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Ancient wisdom will help build immunity to beat Covid
Going beyond precautions and vaccinations, doctors and the World Health Organization (WHO) have advised that proper nutrition and hydration would be key in fighting the second wave of Covid-19. This is a throwback on some essential ancient…
Covid turns deadly for Indians in 30-45 age group
For Vijay, a 32-year-old healthy working professional in the national capital, testing positive for Covid-19 was bad news.Within no time, the symptoms became severe with respiratory complications, and his family rushed from one hospital to…
Ayurvedic, allopathic kits flood markets offering protection from Covid
With the number of Covid cases mounting at an alarming rate across the country, a number of pharma companies have flooded the markets with several medicines claiming to give protection from the dreaded virus.The messages flooding social…
Health ministry tells PSUs, ministries to dedicate hospital beds for Covid care
Amid a surge in the Covid cases, the Union health and family welfare ministry has advised the Central ministries and the Public Sector Units (PSUs) to dedicate the hospitals under their control for Covid care.The Union Health ministry has…
Punjab to deploy 270 ambulances for emergency care
Punjab has entered into a pact to procure 270 ambulances from Ziqitza Healthcare Ltd (ZHL), a private emergency medical service provider, for its residents free of cost, it was announced on Friday.The ambulances comprise 245 basic life…
Chandigarh imposes weekend lockdown
With the sudden spike in Covid-19 cases, the Chandigarh administration announced weekend lockdown that will start from every Friday night.The decision was taken at a high-level meeting chaired by UT Administrator V.P. Singh Badnore.The…
Bring Remdesivir under drug price control : Maha Barrister
A prominent Maharashtra legal luminary has petitioned the Centre to declare the Remdesivir medicine - currently in huge demand owing to the Covid-19 pandemic - as a 'life-saving' medicine with controlled pricing to prevent blackmarketing…
Centre clears Mumbai’s Haffkine to make Covaxin
In a major step to ramp up vaccine production amid the Covid-19 second wave, the Centre has approved production of Corona vaccines from the Maharashtra government-owned Haffkine Institute in Mumbai.Since the past month, Chief Minister…
3rd vax dose likely needed within 12 months: Pfizer CEO
Pfizer Chief Executive Officer Albert Bourla said people will likely need a third dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine within 12 months of getting fully inoculated.Bourla told CNBC News on Thursday that it is possible people will…
California launches inoculation for all aged 16 & above
California, the most populous state in the US, has opened up Covid-19 vaccination appointments to everyone aged 16 and above."Safe, free, and effective Covid-19 vaccines are now available to everyone age 16 and up," the latest version of…
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