Health

Vijayanagar (Karnataka), Oct 4 : The administration of Karnataka’s newly created Vijayanagar districtis on high alert after the death toll due to consumption of contaminated water in Makarabbi village in Hoovinahadagali taluk of the state rose to 6.C…

Kochi, Oct 4 : In a major intervention, the Kerala High Court on Monday asked the ruling Pinarayi Vijayan government to see that discussions are held with laboratory owners in the state to determine the prices for conducting an RT-PCR test.Consequent…

New Delhi, Oct 4 : The Supreme Court on Monday directed state governments to follow the Centre’s guidelines for paying Rs 50,000 to family members of those who succumbed to Covid-19, and disburse the payment within 30 days of applying for ex-gratia, …

Mumbai, Oct 4 : A full 18 months after remaining shut during the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown, a majority of the schools in Maharashtra – barring the primary sections – reopened on Monday.Schoolbells started ringing at the appointed morning hour urging…

New Delhi, Oct 4 : In the past 24 hours, India reported a total of 20,799 fresh Covid-19 cases, as well as 180 deaths, according to the latest report issued by the Union Health Ministry on Monday.The new fatalities pushed the overall death toll to 4,…

Lucknow, Oct 4 : The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh has decided to withdraw cases registered under the Epidemic Act for violation of pandemic guidelines during the Covid lockdown.Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said keeping in view the la…

Lucknow, Oct 4 : Mahant Nritya Gopal Das, the chief of the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust, has been put on oxygen support.The Mahant was admitted to the Medanta hospital in Lucknow on Sunday evening, after his oxygen level dropped dramatic…

Lucknow, Oct 4 : Nearly 40 per cent of Uttar Pradesh is now Covid-19 free and the state government has declared that out of the total 75 districts, the active caseload in 31 of them has come down to zero.The total active caseload in the entire state …

Bengaluru, Oct 4 : Karnataka’s Minister for Health K. Sudhakar has announced that Covid-19 vaccines in the form of nasal drops for children would mostly be available by the month of November or December.Speaking to reporters in New Delhi after his me…

Chennai, Oct 4 : The state health department on Monday said that over one lakh people have been administered vaccines in the mega vaccination camp.The camp, held on Sunday in four districts of the state from 7 a.m.to 7 p.m, witnessed a huge public pa…