Smartwatch data shows Covid booster vaccine is safe: Lancet study, Health News, ET HealthWorld

Smartwatch data shows Covid booster vaccine is safe: Lancet study, Health News, ET HealthWorld

Jerusalem: The booster dose of COVID-19 vaccine is safe, according to a study published in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine that monitored heart measures through smartwatches. Researchers at Tel Aviv University equipped close to 5,000 Israelis with smartwatches and monitored their physiological parameters over two years. Of those monitored, 2,038 received the booster dose of the … Read more

India’s Free booster COVID-19 vaccine Dose for Adults: Check eligibility, Cowin registration, and other details

India’s Free booster COVID-19 vaccine Dose for Adults: Check eligibility, Cowin registration, and other details

Free Covid booster dose for all adults: The Centre has started rolling out free Covid-19 booster doses for adults in the 18-59 category at government centres under a special drive. The free booster dose drive will continue for 75 days. The drive aims to improve the third-dose coverage and is being held as part of … Read more

Free booster dose for all adults for 75 days from July 15

Free booster dose for all adults for 75 days from July 15

Free booster COVID-19 vaccine Dose for Adults from 15 July: The Union health ministry on Wednesday announced the launch of a 75-day programme to administer the Covid-19 vaccine’s precaution dose to anyone above 18 years, free of cost, at government hospitals from July 15. Till now only those above 60 years, healthcare and frontline workers … Read more

India’s active case count remains above 1 lakh-mark for second day running; Delhi sees rise in BA.5 infections: Top Updates

India’s active case count remains above 1 lakh-mark for second day running; Delhi sees rise in BA.5 infections: Top Updates

Coronavirus July 2nd Latest Updates: India on Saturday witnessed a slight drop in the daily case count as the country logged 17,092 new Covid-19 infections in the last 24 hours. The health ministry records show that there were 29 coronavirus deaths across India on Saturday. While the daily cases have dropped a bit, the surge … Read more

After Maharashtra, highly transmissible BA.5 sub-variant of Omicron detected in Delhi – Top Updates

After Maharashtra, highly transmissible BA.5 sub-variant of Omicron detected in Delhi – Top Updates

Coronavirus June 28 Latest News: India on Tuesday witnessed drop in daily Covid cases after the sharp spike on Monday a day earlier. The government data says that the country detected 11,793 fresh Covid-19 infections in the last 24 hours. There was a minute increase in the coronavirus deaths today. India officially recorded 27 Covid-19 … Read more

Coronavirus in India: Massive jump in Covid-19 cases since January; Will IIT’s prediction of fourth wave come true?

Coronavirus in India: Massive jump in Covid-19 cases since January; Will IIT’s prediction of fourth wave come true?

Latest Updates on Covid-19: India recorded around 50,000 Covid-19 cases in the week that went by. This has been the biggest jump in the number of daily cases since January. The overall statistics of daily infections across states don’t look good and it has compelled the state governments to move in line with strict measures … Read more

These 5 factors are behind India’s massive jump in coronavirus cases today

These 5 factors are behind India’s massive jump in coronavirus cases today

India’s Covid trajectory, which was witnessing a rather flat curve for almost a month now is moving towards a dangerous spike. For the second day running, India’s daily case count rose sharply. The Narendra Modi government has taken note of the uptick. Latest reports say that the health ministry is focusing on states such as … Read more

Covid-19: Focus on giving precaution shot to 4.7 crore elderly under Har Ghar Dastak 2.0

Covid-19: Focus on giving precaution shot to 4.7 crore elderly under Har Ghar Dastak 2.0

The government plans to focus on administering precaution dose of Covid vaccine to 4.7 crore 60-plus population, due for it by July 31, under its ongoing door-to-door Har Ghar Dastak 2.0 campaign, officials said on Sunday. Of the estimated 13.75 crore senior citizens in the country, 11.91 crore have been administered both the doses of … Read more

Summer re-run? At nearly 4K, India sees massive spike in daily Covid cases; Har Ghar Dastak 2.0 begins – Top Updates

Summer re-run? At nearly 4K, India sees massive spike in daily Covid cases; Har Ghar Dastak 2.0 begins – Top Updates

After a much-necessary relief in terms of daily case count last month, India is once again seeing a massive rise in new Covid-19 infections. The health bulletin released by the Centre shows that the country registered 3,712 fresh coronavirus cases on Thursday. There has been a spurt in the active case count also. The official … Read more

India’s daily Covid case count nears 3,000; Monkeypox infections breach 200-mark: Top Health Updates

India’s daily Covid case count nears 3,000; Monkeypox infections breach 200-mark: Top Health Updates

Even as the world returns to pre-Covid ways, the pandemic is not abating anytime soon. The ferocity of the Delta wave may not be there, but the rate of infection is very consistent. India for example witnessed a sharp surge in the first week of May followed by an almost flat-curve trend. However, as the … Read more