Health

New Delhi/Islamabad, July 30 : The fourth wave of Covid-19 pandemic has shown no signs of slowing down in Pakistan, as the country’s active caseload shot past the 60,000-mark on Friday morning.The National Command and Operation Centre’s (NCOC) data s…

Chennai, July 30 : Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Friday announced the extension of Covid-19 lockdown till August 9, without any further relaxations.The present lockdown comes to an end on July 31.Stalin chaired a meeting here to discuss th…

Thiruvananthapuram, July 30 : Kerala on Friday saw over 20,000 Covid cases for the fourth day in succession, making it account for 50 per cent of the country’s daily tally.In a statement issued here, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said 20,772 people…

New Delhi/Bengaluru, July 30 : With a possible third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic looming large, Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said on Friday that the state government would start screening passengers arriving to the state in trains from…

New Delhi, July : A 61-year-old Delhi doctor, infected with Covid thrice and contracting both the Alpha and Delta variants after vaccination, presents the first such documented case of two reinfections and two breakthrough infections.Dr Veena Aggarwa…

New Delhi, July 30 : The Central government is making all efforts to ensure the National Exit Test (NExT) to get a license to practice medicine in India, will be conducted in the first half of 2023 as per the roadmap, said Union Minister of Health an…

Lucknow, July 30 : Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has directed officials to ensure round the clock availability of ambulance services in all districts, in view of the impending third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic.Addressing a Covid eval…

New Delhi, July 30 : Genome sequencing capacity has not been reduced in the country, and since its inception, the INSACOG has sequenced 58,240 SARS-CoV-2 genomes, the Parliament was informed.Out of these, 46,124 samples have been analysed, assigned p…

Panaji, July 30 : Not a single Covid patient died in Goa’s apex health facility, the Goa Medical College, due to non-supply of oxygen, Health Minister Vishwajit Rane told the state legislative assembly on Friday.”At no point in time, the Oxygen suppl…

Hyderabad, July 30 : The Telangana government has directed all private hospitals in the state to install Pressure Swing Adsorption (PSA) oxygen generation plants.Director of public health and family welfare Dr G.Srinivas Rao directed the managements …