Coronavirus

Director Health Services Kashmir, Dr Mushtaq Ahmad Rather on Wednesday visited JLNM Hospital Srinagar where a trial run of a newly installed 1000 LPM oxygen plant was held. He also reviewed the Covid management and facilities available at…

Amid rising cases of COVID-19 in rural areas, MLA Dr Raj Kumar Chabbewal on Wednesday launched spray of sanitiser in the villages and its significant premises to contain virus efficaciously. While kickstarting the spray initiative at…

 With the dip in Covid cases and positivity rate in Ludhiana for the past two weeks, Deputy Commissioner Varinder Kumar Sharma on Wednesday extended timings of the shops by two hours further and these would be allowed to operate from 5 am…

Maximum immunization of masses would ensure herd immunity among people thus averting the deadliest effects of the next wave of Covid-19 pandemic, whenever it hits, said Deputy Commissioner Ghanshyam Thori while visiting a vaccination camp…

In a significant decision aimed at curbing the spread of Covid-19 contagion, the Maharashtra government has decided to stop all home quarantine in 18 of the worst-hit - or half the state's total - districts where the case positivity rate is…

'Dignity Disposed', a report prepared by the All India Central Council of Trade Unions (AICCTU), highlights the plight of Bengaluru's cremation and burial ground workers, who are forced to work for as long as 14 hours a day due to the surge…

Scientists from QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute in Australia's Queensland have developed two new drugs to both prevent SARS-CoV-2, the virus behind Covid-19 infection, and also treat people who have been exposed to the virus so…

In the last 29 days, India has received 12 lakh Favipiravir tablets and 6.9 lakh Remdesivir vials from various countries as part of international cooperation of Covid-19 relief medical supplies.Besides, 17,755 oxygen concentrators, 16,301…

With the arrival of three more Oxygen Express trains in Hyderabad on Tuesday, the Indian Railways have so far supplied over 1,000 tonnes of Liquid Medical Oxygen (LMO) to Telangana.In a short span of 23 days, Indian Railways supplied a…

The Covid 19 pandemic, which continues to be a cause for concern for South Asian as well as Southeastern countries, is set to provide a common thread for a Bay of Bengal ( BIMSTEC) bloc to move ahead even as several contentious issues…