AstraZeneca's experimental COVID-19 vaccine is probably the world's leading candidate and most advanced in terms of development, World Health Organization's (WHO) chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan said on Friday. "So it's possible they will have results quite early," she added. Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine candidate was "not

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee on Friday announced guidelines capping treatment cost of coronavirus patients at private healthcare facilities, reducing and capping the cost of testing from ₹4,500 to ₹2,250. "The PPE and other protective equipment costs will be capped at ₹1,000 per day and

India has recorded its biggest one-day rise in coronavirus cases as 18,552 people tested positive in the last 24 hours. With this, the number of coronavirus cases in India has risen to 5,08,953, according to Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. The coronavirus death toll

Traces of coronavirus have been found in a sample of Barcelona waste water which was collected nine months before COVID-19 was identified in China, according to a research by the University of Barcelona. The traces were found in the sample collected on March 12, 2019.

The Delhi government has formed at least 1,100 teams to conduct an exercise to screen the national capital's population for COVID-19. These teams, around 100 in every district, have accredited social health activists (ASHA) and auxiliary nurse midwives (ANM) as its members. The process of

CIMS Healthcare Excellence Awards Virtual Ceremony intends to felicitate the achievers in healthcare and pharmaceutical industry to encourage healthy competition, resulting in better delivery of healthcare services. The awards ceremony presents an opportunity to be in the company of reputed consultants, heads of leading healthcare

PHD Chamber of Commerce & Industry, AYUSH Committee organized an Interactive Webinar on Ayurvedic Wisdom for Global Health During Covid-19 Period. The eminent Panellists present were Dr. Manoj Nesari, Advisor, Ministry of AYUSH, Govt. of India, PadmabhushanVd. Triguna Ji, President, All India Ayurvedic Congress (AIAC), Dr. J.L.N Sastry, CEO, National Medicinal Plants

Pune's Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) has roped in 10 laboratories, out of which four are government setups and six are private labs, to conduct COVID-19 tests. Following this, the delivery time of swab test reports has reduced to less than 24 hours. "We are

The Delhi government on Thursday told the Delhi High Court that it is making all-out efforts to conduct a high number of COVID-19 tests in the state. Representing Delhi government, Advocate Satyakam during a hearing told the Court that from June 18 to June 23,

The Gujarat government on Thursday reduced the rates for COVID-19 tests conducted at private laboratories from ₹4,000 to ₹2,500. "The charges will be ₹3,000 if a laboratory assistant is called home to collect samples," Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel said, adding that the new fee