Health

New Delhi, Feb 17 : Amid cases of new variants of mutated SARS-CoV-2 emerging in India, it has become important to understand how the symptoms of different new variants vary from the original one.According to new studies, the UK variant or the Kent v…

New Delhi, Feb 17 : The Centre has issued new guidelines for international arrivals as mutant variants of SARS-CoV-2 spread across the world.These will supersede all guidelines issued since August 2, 2020.”This Standard Operating Procedure shall be v…

Mumbai, Feb 17 : With the state apparently hurtling towards a second lockdown, Mumbai Mayor Kishori Pednekar on Wednesday took to the streets and appealed to the people with folded hands to follow all the Covid-19 protocols in public interest.Pedneka…

New Delhi, Feb 17 : Dr Randeep Guleria, director, All India Institute Of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), received his second dose of Covid vaccine here on Wednesday after a month of taking the first shot. Guleria, who is also the member of National Task Fo…

Panaji, Feb 17 : Goa Health Minister Vishwajit Rane on Wednesday blamed ‘casual’ attitude for the low turnout for the first two phases of the Covid-19 vaccination drive in the state. Speaking to reporters at the State Secretariat, Rane also sought fl…

Hyderabad, Feb 17 : Telangana logged 148 new Covid cases and one death during the last 24 hours, health officials said on Wednesday.The fresh cases pushed the state’s tally to 2,96,950 while the deaths rose to 1,620.The fatality rate remained 0.54 pe…

New Delhi, Feb 17 : China’s behaviour with the expert team constituted by the World Health Organization (WHO) to investigate the coronavirus (Covid-19) has led to more speculation about the virus that traces its origins to Wuhan in central China.Vari…

Jaipur, Feb 17 : Asaram Bapu, who is serving life imprisonment in Jodhpur jail on charges of sexually harassing a minor girl, was admitted to Jodhpur-situated Mathuradas Mathur Hospital (MDM) after he complained of chest pain and difficulty in breath…

New Delhi, Feb 17 : Continuing its streak of low numbers of single-day coronavirus cases, India reported 11,610 new infections in the last 24 hours even as its overall tally mounted to 1,09,37,320, health officials said on Wednesday.Meanwhile, the Mi…

Lucknow, Feb 17 : The Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGIMS) has started the department of hepatology for treatment of liver diseases.The department is the first of its kind in Uttar Pradesh and it plans to roll out a sust…