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Chandigarh allows bars, restaurants, gyms to open
The Chandigarh administration on Tuesday ordered extension of Covid-19 restrictions with major relaxations, including allowing functioning of bars, restaurants, gyms and spas with 50 per cent capacity for the first time after over a month…
Study on FabiFlu supports safety, effectiveness with no new red signals
Glenmark Pharmaceuticals on Tuesday announced its interim data of 503 patients from its Post Marketing Surveillance (PMS) study on Favipiravir in India.The PMS study, commenced in July 2020, aimed to evaluate safety and efficacy of…
UST Extends a Helping Hand Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic in India
UST, a leading digital transformation solutions company, is extending a much-needed helping hand to COVID-19 pandemic relief in India by working closely with governments, hospitals, relief workers, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs)…
GVK EMRI sets up a 50 bedded multi-specialty hospital at its 108 GVK EMRI Headquarters
GVK EMRI sets up a 50 bedded multi-specialty hospital at its 108 GVK EMRI Headquarters near Kompally in the city outskirts. This facility becomes functional from today onwards. Presently it will cater exclusively to COVID-19, GVK EMRI…
Government receives fresh consignment of 9 Oxygen Generation Plants from Germany
The Jammu & Kashmir Government received a fresh consignment of 9 Medical Oxygen Generation Plants at the Srinagar Airport, today.The state-of-the-art Pressure Swing Adsorption (PSA) Oxygen Generation plants, manufactured in Europe, were…
Bulletin on COVID-19 : JK reports 977 new positive cases, 273853 recovered so far
The Government on Monday informed that 977 new positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19),288 from Jammu division and 689 from Kashmir division, have been reported today, thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and…
Seropositivity rate, anti-spike antibody titre higher in Covishield than Covaxin: Study
A latest study has found that both vaccines, Covishield and Covaxin elicited good immune response after two doses, although seropositivity rates and median anti-spike antibody titre was significantly higher in Covishield as compared to…
Can distaste for bitter flavours determine severe Covid risk?
US Researchers have found a connection between a person's ability to perceive certain bitter stimulants and the symptoms and severity of their Covid-19 infection. The study, led by Baton Rouge General Medical Center, in Louisiana, found…
Mexican Covid mutation increases at alarming rate: Researchers
Italian researchers have identified a new coronavirus mutation, whose scientific name is T478K, that has been spreading mostly in Mexico over the past few weeks and has also been found in Europe. The team, from the Department of Pharmacy…
Indian scientist too flagged Wuhan lab leak way back
Amid the clamour for an in-depth investigation into the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic, Indian scientists from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi were reportedly the first to have flagged the lab-leak theory. A team of…