials.The corporation has taken steps to install additional gasifiers at the crematoriums in Thathaneri and Moolakarai to cope with th…

Lucknow, May 20 : Eleven Covid testing vans will become operational in the state capital from Friday in order to increase the number of Covid testing and provide an easy access to the facility.This is being done in collaboration with seven private la…

New Delhi, May 20 : After recording over 4,000 deaths in the last four days, India on Thursday witnessed a decline in number of fatalities due to Covid-19.The country reported 3,874 deaths due to the virus infection, according to the Union Health an…