Health

Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 23 : Kerala on Wednesday recorded 6,169 more coronavirus cases out of 61,437 samples tested, an official statement said.The statement from the office of state Health Minister K.K.Shailaja also said that the state had 62,803 ac…

Mumbai, Dec 23 : In a major initiative, the Maharashtra government will conduct a special survey of all passengers who have come from the UK in the past one month to detect if any carry symptoms of the new strain of the Covid-19 virus, Health Ministe…

Panaji, Dec 23 : Santa Claus has popped up in North Goa’s Pernem village with a mission to stop the spread of Covid-19 this year.Dressed as Santa Claus, police personnel attached to the Pernem police station distributed masks to the people in a bid t…

Bengaluru, Dec 23 : Bengaluru civic corporation chief N. Manjunath Prasad has tested coronavirus positive and been quarantined at a private hospital here, an official said on Wednesday.”Prasad tested Covid positive on Tuesday and has been admitted to…

Bengaluru, Dec 23 : Karnataka decided to impose night curfew from Wednesday night till January 2 across the state in the wake of a new coronavirus strain discovered in the UK.Briefing reporters after a meeting with members of the Karnataka Technical …

Amaravati, Dec 23 : Andhra Pradesh has registered 379 new Covid positive cases, increasing the state’s tally to 8.79 lakh, even as 490 more patients recovered from the virus to outnumber infections on Wednesday.Krishna district accounted for the high…

New Delhi, Dec 23 : Six more passengers arriving in two flights from the UK, which landed at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) late on Tuesday night, have tested positive for Covid-19, officials told IANS on Wednesday.With this, the …

New Delhi, Dec 23 : Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech, which is developing the country’s indigenous coronavirus vaccine in collaboration with the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), will submit the additional data sought by the Drug Controller Ge…

New Delhi, Dec 23 : Targeted ransomware attacks on the healthcare and pharma sector will surge in India in 2021 as companies finalise their vaccines to fight Covid-19, a new report said on Wednesday.Healthcare and pharma sector companies that have be…

Bengaluru, Dec 23 : A day after ruling out the imposition of night curfew, Karnataka Chief Minister, B.S.Yediyurappa on Wednesday made a ‘U’ turn and announced a night curfew — between 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. — till January 2.With this, Karnataka is th…