Arvi, a health-tech startup has launched contactless thermal scanning kiosks amid COVID-19 pandemic. Arvi kiosks use AI technology with deep learning to combine facial recognition and thermal screening to detect persons with high temperatures as well as those violating requirements to wear masks. The launch of safe
PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry hosted awebinar on "Cancer Care during COVID Times: Tackling of NCDs" with august panelist from the medical fraternity including Dr. N Subramanian, Chairman,Health Committee, PHD Chamber and Director, Medical Services, Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals; Dr. Gopi Chand Khilnani, Chairman, Pulmonary,
While India is slowly easing its lockdown restrictions, the number of Covid-19 cases remains on the rise. Receiving adequate and on-time treatment, apart from monetary and other associated concerns have gripped large sections of the populace, particularly the migrants and the poor. In a conversation
Amid PM's call for supporting homegrown businesses, the firm has increased its product offerings for the medical sector, service industry and the general public After building the capacity to produce near to a million medical coveralls during the ongoing lockdown, India’s leading manufacturer & distributor of
Less than 1% of 26,400 people, randomly chosen from 65 districts, were exposed to coronavirus in the first month of the national lockdown, according to the first phase of a nationwide sampling to check for the virus' spread via testing for antibodies. ICMR chief Dr
India overtook the UK to become the fourth worst coronavirus-hit country with total cases reaching 2,97,535 after a record jump of 10,956 cases in last 24 hours. The UK has reported 2,91,409 cases till date. India's coronavirus death toll has surged to 8,498 after 396
BMC has decided to set up at least 9,000 oxygen-supported beds by June 30, amid COVID-19 pandemic. Currently, Mumbai has 5,496 oxygen-equipped beds across all hospitals, out of which 71% are already occupied, BMC officials said. The medical superintendent at St George's Hospital said they
Surgeons led by Indian-origin doctor Ankit Bharat performed a double-lung transplant on a patient whose lungs were damaged by COVID-19, a surgery believed to be first of its kind in US since pandemic began. Northwestern Medicine in Chicago said the recipient is a Hispanic woman
US-based Regeneron Pharmaceuticals said on Thursday that it has begun human trials of its antibody 'cocktail' as a treatment for COVID-19. The antibody, called REGN-COV2, contains an antibody made by Regeneron and a second isolated from humans who recovered from COVID-19. The firm also plans
Based on currently available knowledge about the novel coronavirus, spread from person-to-person occurs most frequently among close contacts (within about 6 feet). This type of transmission occurs via respiratory droplets. Transmission of coronavirus occurs much more commonly through respiratory droplets than through fomites. Current evidence