Health

New Delhi, Feb 28 : As millions across the nation gear up for the festival of colours on March 29, health experts on Sunday warned that Holi can become a “super spreader” if people flout all the Covid-19 rules, amid wild celebrations.The warning come…

Hyderabad, Feb 28 : In view of the rising number of Covid-19 cases and the Centre sounding an alert, the Telangana health authorities have ramped up testing across the state.The authorities are now conducting 40,000 tests per day after 50 per cent dr…

New Delhi, Feb 28 : Fresh Covid-19 cases are showing a worrying upward trend over the past one week, with the country reporting single-day rise of 16,752 cases in the last 24 hours taking the overall tally to 1,10,96,731 on Sunday, Union Health Minis…

New Delhi, Feb 28 : As the vaccination for people aged above 45 with comorbidities and above 60 is around the corner, the enthusiastic promise of ‘free vaccination to all’ by the Delhi government appears a far fetched dream for the UT residents.So fa…

Bengaluru, Feb 28 : With 33 Covid positive cases reported till Saturday, in three clusters at Agragami College, Sambharam College and residents of Purva Venezia apartment of Yelahanka New Town, a northern suburb of Bengaluru, the Bengaluru civic body…

New Delhi, Feb 27 : Day one of third phase of Covid vaccination is likely to see walk-in registrations in huge amount since the CoWIN portal is unlikely to be operational before March 1, officials told IANS.”Senior citizens and people above 45 with c…

Amaravati, Feb 27 : Andhra Pradesh registered 118 new Covid cases on Saturday, increasing the state’s tally over 8.89 lakh, even as 86 more persons recovered from the virus in the past 24 hours.Chittoor district reported the highest number of cases a…

New Delhi, Feb 27 : Union Minister Jitendra Singh inaugurated the first batch of MBBS students at Government Medical College located in J (and) K’s Doda in the virtual presence of Lieutenant Governor of J (and) K Manoj Sinha.Singh said, “The commence…

Bhubaneswar, Feb 27 : The Odisha government on Saturday released Covid-19 guidelines for March allowing the Jatra organisers to hold shows subject to a ceiling of 2,000 persons.In an order, the Special Relief Commissioner Office stated maximum 2,000 …

Jammu, Feb 27 : J (and) K saw 97 new Covid cases on Saturday and 72 patients were discharged from hospital after recovering while no Covid-related death was reported from anywhere in the state during the last 24 hours.An official bulletin said 97 peo…