The recommendation of setting aside a larger number of hospital beds comes after the covid second wave The group assigned with the Covid emergency strategy has suggested preparing 23 hospitalisations for every 100 positive COVID-19 cases in a future surge. The recommendation was shared with the government last month. This estimation was done by Empowered … Read more
(This story originally appeared in on Aug 11, 2021) NAGPUR: While all 11 districts in Vidarbha are experiencing the best ever phase in the Covid-19 pandemic over the last four weeks, the Maharashtra government is still not issuing relaxations from the level 3 restrictions. After Pune and Nagpur municipal corporations issued their notifications, it was … Read more
We are tired but the virus is not: Dr VK Paul (Photo: IE) A total number of 22 districts across seven states in the country are witnessing daily rise in new COVID cases, reported the Union Health Ministry on Tuesday calling it a “cause of concern”. The seven of these districts are in Kerala and … Read more
The Reno metropolitan area which falls in Northern Nevada reported more severe instances of wildfire smoke last year in comparison to neighbouring areas including San Francisco. (Representative image) A recent study in the United States has found that the population exposed to wildfire smoke was more vulnerable to the viral spread of Coronavirus than other … Read more
In January this year as well, the state was contributing as many as 60 percent of Covid cases to the national tally on some days. (Credit: PTI) Even as the spectre of the second ruthless wave of Coronavirus is behind us in most parts of the country, the state of Kerala has been continuing to … Read more
As per government’s statement, the managers, owners and staff of any business/ professional establishments in these 18 cities have to be positively vaccinated by June 30. (File Photo: PTI) COVID-19: The Gujarat government on Thursday issued a statement making it mandatory for managers, owners of business/ professional establishments to be vaccinated by June 30 in … Read more
Tourists can either produce their vaccination certificate or show their negative Covid-19 test report. (Representative image) Even as the Covid-19 pandemic continues in India during the second wave, some parts of the world which appear to have tided over the pandemic are opening up for tourists. The European countries which were one of the worst … Read more
The system now allowed for correction in name of the vaccinated in the vaccine certificate and two lakh mistakes had been corrected so far. The Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) of Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has investigated the matter of the alleged hacking of the Co-WIN system and it has found this to … Read more
Dr Kapur also said that patients should focus more on their physical well being and not think too much about their post Covid-19 symptoms. Many Coronavirus patients who have recovered from Coronavirus during the second wave are complaining of weakness, mild fever, body ache and even breathlessness despite them testing negative for the virus. Those … Read more
The on-the-spot registration facility will also be available for the senior citizens at all NHCVCs, the Health Ministry release mentioned. (Credit: PTI photo) In a bid to spare senior citizens and differently abled people from hardships in reaching the far-off Coronavirus vaccination centre, the central government Covid-19 vaccine Task Group has advised state/UT governments to … Read more