Health

Moscow: Russia has reported 21,073 new Covid-19 cases, bringing the cumulative total to 10,479,344, the federal response centre said on Thursday."Over the past 24 hours, 21,073 Covid-19 cases have been confirmed in 85 regions in Russia, including 1,718 cases...

Hamirpur/Shimla: In Himachal Pradesh, as many as 3, 57,450 students studying from 9th to 12th class, would be vaccinated in 2797 government schools in the state.Giving this information Thursday, the Secretary of Health, Amitabh Awasthi, who chaired the meeting...

Islamabad: As many as 7,462 children died of pneumonia and 27,136 children under five were affected in Sindh this year, according to the director-general of the provincial health department."More than 46 children over the age of five died and...

Hyderabad: Doctors at Kamineni Hospitals performed a rare surgery on 3-year-old child , who was taken to the hospital at LB Nagar by her parents with a developmental disorder, unusual episodes of laughter called Gelastic seizures.Gelastic seizures are usually...

Chennai: A four-member Central team has landed in the cityto assess the situation in view of the emergence of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus.The team consisted of Dr Vineeta, Dr Purbasa, Dr M Santhosh Kumar and Dr Dinesh...

London: Britain has reported another 122,186 coronavirus cases in the latest 24-hour period, exceeding 120,000 daily cases for the first time since of the start of the pandemic, according to official figures released Friday.It brought the total number of...

London: The United Kingdom, the European Union and the United States have received more doses of Covid 19 vaccines in the six-week run up to Christmas than African countries have received all year, as they are “banking on boosters”...

Mumbai: Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has made a ‘Blue print’ for vaccination of children following the increase of new Variant Omicron infection in the city.The BMC sources said here today in wake of the increasing Omicron infected people...

New Delhi: A global health research body has forecast three billion cases of the Omicron within the next two months worldwide even as the India tally of the new Covid variant inched closer to 300 in India on Thursday.Citing...

New Delhi: A total of 236 cases of the new variant of COVID-19 Omicron have been reported so far in India, the Union Health Ministry said on Thursday.Out of the 236 cases, 104 were discharged following their recovery from...