India has decided to vaccinate Afghanistan returnees against polio for free as a preventive measure against the wild polio virus, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said on Sunday. The minister also shared a photo where returnees could be seen getting jobs at the Delhi international airport. Afghanistan
The founder Meena Ganesh has led Portea Medical to become India’s largest outside-of-hospital healthcare brand, and Vaibhav has been with the company since 2013, contributing to its success and growth across India Portea Medical, India’s largest outside of hospital consumer healthcare company, announced the appointment of
Union health minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Thursday said the government has launched an inquiry into a report claiming that counterfeit versions of Covishield, India’s primary anti-COVID-19 vaccine, had been seized. “It has been claimed that duplicate versions of Covishield vaccine were sold in the country. The
Johnson & Johnson (J&J) on Friday said it has submitted an application to the Indian drug regulator to conduct a study of its Covid-19 vaccine in adolescents aged 12-17 years. The US-based pharmaceutical company noted that it is committed to facilitating global equitable access to
A Rs 100 crore luxury Ayurvedic and ancient Indian wellness centre will be launched in the outskirts of Kolkata this December, an official said. South City Ayurvedic Wellness Centre in partnership with the Carnoustie group is being executed by South City projects just 16-km from
The UK government on Sunday announced the rollout of a new nationwide antibody surveillance programme, which will make free home antibody tests available for 8,000 COVID-positive people a day. The UK Health Security Agency will offer these finger-prick tests to help improve the understanding of immunity
Hon’ble CM Shri Uddhav Thackeray handed over the ambulances and the equipment in Mumbai Swades Foundation, the organization that has been leading the rural empowerment in Maharashtra, mobilized INR15 Cr to provide critical medical equipment to Mumbai, KDMC and rural COVID facilities in Raigad, Nashik, Nagar, Kolhapur,
India’s COVID-19 infection tally crossed 55 lakh on Tuesday, while a record 1,01,468 patients recovered in a day, taking their number to 44,97,867 and pushing the recovery rate to 80.86 per cent, the Union health ministry data showed. The coronavirus caseload in the country surged to
Sri Lanka on Tuesday deployed a naval ship to India to avoid delay in fetching oxygen, urgently needed to meet the shortage of supply in hospitals, following the rapid surge of Covid-19 cases in the country. Sri Lanka has recorded over 3.58 lakh coronavirus cases, while
President Ram Nath Kovind on Thursday underwent a cataract surgery at the Army hospital here, a Rashtrapati Bhavan statement said. The surgery was successful and he has been discharged from the hospital, it said. Kovind aged 75 to over as the 14th president of India on
