Health

Hyderabad, Jan 19 : Nearly 52,000 public healthcare workers in Telangana were vaccinated for Covid-19 on Tuesday, the third day of vaccination drive.Director of Public Health and Family Welfare G.Srinivas Rao said 51,997 healthcare workers working in…

Guwahati/Silchar, Jan 19 : Authorities in Assam are probing how the 1,000 doses of the Covid-19 vaccine Covishield were found “frozen” in the vaccine store of the Silchar Medical College and Hospital (SMCH), officials said on Tuesday.Cachar Deputy Co…

Hubballi (Karnataka), Jan 19 : Allaying fears over the side-effects of Covaxin, Karnataka Health Minister K.Sudhakar on Tuesday defended the vaccine of from Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech and said that it is safe for use.”Covishield and Covaxin are e…

Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 19 : As many as 6,186 people tested positive for Covid-19 in Kerala on Tuesday while 4,296 people recovered from the disease, according to a release issued by the office of Kerala Health Minister K.K.Shailaja.The test positivi…

New Delhi, Jan 19 : India has vaccinated 6.31 lakh healthcare workers since the commencement of the nation-wide vaccination drive on January 16, the Health Ministry said on Tuesday.”Cumulative total number of vaccinated healthcare workers across the …

New Delhi, Jan 19 : Vaccine hesitancy amongst healthcare workers must end, medical expert and Niti Aayog member Dr V.K.Paul said on Tuesday, amidst heightened concerns over adverse events following immunisation and incomplete clinical trial data of …

New Delhi, Jan 19 : The Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry has rushed a multi-disciplinary team to assist the Lakshadweep administration in Covid-19 management after the Union Territory reported its first case of infection.The case was reported…

Gurugram, Jan 19 : The Haryana government has reduced the rate of the Reverse Transcription- Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) and Rapid Antigen tests for private laboratories from Rs 700 to Rs 499 while the charge for home collection has been cappe…

New Delhi, Jan 19 : The Union Health Ministry on Tuesday said that a total of 4,54,049 people have been inoculated since the commencement of the vaccination drive, and only 0.18 per cent of beneficiaries developed adverse events following immunisatio…

Mumbai, Jan 19 : In a major swoop, the Mumbai Police Crime Branch has busted a racket involving sale of fake sutures of pharma giant Johnson (and) Johnson Co and arrested five persons, an official said here on Tuesday.Following a complaint lodged b…