Tag: Covid19

New Delhi: COVID-19 patients admitted to intensive care in the early months of the pandemic experienced a higher burden of delirium and coma than is typically found in those hospitalised with acute respiratory failure, according to the largest study of its kind to date. The research, published in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine journal, tracked the […]

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on Monday that the central government will bear the expenses of vaccinating nearly three crore healthcare and frontline workers in the first round and suggested that public representatives, a reference to politicians, should not be part of this initial exercise. Interacting with state chief ministers, Modi underscored the […]

Washington: The total global COVID19 caseload has topped 90.8 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 1.94 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University. In its latest update on Tuesday morning, the University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed that the current global caseload and death toll stood at 90,872,905 and […]

Pune: Serum Institute of India (SII) CEO Adar Poonawalla on Tuesday described the dispatch of Covishield vaccines for the January 16 national inoculation drive a “proud and historic” moment. Early Tuesday, the first consignment of the vaccines rolled out of the SII facility in Pune for transport to various locations in the country. Speaking to […]

San Diego (US): Several gorillas at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park have tested positive for the coronavirus in what is believed to be the first known cases among such primates in the United States and possibly the world. The parks executive director, Lisa Peterson, told The Associated Press on Monday that eight gorillas that […]

New Delhi: The Union Health Ministry said on Tuesday that India is placed second after the US in terms of daily Covid-19 vaccination numbers. According to the Health Ministry data,…

New York: US President-elect Joe Biden on Friday named health policy expert Vidur Sharma as the testing adviser on his Covid-19 Response Team. Sharma, the latest Indian American nominee for a key position in the administration of Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris that takes over next Wednesday, will be joining others dealing with the […]

New Delhi: Health workers who got their first shots of Covaxin at AIIMS on Saturday were made to sign a consent form that promised compensation in case of a “severe adverse event” related to the vaccine. Covaxin has demonstrated the ability to produce antibodies against COVID-19 in phase one and phase two trials. “However, the […]

Bhubaneswar: With the country and the State on Saturday taking a leap of vaccination, it is the time to take a cursory glance at the Covid-19 infection situation in the State on the V (vaccination) – day today. The Active caseload (2,087) in the State on Saturday stands at around 0.6 per cent from a […]

Sambalpur: After detection of 30 odd SARS-CoV-2 positive cases from Dimirigunda Panchayat under Kuchinda block in the district, the local administration on Tuesday marked the panchayat as the Containment Zone…

Mumbai: Bollywood actress Katrina Kaif has tested positive for Covid-19. The actress took to Instagram on Tuesday evening to share the news saying she is currently under home quarantine. Bollywood…

New Delhi: As the national capital reported over 3,500 new Covid cases daily in the last four days, the Delhi government on Tuesday ordered the imposition of night curfew from…

New Delhi: The central government on Monday said two people have died following Covid-19 immunisation, but the death of one of them is not related to the vaccination while the post-mortem report of the other beneficiary is still awaited. A 52-year-old man from Uttar Pradesh’s Moradabad district died one day after being vaccinated. “Post mortem […]

Kathmandu: A total of one million Covid-19 vaccines will be delivered by India to Nepal which will land in Kathmandu on Thursday, said the Nepalese Health and Population Minister Hrydesh Tripathi on Wednesday. Addressing a press conference along with Indian Ambassador to Nepal, Vinay Mohan Kwatra, Tripathi said the Government of India will hand over […]

New Delhi: The Union health Ministry on Thursday said that nearly ten lakh beneficiaries have been vaccinated till now, with no death following the vaccination drive. “A total of 9,99,065 beneficiaries vaccinated till 06:00 pm. No case of serious or severe adverse event following immunisation attributed to vaccination till date,” Health Ministry Additional Secretary Manohar […]