Health

Bengaluru, Jan 15 : For the first time since the pandemic broke out in Karnataka on March 8, new Covid cases dipped below 500 to register 408 in a day, while 564 were discharged in the last 24 hours, said the state health bulletin on Thursday.”With …

New Delhi, Jan 14 : Mild adverse event following immunisation (AEFI) like headache, fatigue, myalgia (pain in muscle), injection site tenderness, malaise (weakness), pyrexia, chills, arthralgia, and nausea are among the symptoms that may occur follow…

New Delhi, Jan 14 : The National Immunisation Day, as part of which children aged between 0-5 years are administered polio drops, has been rescheduled to January 31.The National Immunisation Day (NID), commonly known as Pulse Polio Immunisation Progr…

New Delhi, Jan 14 : The Delhi government is expecting to scale up the vaccination centres to 225 within a week of the Covid-19 immunisation programme launch, officials informed.Dr Suneela Garg, member of the task force for Covid vaccination confirmed…

Panaji, Jan 14 : Sanitation workers who have been part of the state Health Department’s Covid-19 teams will be the first recipients of the Covid-19 vaccine, when the drive begins on January 16 this year, dean of the Goa Medical College, the state’s a…

Thiruvananathapuram, Jan 14 : Kerala on Thursday reported 5,490 new Covid-19 cases with a test positivity rate of 8.11 per cent, a press statement issued by the office of state health minister K.K.Shailaja said. On a positive note, 4,337 people recov…

New Delhi, Jan 14 : A group of 49 doctors, scientists and medical professionals, led by former AIIMS director Tirath Das Dogra, have come forward in support of the homemade Covid-19 vaccines and slammed those casting aspersions on their efficacy.”We …

Jammu, Jan 14 : Two hundred and thirty-seven patients were discharged from different hospitals after recovering from coronavirus on Thursday in Jammu (and) Kashmir with 79 new cases in the last 24 hours.An official bulletin said 237 patients were d…

Panaji, Jan 14 : The vital parameters of Union Minister of State for Defence Shripad Naik, who was hospitalised earlier this week following a road mishap, are stable, an official statement said on Thursday.”Union Minister of state for Defence Shripad…

Gurugram, Jan 14 : The Gurugram health department on Thursday received 85,400 doses of Covid-19 vaccine for five districts, including Gurugram.Gurugram civil surgeon Virender Yadav received the doses from Kurukshetra district in Haryana.Under the sup…