Health

Bengaluru, March 18 : In what could be termed as an apparent sign of poor adherence to Covid safety protocols by the public, Karnataka reported over 1,200 new fatalities related to this dreaded virus, health department said on Wednesday.With this, th…

Gandhinagar, March 18 : Gujarat on Wednesday saw its daily coronavirus case tally crossing the thousand mark for the first time this year to reach 1,122, taking its tally to 2,81,173, while the toll rose to 4,430, with three more succumbing.In March …

Gandhinagar, March 18 : The Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) has announced that people entering the city will have to be under home quarentine for a week, after the Diamond City reported more than 350 new Covid-19 cases on Wednesday.The SMC, under t…

Chandigarh, March 17 : Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar said on Wednesday that the ‘mega’ statewide Covid-19 vaccination drive will be carried out every Monday and Tuesday, while 7.50 lakh people have already been vaccinated in the state.”U…

Bhubaneswar, March 17 : Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday said there is a need to ensure that the coronavirus spread is contained through renewed efforts in awareness and enforcement.”We cannot go back to the era of lockdowns.However …

Mumbai, March 17 : Exactly a year after recording the first Covid-19 fatality in Mumbai this day in 2020, Maharashtra’s Corona deaths on Wednesday crossed the 53K-mark, even as the state recorded a whopping 23,179 fresh infections, health officials …

Hyderabad, March 17 : Schools in Telangana are turning to be new hotspots of Covid-19 as the state faces a sudden spurt in new infections.Over 100 students and staff members of at least seven schools have tested positive during the last two days, wor…

New Delhi, March 17 : The cumulative number of Covid-19 vaccine doses administered in the country has crossed 3.64 crore, with over 14 lakh doses given on Wednesday.A total of 14,03,208 vaccine doses were given till 7 p.m.on Wednesday, the 61st day o…

Hyderabad, March 17 : Telangana on Wednesday witnessed a surge in Covid-19 cases during the last 24 hours with the daily count touching 247, the highest this year.The fresh cases pushed the state’s tally to 3,01,769.For the first time since the pande…

Bhubaneswar, March 17 : The Odisha government on Wednesday requested the Union Health Ministry for inclusion of additional categories, including journalists, as frontline workers for Covid-19 vaccination.In a letter, Additional Chief Secretary, Healt…