California begins vaccination against Coronavirus on Monday: Governor
Dec 15, 2020, at 02:24 pm
Washington/Sputnik: The US state of California will begin vaccinating its residents against the novel coronavirus on Monday, Governor Gavin Newsom said in a statement.
Pakistan struggles against COVID-19: Shortage of ventilators, oxygen cylinders hit Makran Division
Dec 15, 2020, at 02:02 am
Islamabad: Pakistan seems to be struggling against COVID-19 and to make things worse the Makran Division of the country is witnessing a shortage in ventilators and oxygen cylinders which are needed for patients to recover from the disease.
Jammu and Kashmir: KMI conducts Sono-Lab workshop
Dec 14, 2020, at 10:57 pm
Srinagar: Khyber Medical Institute (KMI) Sunday conducted a Sono-Lab workshop in collaboration with AVATARpointing care of Ultrasonography in Nephrology.
India records 27,071 COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours, 336 deaths
Dec 14, 2020, at 03:19 pm
New Delhi: India, which is one of the worst COVID-19 countries in the world, has recorded 27,071 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, as per Ministry of Health released data on Monday.
Delhi reports 1,984 new Covid-19 cases, death toll crosses 10k-mark
Dec 14, 2020, at 05:17 am
New Delhi, Dec 13 (UNI) Delhi recorded 1,984 new cases of Novel Coronavirus, taking the total number of infections in the city to 6,07,454, the Delhi Health Department said on Sunday.
Bangladesh registers 32 new COVID-19 deaths in past 24 hours
Dec 13, 2020, at 11:04 pm
Dhaka: Bangladesh has registered 32 new COVID-19 fatalities in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll due to the disease to 7,052, media reports said on Sunday.
South Korea reports two new cases of Bird Flu among poultry
Dec 13, 2020, at 10:22 pm
Moscow/Sputnik: South Korea on Sunday confirmed two new cases of the highly pathogenic H5N8 bird flu at a poultry farm in the southern province of Jeollanam-do, national media reported, citing the country's Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs.
India's Covid-19 recovery rate improves to 94.93 pct, active cases stand at 3,56,546
Dec 13, 2020, at 05:54 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: India registered a fresh jump of 30,254 coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, taking the country's tally to 98.57 lakhs, the Union Health Ministry data stated on Sunday morning.
J&K achieves single digit neonatal mortality rate
Dec 13, 2020, at 04:55 am
Jammu/UNI: The Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir has shown a record improvement in the last 3 years in key maternal and child health indicators as per the latest report of National Family Healthy Survey (NFHS5) conducted by International Institute of Population Sciences, Mumbai.
Bangladesh: COVID-19 death toll crosses 7000
Dec 12, 2020, at 11:39 pm
Dhaka: Bangladesh recorded 34 new fatalities in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll due to COVID-19 in the country over 7000, media reports said.
India’s sustained decline of active COVID-19 caseload continues; drops below 3.6 lakh
Dec 12, 2020, at 10:37 pm
New Delhi: India’s trajectory of active cases continues to follow a steadily dipping path. The total Active Caseload has dropped below 3.6 lakh (3,59,819) on Saturday.
COVID-19 shows ‘urgent need’ for solidarity, UN chief tells Nobel forum
Dec 12, 2020, at 03:55 pm
India records 30,005 new COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours
Dec 12, 2020, at 03:50 pm
New Delhi: India registered 30,005 COVID-19 cases in the psat 24 hours, as per Ministry of Health data released on Saturday.
US FDA authorizes emergency use of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine: Reports
Dec 12, 2020, at 02:30 pm
Washington/Sputnik: The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued an authorization for the emergency use of Pfizer’s vaccine against the coronavirus, The New York Times newspaper reported citing its sources.
Meghalaya CM Conrad Sangma tests positive for Covid-19
Dec 12, 2020, at 02:32 am
Shillong/UNI: Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma announced on Friday that he had tested positive for Covid-19 and is in home isolation with mild symptoms of the viral infection.
Dec 12, 2020, at 12:07 am
New Delhi: India’s first indigenous mRNA vaccine candidate has received approval from Indian Drug regulators to initiate Phase I/II human clinical trial.
First in India malarial parasite 'plasmodium ovale' detected in Kerala
Dec 11, 2020, at 11:52 pm
Thiruvananthapuram/IBNS: A new genus of malarial parasite called plasmodium ovale has been found in Kerala, state's health minister KK Shailaja said.
AstraZeneca accepts cooperation offer from Russian Covid vaccine developers
Dec 11, 2020, at 09:38 pm
Moscow/Sputnik: UK-Swedish pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca accepted cooperation offer from developers of Russian coronavirus vaccine Sputnik V to study Covid-19 vaccine combinations, AstraZeneca said Friday.
Dec 11, 2020, at 09:12 pm
London: Alcohol-based han d sanitizer—the kind specifically recommended by the CDC to tackle the novel coronavirus—has become a hot commodity this year, resulting in a shortage of the alcohol used as an ingredient in a range of medical products.
Apollo Hospitals and CSIR-CCMB join to manufacture and commercialise COVID-19 test kits
Dec 11, 2020, at 05:08 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: To contain the spread of COVID-19 virus, it is important to increase the rate of testing and to meet this target, CSIR-Centre for Cellular & Molecular Biology (CCMB) and the Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd has entered into a collaboration for joint manufacturing and commercialization of an innovative dry swab test.
Non-communicable diseases killing more people than ever before: UN health agency
Dec 11, 2020, at 04:11 pm
New York: Non-communicable diseases account for 7 of the world’s top 10 causes of death, a sharp increase from two decades ago, and heart disease remains the leading cause of death globally, a new UN World Health Organization (WHO) study has found.
India registers 29398 new COVID-19 cases, 414 deaths
Dec 11, 2020, at 03:28 pm
New Delhi: India, one of the worst COVID-19 hit nations in the world, registered 29,398 infections in the past 24 hours, as per Ministry of Health released data on Friday.
Meghalaya constitutes task force for COVID-19 vaccine
Dec 11, 2020, at 01:43 am
Shillong/UNI: In view of the anticipated early rollout of COVID-19 vaccines in the country, the Meghalaya Government has constituted a task force to ensure inter-departmental coordination with all line departments, mobilize resources and follow up on related activities in the state.
Australia and India partner on COVID-19 research
Dec 10, 2020, at 07:46 pm
New Delhi/Canberra: Australian and Indian researchers will work together to advance COVID-19 screening and study the future health effects of the virus, after a nearly $4 million investment by the Morrison Government.
24 more test positive for Covid-19 in Arunachal, tally mounts to 16461
Dec 10, 2020, at 06:28 pm
As many as 24 people have tested positive for Covid-19 in Arunachal Pradesh in the past 24 hours, taking the tally to 16461.
24 new cases, two deaths recorded in Puducherry
Dec 10, 2020, at 06:26 pm
Coronavirus infection continued in the downward trend in the Union territory with just 24 persons tested positive in the last 24 hours, ending at 10 AM, on Thursday.
Covid-19: 562 new cases in Thane
Dec 10, 2020, at 06:21 pm
As many as 562 fresh cases of Corona were recorded in the past 24 hours pushing the tally to 2,34,347 in Thane district, an official at the district headquarters said on Thursday .
Delhi registers 2463 new COVID cases, Thane reports 562 new cases
Dec 10, 2020, at 06:18 pm
New Delhi, Dec 9 (UNI) Continuing with the downward trend in the fresh COVID-19cases, the city on Wednesday clocked a spike of 2,463 new cases, the state health bulletin said here.
India reports over 31,000 new Covid-19 cases, 412 deaths in 24 hours
Dec 10, 2020, at 03:58 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: India, a country of 1.3 billion people, on Thursday reported over 31,000 new Covid-19 cases and 412 deaths apparently due to the virus.
Dec 10, 2020, at 12:16 am
London: Interim results of the Oxford COVID-19 vaccine trials find that the vaccine protects against symptomatic disease in 70% of cases – with vaccine efficacy of 62% for those given two full doses, and of 90% in those given a half then a full dose (both trial arms pre-specified in the pooled analysis).