Health

Geneva: The World Health Organization on Tuesday approved the Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use -- the second Chinese jab to receive the WHO's green light.The UN health agency signed off on the two-dose vaccine, which is already being...

New Delhi: Delhi reported 648 fresh COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, the lowest since March 18, and 86 more deaths, according to a health department bulletin released on Monday.On March 18, 607 people were found coronavirus positive.With...

New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday inaugurated a free walk-in COVID-19 vaccination facility for journalists and their families at Sarvodaya Bal Vidyalaya in ITO.The newly launched facility will vaccinate journalists and their families in both age...

New Delhi: Delhi registered 946 cases of COVID-19 and 78 deaths from the virus in the past 24 hours, a health bulletin said here on Sunday.The positivity rate in the National Capital has increased slightly to 1.25 per cent...

Ghaziabad (UP): A 59-year-old COVID-19 patient, who was also detected with black, white and yellow fungus, has passed away here, the doctor treating him said on Saturday."Kunwar Singh was under treatment but passed away due to toxemia (blood poisoning...

Chandigarh: Haryana has reported 756 cases of Mucormycosis (black fungus) till date of which 58 patients had complete recovery while 648 are still under treatment in the state.Technical Committee on Saturday approved 975 injections of Amphotericin B for about...

New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday said the National Capital has recorded 900 new cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours.The Delhi government will unlock more activities in a phased manner as and when the...

Chandigarh: As all the staff of the Haryana Health department, including doctors and para-medical staff, are engaged in fighting the Covid-19 pandemic, proning exercise has come to be a shot in the arm for patients, says experts.The proning process...

Bhubaneswar: Doctors and health experts have suggested to the Odisha government to go for massive vaccination as it is better than lockdown and any other measure to arrest the spread of COVID-19 infection in the state, the PTI reported.The...

New Delhi: The Delhi government has floated a global expression of interest (EOI) for the procurement of 10 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine on an urgent basis, the PTI reported.The offered COVID-19 vaccine must be duly approved by...