Covid-19: This city to soon have drive-in vaccination centres, check details

Covid-19: This city to soon have drive-in vaccination centres, check details

The first such session will be held on Friday at the DLF City Centre Mall on MG Road. (Photo source: IE) As India opened Covid-19 vaccination to all above 18 years from May 1, states governments/UTs are trying to make the vaccination drive hassle-free and health officials are experimenting with things to make the process … Read more

Covid-19: Basic difference between oxygen concentrator and oxygen cylinder, their usage — Explained

Covid-19: Basic difference between oxygen concentrator and oxygen cylinder, their usage — Explained

The basic difference between a concentrator and a cylinder is the way they provide oxygen. India is currently facing the second wave of Covid-19 and experts believe that the country is in the middle of the worst phase. With around four lakh new cases of coronavirus infections being reported daily over the past few days, … Read more

Covid-19 Lockdown in India Status Check: These states are already under lockdown, others observing strict restrictions

Covid-19 Lockdown in India Status Check: These states are already under lockdown, others observing strict restrictions

Several states have opted for night curfews to break the chain of coronavirus infection. The second Covid-19 wave has ravaged every part of the country and the demand for country-wide lockdown is gaining momentum with every passing day. This is because the number of new coronavirus infections reached a record high of 4,12,262 today with … Read more

Why India is witnessing a sudden surge in Coronavirus (Covid-19) cases

Why India is witnessing a sudden surge in Coronavirus (Covid-19) cases

The only silver lining amid this rise in COVID-19 cases, in particular Maharashtra, is that no new strains have been detected. (File Photo) The number of cases of coronavirus infection continues to rise as India recorded 23,285 cases, the highest in around 78 days, in a single day on Thursday. What is worrying is that … Read more

Motivate people around you, says PM Modi as his mother Heeraben receives her first Covid dose

Motivate people around you, says PM Modi as his mother Heeraben receives her first Covid dose

Heeraben lives in Gandhinagar with Pankaj Modi, the younger brother of the prime minister. (File Photo) Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 95-year-old mother Heeraben today received the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. PM Modi shared the information on the microblogging site Twitter. While sharing it, he urged people to motivate eligible people around them to … Read more

Covid-19: Karnataka makes negative RT-PCR report compulsory for travellers from Maharashtra, Kerala

Covid-19: Karnataka makes negative RT-PCR report compulsory for travellers from Maharashtra, Kerala

Karnataka Health Minister Dr K Sudhakar In view of the rise in the number of cases in Maharashtra and Kerala, Karnataka has made a negative RT-PCR certificate, not older than 72 hours, compulsory for those arriving from the neighbouring states by flights, trains, buses, or personal transport. Karnataka Health Minister Dr K Sudhakar said that … Read more

COVID-19: Expert explains second wave and way forward

COVID-19: Expert explains second wave and way forward

Large part of Europe is facing a new wave of infection. (Photo Source: AP) The United States has reportedly surpassed 10 million coronavirus infections and Europe is facing a new wave of infection forcing the government to implement the second lockdown in a large part of the continent. But overall numbers in India are coming … Read more