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300-bed Covid isolation centre comes up in Hyderabad’s Calvary Temple
A 300-bed Covid isolation centre came up at Calvary Temple at Miyapur here.The Calvary Temple founded by Brother Satish decided to open their premises for the treatment of Covid positive patients from the underprivileged background.The…
Exercise linked to improvement in Covid symptoms recovery
Patients with lasting symptoms of Covid-19 who completed a six-week, supervised rehabilitation programme demonstrated significant improvements in exercise capacity, respiratory symptoms, fatigue and cognition, say researchers, including one…
India has got 3L Remdesivir vials, over 6K O2 concentrators from abroad
India cumulatively has so far received three lakh Remdesivir vials, 6,608 oxygen concentrators, 3,856 oxygen cylinders and 14 oxygen generation plants from the global community in the last 12 days.The global community has also dispatched…
Big surge in Covid deaths, cases in Andhra
Andhra Pradesh saw a big surge in Covid fatalities and new cases during the 24-hour period ending 9 a.m. on Saturday.The virus claimed 96 lives during this period while 20,065 new cases were detected in this 24-hour cycle.The fresh…
India’s daily domestic oxygen production increased to 9,400 MT
The production of Liquid Medical Oxygen (LMO) has been maximized to meet the present demand of Covid-19 patients and the domestic production currently exceeded 9,400 Metric Tonne per day, the government said on Saturday.Giridhar Aramane,…
Mild Covid very unlikely to cause lasting heart damage: Study
Mild Covid-19 infection is very unlikely to cause lasting damage to the structure or function of the heart, a new study suggests.The researchers, including Thomas Treibel from the University College London (UCL), said that the findings…
Community kitchens feed the needy during lockdown in Bihar
After a complete lockdown was imposed in Bihar to control the coronavirus infections, community kitchens have been started by the government at various places to feed the poor and deprived sections of society. Food is being prepared in…
Covid Diary: Hope floats from individuals when systems stress
"There is no point writing my name. I am just doing what I can," says the 68-year-old, who makes it a point to bring food packets and soup for the 50 patients and volunteers at the Mini Covid Care Centre in Bal Bhavan in Chandigarh.…
SOS Durai Prithviraj : This TN village officer has a golden heart
Any help one needs in Virudhunagar district --one name that crops up each time is that of thirty-five-year-old Durai Prithviraj.A Village Administrative Officer (VAO) with the Tamil Nadu state government and also a full-time social worker,…
Novavax Covid vaccine effective against South African variant
A Covid-19 vaccine developed by the US-based biotechnology company Novavax has been found effective against Coronavirus' B1351 variant, first identified in South Africa, results of a trial have shown.The Phase 2b randomised,…