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Covid wreaks havoc in UP village, over 100 dead in a month
The second Covid wave is wreaking havoc in rural areas of Uttar Pradesh. Just 30 minutes drive from Delhi, a village in Ghaziabad has lost up to 100 people due to Covid like symptoms in just over a month.Residents of Nahal village in…
Agra’s rural hinterland wakes up to Covid challenge, though a little late
The Uttar Pradesh government has mounted a massive campaign to sensitise and sanitise the vast rural hinterland, after a hue and cry over the alarming rise in fatalities from Covid-19.And the good news is that the results are beginning to…
Noida Traffic Police launches ‘Auto-ambulances’
Noida Traffic Police, with the help of Fortis Hospital, Noida has launched the Auto-ambulance initiative wherein dedicated autos will be responsible for taking suspected and confirmed COVID patients to the hospital. To ensure proper care is…
Isolation of 119 in village in Maha’s Nanded breaks Covid chain
Bhosi, a village in Maharashtra's Nanded district, has set an example of how to break the chain of Covid-19 pandemic in rural areas and save villagers from the impact of the deadly disease.The village of 6,000 people in the Bhokar taluka of…
Canada to research on efficacy, safety of Covid vax in pregnancy
The Government of Canada will invest approximately Canadian $1.3 million for two studies on vaccine safety and effectiveness in pregnant women.While pregnant or breastfeeding individuals were excluded from the initial mRNA and viral vector…
Health Ministry asks states, UTs to declare black fungus an epidemic
The Union Health Ministry has appealed to all the states and Union Territories (UTs) to declare mucormycosis or black fungus as a notifiable disease under the Epidemic Disease Act 1897.The Ministry has also advised that all government and…
Health start-ups join the fight against Covid
Health-tech startup Qure.ai on Thursday collaborated with the international NGO PATH to accelerate and intensify Covid-19 screening by making advanced Artificial Intelligence-based diagnostic technology available to physicians across India…
India’s Covid tally rises by 2.76L cases, 3,874 deaths
After recording over 4,000 deaths in the last four days, India on Thursday witnessed a decline in number of fatalities due to Covid-19. The country reported 3,874 deaths due to the virus infection, according to the Union Health and Family…
University to provide Covid relief of Rs 1 crore in Himachal
Shoolini University in Himachal Pradesh on Wednesday announced an initiative with a target of funding relief of Rs 1 crore for Covid patients in coordination with the state Health Department.The relief includes provisions for about 100…
New antiviral with 99.9% efficacy against Covid-19 developed
An international team of scientists, from Australia and the US, has developed an experimental direct-acting antiviral therapy that can reduce viral load by 99.9 per cent and may be a new treatment against Covid-19.Traditional antivirals,…