Health

Chennai, April 29 : The Greater Chennai Corporation on Thursday denied that there are abnormal numbers of Covid deaths in its jurisdiction.Talking to IANS, its Commissioner G.Prakash said: “There are no abnormal Covid-19 deaths in the city. We are mo…

New Delhi, April 29 : Hospitals in the national capital continue to face shortage of oxygen, with the Sehgal Neo Hospitals and Rosewood Hospitals now raising alarm over their depleting stocks.In a series of tweets, Sehgal Neo Hospital said: “We need …

Kanpur, April 29 : In a novel gesture, the Sikh community in Kanpur has launched a ‘mask langar’ under which they are distributing free double-layered masks to the needy persons.The masks are being made from thousands of turbans that were donated in …

Chennai, April 29 : Food products company GRB Dairy Foods Pvt Ltd on Thursday said it has donated 50 10-kg oxygen cylinders and accessories to government hospitals in Krishnagiri district in Tamil Nadu.According to GRB Dairy, its officials met the Di…

Chennai, April 29 : Tamil Nadu’s semi-urban towns — Tirunelveli, Tuticorin, Dharmapuri, Krishnagiri, Tenkasi and Nagapattinam — continued to witness surge in Covid-19 cases.While in the past 15 days, urban districts including Chennai and Coimbatore…

New Delhi, April 29 : The cumulative vaccination in the country has crossed the 15 crore mark, said Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry in a statement on Thursday.As per the provisional report till 7 a.m.on Thursday, 15,00,20,648 vaccine doses h…

New Delhi/Washington, April 29 : As India’s healthcare system is finding it harder to cope with the rising Covid-19 cases due to the second wave of the pandemic, the American government has advised its nationals to return to the US.The Department of …

Chennai, April 29 : Amid the Covid pandemic situation, while the flight operations from Chennai to New Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru have been reduced due to the poor traffic, but flight services still continue to operate across the country’s small tow…

Lucknow, April 29 : Amid surging coronavirus cases, the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh, on Thursday, announced the extension of weekend lockdown in the state by one day.Weekend lockdowns were earlier imposed from Friday 8 p.m.to Monday 7…

Hyderabad, April 29 : The Covid-19 claimed 58 more lives in Telangana during the 24-hour period as the state reported a new high in daily fatalities.This is the highest number of daily death toll since the outbreak of the pandemic last year.The state…