Health

Chennai, April 8 : With the number of people testing positive for coronavirus going up in the state, the Tamil Nadu government on Thursday announced a range of restrictions to check the spread of the disease.As of Wednesday, the number of active Covi…

New Delhi, April 8 : Amid the tussle between the state governments and the Centre over the supply and shortage of Covid vaccines, the truth is that India has been the largest buyer of Covid jabs in the world with pre-booking of 1.6 billion doses.Acco…

Dehradun, April 8 : Nearly 88 students of the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee in Uttarakhand’s Haridwar district have tested positive for coronavirus, an institute official said on Thursday.Sonika Shirivastva, a spokesperson …

Lucknow, April 8 : Uttar Pradesh has taken a lead in vaccination drive by surpassing other states and setting a new record by vaccinating more than 5 lakh persons in a day.According to the government spokesman, there was a sudden rise in the number o…

Guwahati, April 8 : Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Thursday took his first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine at the Gauhati Medical College and Hospital (GMCH).After the jab, Sonowal,59, tweeted: “Took my first shot of Covid-19 vaccine at GMCH…

Lucknow, April 8 : The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh will launch a special focused covid vaccination drive from Thursday.The drive will focus on the beneficiaries of different social groups who are above 45 years age.The drive will cont…

New Delhi, April 8 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday received the second dose of Covid-19 vaccine here at the city’s premier All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), giving a message to the people that “vaccination is among the few w…

Mathura (Uttar Pradesh), April 8 : The Mathura district court has been closed till Monday after some judges and staff tested positive for the coronavirus infection.District and Sessions judge, Mathura, Yashwant Kumar Mishra issued orders for the clos…

Varanasi, April 8 : Nearly 60 per cent of the government vaccination centres in Varanasi, the constituency of Prime minister Narendra Modi, have had to shut down due to a shortage of Covid vaccines.Of the 66 government-approved vaccination centres in…

New Delhi, April 8 : With the exponential surge in Covid-19 cases over the last few weeks in the national capital already a cause of concern, the current wave of coronavirus spreading among people aged between 20 to 45 years shows the need to vaccina…