Health

Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 24 : Authorities in Kozhikode district in Kerala were on alert after a boy was found infected with contagious shigella bacteria even as Health Minister KK Shailaja called upon the people to observe caution.Shailaja, however, m…

Hyderabad, Dec 24 : Telangana reported 574 new Covid-19 cases on Thursday, taking the state’s tally to 2,83,556, health officials said.During the last 24 hours, two more persons succumbed to the virus, pushing the death toll to 1,524.The fatality rat…

Agra, Dec 24 : The Covid-19 tally of Uttar Pradesh’s Agra district has risen to 10,110 with 29 fresh cases reported in the last 24 hours.So far there have been 170 deaths.For the past four days, the number of cases reported daily had gone down to bel…

Kanpur, Dec 24 : The first dose of indigenously developed coronavirus vaccine, Covaxin, has been successfully administered to 1,000 volunteers at Prakhar Hospital as part of phase III trial.Dr JS Kushwaha, principal investigator at Prakhar hospital, …

New Delhi, Dec 24 : India on Thursday witnessed 24,712 fresh Covid-19 infections taking the total number of cases to 1,01,23,778, along with 312 deaths in the last 24 hours, taking the tally of fatalities to 1,46,756, the Ministry of Health and Famil…

Bengaluru, Dec 24 : Karnataka Health and Family Welfare Minister K. Sudhakar said on Wednesday that the health department is keeping a tight vigil on the passengers who returned from the United Kingdom to Bengaluru after November 25.Speaking to repor…

Bengaluru, Dec 24 : With the Indian government’s help, 62 patients were airlifted from Yemen for treatment at a private hospital in the city amid the pandemic, an official said on Wednesday.”With the Indian government’s support, 62 Yemeni patients a…

Bhubaneswar, Dec 23 : A 34-year-old man returning from the UK has been shifted to a hospital after testing positive for Covid-19 here, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) said on Wednesday.The person was in isolation after his return from the…

Hyderabad, Dec 23 : Telangana medical and health department has decided to conduct medical tests on 1,200 passengers who travelled to the state directly from the United Kingdom after December 9.Director of public health G.Srinivasa Rao said that the …

New Delhi, Dec 23 : The Union Health Ministry on Wednesday reviewed the status of passengers coming from the UK to India and directed states and Union Territories to send samples of those found coronavirus positive to six laboratories identified for …