Health

Panaji, April 30 : Goa Shipyard Limited, a Defence Ministry shipyard, will aid the state government in providing the oxygen for Covid-19 patients with the help of its ‘Onsite Oxygen Generating Plant’, Union Minister of State for Defence Shirpad Naik …

Chennai, April 30 : Chennai has reported the highest Covid-19 test positivity rate at 20 per cent followed by Tirunelveli at 17 per cent, public health authorities said.With 40 Covid-19 deaths on Thursday, Chennai has reported the highest number of d…

New Delhi, April 30 : Amid the confusion and a deluge of unverified data circulating on social media related to Covid help, Tech company Bobble AI claims to provide real time accurate nationwide information on ventilators, oxygen cylinders, ICU beds …

Pune, April 30 : The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has deployed the services of a private operator, Vaccine On Wheels (VOW) to assist with the ongoing Covid-19 inoculation drive in one of the state’s worst-hit district in terms of cases, officials…

Chennai, April 30 : Tamil Nadu Health Secretary J. Radhakrishnan on Friday said vaccination for those aged between 18 and 44 may not start on Saturday for want of vaccine stocks.Radhakrishnan said supplies of Covid-19 vaccines have not come yet and i…

New Delhi, April 30 : Rohit Sardana, senior journalist and one of the top anchors of Hindi news channel Aaj Tak passed away on Friday, according to people close to him.Rajdeep Sardesai took to twitter and wrote, “More terrible news friends.Well known…

New Delhi, April 30 : Cracking its whip on the people involved in preparing false Covid reports, the Delhi police on Friday said it had arrested five people, including a doctor, from Malviya Nagar area for preparing Covid reports using forged means.D…

New Delhi, April 30 : More than 2.45 crore beneficiaries have registered on CoWIN for the third phase of vaccination till 9.30 am on Friday, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said in a statement.According to the ministry, more than 1.37 crore…

Srinagar, April 30 : Deferring the scheduled COVID vaccination drive for people aged 18-45 which was to begin on Saturday, J (and) K government said the drive will now begin only after the supply is established.”The vaccination drive will begin later…

Panaji, April 30 : The Goa chapter of the Indian Medical Association (IMA) urged Chief Minister Pramod Sawant to extend the ongoing four-day lockdown, by 15 more days in order to break the rising tide of Covid-19 cases in the state.In a statement, IM…