Health

Amaravati, April 17 : Andhra Pradesh on Saturday received 6 lakh additional doses of Covid-19 vaccine.”At least five lakh doses of Covishield from Pune’s Serum Institute of India (SII) and one lakh Covaxin doses from Hyderabad’s Bharat Biotech were r…

Mumbai, April 17 : Spelling huge relief for lakhs of Covid-19 patients, the government has slashed the prices of the ‘life-saver’ Remdesivir injection by nearly 50 per cent, to MRP Rs 2,450 per injection now, according to official sources.In a missiv…

Mumbai, April 16 : In a major step to ramp up vaccine production amid the Covid-19 second wave, the Centre has approved production of Corona vaccines from the Maharashtra government-owned Haffkine Institute in Mumbai.Since the past month, Chief Minis…

Lucknow, April 16 : Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has ordered action under the Epidemic Act against hospitals that refuse admission to Covid-19 patients.He said that a hefty fine will also be imposed on such hospitals.According to repo…

Mumbai, April 16 : A prominent Maharashtra legal luminary has petitioned the Centre to declare the Remdesivir medicine – currently in huge demand owing to the Covid-19 pandemic – as a ‘life-saving’ medicine with controlled pricing to prevent blackmar…

Humnabad (Karnataka), April 16 : Karnataka Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Thursday warned that stern action will be initiated against those found hoarding and black-marketing Covid drug remedesvir. Bommai, who was campaigning for the party for the…

New Delhi, April 16 : Amid the surge in Covid cases in the national capital, the three BJP-ruled municipal corporations in the city on Thursday offered to set up isolation centres at their schools and community centres.The BJP-ruled civic bodies also…

Amaravati, April 16 : Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy on Thursday instructed officials to write to the Central government in event of any shortage of Covid vaccines, and that he will also chip in with a letter, if needed.Lauding …

Bengaluru, April 16 : With a record 14,738 new cases in a day, total Covid cases in Karnataka crossed the 11-lakh mark, while nearly 10-lakh recovered so far, said the state health bulletin on Thursday.”The state’s Covid tally shot up to 11,09,650, …

Gurugram, April 15 : Gurugram on Thursday reported the highest single-day spike of 1,434 fresh Covid cases, pushing the tally to 74,856, health officials said.Meanwhile, the district’s Covid toll mounted to 372, while 722 more people were discharged …