As many as 17 states and UTs have reported no COVID-19 deaths in the last 24 hours, while six of them have recorded no new case during the period, the Union Health Ministry said on Tuesday. The recoveries have surged to 1,06,33,025 with 11,805 more
Dr Manivannan Selvaraj, Founder and Managing Director, Kauvery Group of Hospitals took the second dose of COVID -19 vaccine at Kauvery Hospital. Speaking on the same, Dr Manivannan said , “ We have been able to administer vaccines for the frontline workers and health officials
The Covid-19 pandemic had brought normal life to a grinding halt and caused an upheaval in most of our lives. While we stayed locked up at our homes, there were a few others who went beyond their call of duty. A majority of them included
The UK's tougher new travel rules to contain the spread of Covid-19 variants came into effect from Monday, involving compulsory hotel quarantines for anyone returning to England from one of the 33 high-risk "red list" countries. Those arriving will have to pre-book and pay 1,750 pounds
Describing as “alarming” the rise in fresh COVID-19 cases in some districts of Maharashtra, Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Monday warned of taking some “harsh decisions” and asked people to be prepared. Some districts in Vidarbha region in east Maharashtra, especially Amravati and Nagpur,
The World Health Organization has granted an emergency authorization to AstraZeneca's coronavirus vaccine, a move that should allow the U.N. agency's partners to ship millions of doses to countries as part of a U.N.-backed program to tame the pandemic. In a statement Monday, the WHO said it
SRL Diagnostics, India’s leading diagnostics chain with the largest accredited lab network, has signed an agreement with the US-based Mayo Clinic Laboratories to further collaborate on research, training, co-hosting seminars, conferences and symposia around esoteric tests. The collaboration aims to facilitate initiatives between the two organisations in
The risk of both mortality and rehospitalisation after an elective revascularisation procedure for coronary artery disease is similar for people with and without Alzheimer’s disease (AD), but people with AD had worse outcomes after an emergency procedure, according to a new study from the University
An aspiring doctor, Nivedita Rajasekhar is a young cancer survivor, who was diagnosed with medulloblastoma at the tender age of 3 years in 2015. It is the most frequent paediatric malignant tumor of the central nervous system and mainly affects young people, with about half
All central government employees have been asked to attend office on working days, according to a Personnel Ministry order. The decision comes amid a significant decline in the number of active COVID-19 cases in the country, including in the national capital. However, all officers and staff