Health

Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 23 : The Covid test positivity rate (TPR) in Kerala on Tuesday continued to remain under 6 per cent with 4,034 people testing positive after 69,604 samples were sent for testing in the past 24 hours.State Health Minister K.K.S…

Mumbai, Feb 23 : The Maharashtra government on Tuesday said it will not allow the sale of Coronil, an “anti-Covid” medicine manufactured by Baba Ramdev’s Patanjali Ayurveda.The Maha Vikas Aghadi government has pointed out that the Indian Medical Ass…

Amaravati, Feb 23 : Andhra Pradesh reported 70 new Covid infections on Tuesday, raising the state’s tally over 8.89 lakh, even as 84 more persons recovered in the past 24 hours.Chittoor district reported the highest number of cases at 18, followed b…

New Delhi, Feb 23 : The Centre on Tuesday informed that it has found two specific variants of SARS-CoV-2 — N440K and E484K — circulating in three states, Maharashtra, Kerala and Telangana, which have been detected with high number of mutations.Howe…

Chandigarh, Feb 23 : Amid growing concern over rising Covid-19 cases in Punjab, Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Tuesday ordered restriction on indoor gathering to 100 and outdoor to 200 persons from March 1, along with strict enforcement of mask-we…

Panaji, Feb 23 : The Goa chapter of the Indian Medical Association has sought a bigger role for private healthcare operations in the rollout of Covid-19 vaccination drive, saying the involvement of the private sector would help faster vaccination cov…

Bhopal, Feb 23 : After the spike in outbreak of the Coronavirus pandemic in many parts of Maharashtra, Covid-19 cases have also increased marginally in many parts of Madhya Pradesh, too.The Bharatiya Janata Party-led government in Madhya Pradesh is a…

Chennai, Feb 23 : The Tamil Nadu government has spent a total of Rs 13,352.85 crore in preventing the spread of Covid-19 pandemic, Deputy Chief Minister O.Panneerselvam said on Tuesday.He also said the state is expected to log a positive growth rate …

New Delhi, Feb 23 : Although fresh Covid-19 cases have been showing an upward trend over the past one week, it came down by at least 3,600 cases as the country reported 10,584 new cases in the last 24 hours on Tuesday.The overall tally mounted to 1,…

New Delhi, Feb 23 : The genetic diagnostic laboratories in India have detected over 24,000 mutations in the strains of SARS-CoV-2 in the last one year, top officials told IANS on Tuesday. The officials added that the mutations have been detected in a…