NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court on Monday asked the AAP government whether sufficient number of ICU beds are vacant for non-COVID patients and how it will compensate private hospitals which have been asked to make such beds available for COVID patients. The queries were posed by a bench of Chief Justice D N Patel … Read more
MUMBAI: Mumbai municipal commissioner Iqbal Singh Chahal has squarely blamed irresponsible Mumbai citizens for disregarding norms for social distancing and wearing masks in public spaces for rising cases of Covid-19, which has resulted in the administration going slow on opening up the city like allowing local trains for the common people. The commissioner told ET … Read more
Dehradun: Former Union minister and senior BJP leader Uma Bharti has said that she has tested positive for COVID-19 and has quarantined herself. She requested people who came in her contact to get themselves tested and follow protocols. Taking to Twitter, Bharti on Saturday night said that she had taken a COVID-19 test as she … Read more
Poonawalla put out a tweet on Saturday, saying this is the amount the Indian government would need to buy and distribute the vaccine to everyone in the country. The government of India would need Rs 80,000 crore for vaccinating the entire population against the Covid-19 virus. This cost was put out by Adar Poonawalla, the … Read more
Voting time to begin at 7 am but the period to be extended by one hour until 6 pm, except in the left-wing extremism affected areas. Source link
By Robin Foster and E.J. Mundell HealthDay Reporters FRIDAY, Sept. 25, 2020 (Healthday News) — The number of U.S. coronavirus cases passed 7 million on Friday, with California the hardest hit state so far in a pandemic that has crippled the country for more than six months. The United States has been averaging … Read more
By E.J. Mundell HealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, Sept. 25, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Low blood levels of vitamin D might heighten people’s odds for severe or even fatal COVID-19, new research shows. Taking in a healthy level of vitamin D may therefore “reduce the complications, including the cytokine storm [release of too many proteins … Read more
THURSDAY, Sept. 24, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Young adults in their 20s now account for more cases of COVID-19 than any other age group, according to a new study from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. From June through August, people in their 20s accounted for more than 20% of all COVID … Read more
By Robert Preidt HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, Sept. 24, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Wide variation exists in the accuracy of commercial testing kits that check for antibodies against the new coronavirus, researchers say. Antibody tests can determine whether someone has had the virus in the past. For diagnosis at a later stage of … Read more
FRIDAY, Sept. 25, 2020 (HealthDay News) — People who have COVID-19 but no symptoms have the same amount of virus in their nose and throat as those with symptoms and may play a major role in spreading the disease, a new study reveals. The researchers compared levels of SARS-CoV-2 in 213 people in South … Read more