Health

Mumbai, Feb 16 : Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday gave a clear warning that unless people strictly to Covid-19 protocols, they should be prepared for another bout of lockdown in view of the increasing cases in the state.For star…

Bengaluru, Feb 16 : As many as 103 residents, mostly aged above 60, of an apartment in a Bengaluru suburb have tested positive for Covid-19 after attending a social gathering in their complex, officials said on Tuesday.Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Pal…

Amaravati, Feb 16 : Andhra Pradesh reported 60 new Covid-19 cases on Tuesday, raising the state’s tally to more than 8.88 lakh, even as 140 persons recovered from the disease in the past 24 hours.Chittoor district reported the highest number of case…

New Delhi, Feb 16 : In view of five cases of Covid-19 caused by mutant variants emerging in South Africa and Brazil being found in India, the Union Health Ministry on Tuesday said that it is in discussions with the Civil Aviation Ministry to see if …

Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 16 : The Covid-19 test positivity rate (TPR) in Kerala fell below 7 per cent after 4,937 people turned positive out of the 74,352 samples sent for testing in the past 24 hours, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan informed.Speaking…

New Delhi, Feb 16 : The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to examine a PIL raising concerns of the legal fraternity across the country for being excluded from the priority list of people identified for Covid-19 vaccination drive.A bench of Chief Justic…

New Delhi, Feb 16 : The Central teams deputed by the Union Health Ministry to look for the cause of the sudden spurt of Covid-19 cases in Kerala and Maharashtra as well as assist state authorities to deal with it, have found that both states had subs…

Chandigarh, Feb 16 : A mobile app was launched here on Tuesday for city residents to assess their carbon footprints and steps to reduce it to make them climate-smart citizens.’Carbon Watch’ app developed by UT Department of Environment works on all A…

New Delhi, Feb 16 : The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has found a total of 192 Covid-19 cases of the new variants of mutated SARS-CoV-2 in last two months, including four from the variant emerging in South Africa and one from the Brazilia…

New Delhi, Feb 16 : The national data on the countrywide Covid immunization programme has revealed that women have outnumbered men in availing the vaccine shots.The data extracted from the CoWIN application shows that the number of females inoculated…