Health

Mumbai, May 10 : Global life sciences company Bayer on Monday announced an extension of its COVID-19 relief measures to local communities, healthcare workers, businesses and employees.As COVID-19 cases surge in India, Bayer is re-purposing its existi…

Chennai, May 10 : The All India Bank Employees’ Association (AIBEA) on Monday requested Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to advice Goa government to restrict the banking hours in the state to prevent coronavirus spread.In a letter to Sitharaman, A…

Chennai, May 10 : Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Monday urged the central government to allocate at least 20,000 vials of Remdesivir injection daily up from the current 7,000 vials.Speaking to the Union Minister of Railways, Commerce (and)…

New Delhi, May 10 : Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh are among the top 10 states that accounted for 73.91 per cent new Covid-19 cases registered in the last 24 hours, said Union Health Ministry’s data on Monday.Maharashtra…

Panaji, May 10 : As Goa continues to top the country’s Covid positivity rate chart, the state government on Monday cleared a new Covid treatment protocol which recommends all residents above the age of 18 to take five tablets of the ivermectin drug, …

Hyderabad, May 10 : Former police chief of undivided Andhra Pradesh, Dr B. Prasada Rao passed away in the US on Monday, his family sources said.Rao complained of chest pain and wanted to be taken to hospital but by the time the ambulance reached, he …

Bengaluru, May 10 : With 47,930 new cases in a day, including 20,897 in Bengaluru, Covid tally in Karnataka crossed 19-lakh mark, while 490 died of the infection during the day, said the state health bulletin on Sunday.”With 47,930 patients testing p…

Thiruvananthapuram, May 10 : A journalist in Kerala who had tested positive for the Covid-19 has died after developing coronavirus-reated complications.Vipin Chand, 42, passed away on Sunday following a massive heart attack.He is survived by his wife…

Chennai, May 10 : The production of oxygen from the controversial Sterlite plant in Tuticorin is likely to start from Wednesday, thus helping 7 to 8 districts of South Tamil Nadu getting ample stock of gaseous Oxygen.This will help overcome the logis…

New Delhi, May 10 : In a late night affidavit submitted in the Supreme Court, the Centre defended its Covid vaccination policy, which has been criticised for differential pricing, shortage of doses, and slow rollout.The Centre added that the price fa…