Health

Chennai, Sep 10 : Tamil Nadu Health Minister Ma Subramanian has appealed to the people of his state to make maximum use of the mega vaccination drive to be carried out at 10,000 centres across the southern state on Sunday against Covid-19.In a statem…

Lucknow, Sep 10 : Samples of 12 contacts of a man who has tested positive for Covid after returning from the US, have been sent for testing.The Sringar Nagar resident had landed in Delhi on August 31 and came to Lucknow by road.He got himself tested …

Chennai, Sep 9 : Deans of all medical colleges in Tamil Nadu were on Thursday directed to conduct 100 per cent vaccination in the hospitals attached to them during the mega Covid vaccination drive on September 12.In a meeting convened with the deans,…

Chandigarh, Sep 9 : The Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) was on Thursday ranked the second best medical institute in the NIRF Rankings-2021 released by the Ministry of Human Resource Development.Union Minister of Educ…

Vijayapura (Karnataka) Sep 9 : With the threat of a possible third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic looming large over Karnataka, a tragic incident of the death of a 2-year-old girl who showed Covid-like symptoms has been reported from the newly-formed …

New Delhi, Sep 9 : With the introduction of Covid-19 Vaccine Tracker on the Union Health Ministry website, vaccine coverage across India can easily be tracked in real time, Indian Council of Medical Research Director General Balram Bhargava said on T…

New Delhi, Sep 9 : Former Mauritius Prime Minister Navinchandra Ramgoolam was flown to the national capital in a special medical evacuation flight operated by SpiceJet.The flight operated on Wednesday brought the ex-Mauritius PM to New Delhi for urge…

Srinagar, Sep 9 : New Covid cases overtook recoveries in J (and) K on Thursday with 170 new cases and 158 recoveries reported during the last 24 hours.Officials said that 23 cases and 47 recoveries were reported from the Jammu division and 147 and 11…

Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 9 : Kerala on Thursday reported 26,200 new Covid cases from 1,56,957 samples sent for testing in the past 24 hours, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said in a statement.The day’s test positivity rate stood at 16.69 per cent.Vij…

New Delhi, Sep 9 : Children need not be vaccinated for schools to reopen, NITI Aayog’s Member, Health, Dr V.K.Paul announced on Thursday.”Nowhere in the world has vaccination of children been set up as a criteria or condition to reopen schools.All we…