Health

Shimla, Dec 29 : Two-time Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Shanta Kumar’s wife Shailja died of a heart attack early Tuesday in a hospital.She was earlier diagnosed with coronavirus, doctors said.She was undergoing treatment along with her husband and …

Bengaluru, Dec 29 : Maintaining the healthy trend, with 1,178 patients discharged on Monday, recoveries remained more than 653 new Covid cases on Sunday across Karnataka, said the state health bulletin on Monday.”With 1,178 discharged in the southern…

Bengaluru, Dec 28 : Karnataka is revamping its healthcare system to fight the Covid pandemic with more medical colleges and investment in hospitals, state Health Minister K.Sudhakar said on Monday.”We are revamping the public healthcare system across…

New Delhi, Dec 28 : Delhi reported 564 new Covid-19 cases on Monday — the lowest in the last five months — as the positivity came below one per cent in the last 24 hours.Meanwhile, the deaths due to Covid also saw a significant drop with only 21 fa…

New Delhi, Dec 28 : Pune-based Serum Institute of India on Monday expressed hope at the possibility of Covid-19 vaccine – Covishield receiving the regulatory approval in “few days”, while emphasising that the company has a massive stockpile 40-50 mil…

New Delhi, Dec 28 : After a year which saw an unprecedented global health crisis, many are anticipating the coronavirus vaccine, as India prepares for the inoculation campaign, which is likely to commence in January 2021.But before the actual vaccina…

New Delhi, Dec 28 : Union Minister of State (MoS) for health and family Welfare, Ashwini Kumar Choubey has tested positive for Covid-19 and self-isolated himself at home on Monday evening.Choubey took to micro-blogging website Twitter to announce his…

Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 28 : Kerala recorded another 3,047 Covid cases on Monday, from 32,869 samples tested, thus showing a positivity rate of 9.27 per cent.As per officials, 4,172 people were cured, taking the total cured to 6,67,368, while 64,028 …

Bhubaneswar, Dec 28 : Amid the fear of new coronavirus strain, as many as 62 persons who had recently returned to Odisha from the United Kingdom are untraceable, an official said on Monday.However, there is no need to panic as these 62 UK returnees …

New Delhi, Dec 28 : Despite the declining trend in new Covid-19 cases, the Central government on Monday extended, till January 31 next year, the safety guidelines directing states and Union Territories (UTs) to maintain surveillance and follow contai…