March 24 Top Updates on Covid-19: India on Thursday reported 1,938 new Covid-19 infections and 67 fatalities, as per the data shared by the Union Health Ministry. Coronavirus March 24 Latest News: Coronavirus is resurging in parts of northeastern United States as its variant BA.2 has become dominant in the country, an AFP report quoted … Read more
Covid-19 March 17 Latest updates: Swimming pool, anganwadi centres to reopen in Uttar Pradesh Coronavirus March 17 Latest News: The Uttar Pradesh government on Thursday further removed Covid restrictions on various activities considering a decline in new infections. In an order, Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Awanish Awasthi allowed swimming pools, water parks and Anganwadi centres … Read more
Covid Vaccination for 12-14 Yrs Old, How to Register for Covid Vaccination on COWIN App Using Aadhaar Card: Vaccinator has to ensure that the vaccine is administered to only those children who have completed the age of 12 years on the date of vaccination and if a child is registered but has not attained the … Read more
Large-scale vaccination helped India counter the third wave, as attested by top institutes across the world and ICMR, the minister added. Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said on Saturday that the central government will roll out COVID-19 vaccination for children in the age group of 5 to 15 years as soon as it receives recommendation … Read more
The expectation is that Omicron will peak sometime in February and start sliding down by March-April: Dr K Hariprasad By Rajesh Kurup Omicron: Chennai-headquartered Apollo Hospitals Group has already provided 8 million Covid-19 vaccinations through its 200 centres across the country, launched Stay-i (quarantine facilities provided jointly with hotels) and ramped up healthcare initiatives. The … Read more
The WHO has branded antimicrobial resistance a global health and development threat and called for urgent multisectoral action. (Representative image) Covid-19 has led to a higher antimicrobial resistance with the pandemic impacting antimicrobial stewardship and pushing back years of work to control it, scientists said at a webinar organised by Tata Institute for Genetics and … Read more
AIIMS, Bhopal, Director Sarman Singh said having to be careful did not entail not celebrating festivals. (IE) Diwali shopping is reaching fever pitch with the festival of lights days away. As people across the country step out for their last-minute deals, there is concern that Covid-19 could rear its head once again. Visuals of shoppers … Read more
The likes of Spain, Germany, the Maldives, the United Arab Emirates, Thailand, and Turkey are allowing Indian travellers to a certain extent. (File) Singapore will lift its travel ban for citizens from India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, and Pakistan from October 26. People with a 14-day travel history to these countries will be once again … Read more
The findings, reported by Project: Jeevan Raksha, found that underreporting of pandemic-linked deaths in Gujarat was a staggering 5,722%. (File) Covid-19 deaths in Gujarat were massively under-reported, lending credence to claims during the second wave of the pandemic that the state was misrepresenting the figures, a new study has found. The findings, based on an … Read more
For the past week, the daily caseload addition has fallen below 20,000 — a situation similar to late February and early March before the second wave hit. (IE) The chief of India’s Covid-19 task force has issued a warning of a surge in case amid visuals on social media of crowds throning the popular Sarojini … Read more