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Dr. Harsh Vardhan reviews Public Health Response to COVID-19 and Progress of Vaccination with 8…
Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare today interacted with State Health Ministers and Principal Secretaries/ Additional Chief Secretaries of 8 states in the presence of Shri Ashwini Kumar Choubey, Union Minister of…
Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh calls for audit of oxygen cylinders and ventilators in GMC Jammu
Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for DoNER, MoS in Prime Minister’s Office; Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Department of Atomic Energy and Department of Space, Dr Jitendra Singh today called for audit of oxygen…
Noted science writer explains why Coronavirus is ‘lab-made’
Noted science writer Nicholas Wade, who has worked with some of the world's most distinguished science magazines and journals, penned an exhaustive article last week explaining why Coronavirus has all the hallmarks of being engineered in a…
Arvind Kejriwal urges Centre to allow more firms to manufacture vaccines
Amid the second wave of Covid-19 pandemic across India with a continous increase in demand for vaccines, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has requested the Centre to allow more pharmaceutical firms to manufacture vaccines for India.In a…
No shortage of ICU beds, lockdown effective: Arvind Kejriwal
With the national capital witnessing a dip in Covid cases on May 9 and 10 from the record high since the last few days, the state administration on Tuesday claimed that there is no dearth of ICU beds in the hospitals.Not only the daily…
18 foreign O2 plants, 3.4L Remdesivir dispatched to States
Global aid comprising 8,900 oxygen concentrators, 5,043 oxygen cylinders, 18 oxygen generation plants, 5,698 ventilators or BiPAP and more than 3.4 lakh Remdesivir vials have been delivered to States and UTs so far to strengthen their…
WHO warns against use of ivermectin to treat Covid-19
A day after Goa's Health Minister Vishwajit Rane recommended ivermectin to all above 18 to combat Covid in the state, the World Health Organisation on Tuesday has warned against its use."Safety and efficacy are important when using any…
India logs 3.29L Covid cases, 3,876 deaths in 24 hrs
Witnessing a sharp decline, India recorded 3,29,942 fresh Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours with 3,876 fatalities, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said here on Tuesday.On Friday, India had recorded the highest ever…
Covid-19 could cause long-lasting damage to heart: Doctors
A large number of recovered patients from Covid-19 have encountered heart problems and even patients with existing heart problems have felt its affects. The virus can lead to heart injury, heart failure, stroke, and damage to your heart,…
‘One third of India’s oxygen production concentrated in eastern region’
One-third of oxygen production in the country is concentrated in its eastern region even as nearly 60 per cent of the demand for the live-saving gas is in the northern and southern parts and 30 per cent in the western sector.There is a…