Lifesaving help needed for Venezuela cancer patients hit by US sanctions
Jul 23, 2021, at 09:43 pm
New York: Independent UN rights experts on Wednesday warned that hundreds of Venezuelan cancer patients could die because they have been caught up in the excessively strict application of United States sanctions aimed at Venezuela and the state-owned oil company, Petroleum of Venezuela.
India records 35,342 new COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours
Jul 23, 2021, at 03:33 pm
New Delhi: India witnessed a slight decline in daily COVID-19 count as 35,342 new cases were reported in the past 24 hours, as per Ministry of Health released data on Friday.
Tokyo reports 1,979 new COVID-19 cases
Jul 22, 2021, at 10:27 pm
Tokyo/UNI/Xinhua: Tokyo reported 1,979 new COVID-19 infection cases on Thursday, with 5,140 new cases nationwide until 5:40 p.m. local time, local media reported Thursday.
KTM & Kerala government launch free mass vaccination for tourism sector
Jul 22, 2021, at 10:20 pm
Kochi/UNI: Kerala Travel Mart (KTM) along with the state government’s tourism and health departments launched a free mass vaccination drive in Ernakulam district on Thursday to revitalize the holiday industry that has remained dull for one-and-a-half years owing to Covid-19.
India reports over 41,000 COVID-19 cases, 507 deaths in 24 hours
Jul 22, 2021, at 03:53 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: India reported 41,383 COVID-19 cases while the deaths apparently due to the virus increased by 507 in the last 24 hours, the Union Health Ministry stated Thursday.
Jul 22, 2021, at 12:38 am
The spread of the coronavirus Delta variant is reaching alarming levels in Pakistan’s largest city Karachi amidst the Eid-ul Azha festival with public and some private sector hospitals reaching capacity and starting to refuse patients, according to medical officials.
COVID-19 in India: Delhi reports 62 cases, 4 deaths
Jul 21, 2021, at 09:33 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Delhi on Wednesday reported 62 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours along with 4 related deaths.
China may be failing in its fight against myopia amid COVID-19 pandemic
Jul 21, 2021, at 05:08 pm
Beijing: China has been battling hard against the trouble of myopia and with children getting more involved in studying online amid COVID-19, the problem may be accelerating.
India reports spike in daily COVID-19 cases, 3998 people die in last 24 hours
Jul 21, 2021, at 03:06 pm
New Delhi: India once again witnessed a surge in COVID-19 as 42,015 new cases were recorded in the past 24 hours, as per the Ministry of Health released data on Wednesday.
China: Man dies from rare Monkey B virus (BV)
Jul 21, 2021, at 03:32 am
Beijing: The Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CCDC) recently reported that a man died from the rare Monkey B virus (BV), media reports said.
Zika virus cases rise to 38 in Kerala: Health Minister Veena George
Jul 21, 2021, at 01:18 am
Thiruvananthapuram/UNI: With one more person who tested positive for the Zika virus, the total number of affected cases rose to 38 in Kerala, Health Minister Veena George said on Tuesday.
Bangladesh: Eid relaxation spikes positivity rate in Dhaka
Jul 20, 2021, at 11:44 pm
Dhaka: The Covid-19 positivity rate in Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka was 23 percent a week ago--well above the limit which could permit any relaxation in restrictions. On Monday, the city recorded 4834 cases with a positivity rate of 30 percent--the highest so far for the city. Yet the government moved ahead with easing restrictions due to religious pressure.
India records 30,093 new COVID-19 cases, 374 deaths in past 24 hours
Jul 20, 2021, at 03:21 pm
New Delhi: India recorded 30,093 new cases in the last 24 hours, the lowest daily count in the past 125 days, as per the Ministry of Health released data on Tuesday.
China starts vaccinating children, teenagers against COVID-19
Jul 20, 2021, at 12:59 am
Beijing/UNI/SPUTNIK: Several Chinese regions on Monday began vaccinating minors aged between 12-17 against the coronavirus after health authorities approved two inactivated vaccines for emergency use on those over three years old.
COVID-19 antibodies persist at least nine months after infection: Study
Jul 19, 2021, at 11:45 pm
London: Testing of an entire Italian town shows antibody levels remain high nine months after SARS-CoV-2 infection, whether symptomatic or asymptomatic.
Nepal govt starts inculcating single shot J&J vaccine
Jul 19, 2021, at 11:10 pm
Kathmandu/UNI: Nepal on Monday started the inoculation campaign of the single-shot Johnson and Johnson vaccine, this is the third COVID-19 vaccine approved for public use in the country.
Over 2.6 crore vaccine doses still available with states: Centre
Jul 19, 2021, at 05:45 pm
New Delhi/UNI: The government on Monday said that more than 2.60 crore doses of COVID-19 vaccine are still available with the states.
India records 38,164 COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours
Jul 19, 2021, at 03:08 pm
New Delhi: India recorded 38,164 COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, as per the Ministry of Health released data on Monday.
Coronavirus: Maharashtra reports 9,000 fresh cases, 180 deaths
Jul 19, 2021, at 04:29 am
Mumbai/UNI: Maharashtra on Sunday reported 9,000 fresh Covid-19 patients and 180 fatalities in a single day, taking the state's cumulative case tally to 62,14,190 and the toll to 1,27,031, respectively, a health bulletin of the state government said.
Jammu and Kashmir: In a first, advanced laparoscopic surgery conducted at MCCH Anantnag
Jul 19, 2021, at 01:41 am
Anantnag: The doctors at the Maternity and Children Care Hospital (MCCH), an associated hospital of the Government Medical College (GMC), Anantnag conducted an advanced laparoscopic surgery of a woman diagnosed with a complex ovarian cyst.
Sri Lanka approves Chinese Sinovac vaccines; three members of expert panel resign
Jul 19, 2021, at 01:34 am
A day after the Sri Lankan regulatory body cleared the Chinese Sinovac Covid vaccine, three members of the expert panel which approved the vaccine resigned on Saturday, citing disregard to their advice against the approval, media reports said.
India records 41,157 fresh COVID infections in 24 hours, active cases continue to decline
Jul 18, 2021, at 05:30 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: India logged 41,157 new COVID cases in the last 24 hours, which is 7.4 percent higher than Saturday. During the same period, 518 deaths were recorded.
Coronavirus infection can make patients more susceptible to active tuberculosis
Jul 18, 2021, at 02:49 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Covid-19 can make a person more vulnerable to active tuberculosis as it is an "opportunistic infection like Black Fungus", according to Union Health Ministry.
Jul 18, 2021, at 05:12 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Kolkata on Saturday recorded zero daily deaths due to Covid-19 after nearly three and half months while Darjeeling district in northern West Bengal (North Bengal) registered the highest number of fresh infections in the past 24 hours, officials said.
Act now to provide COVID-19 vaccines for all: ECOSOC President
Jul 17, 2021, at 07:11 pm
New York: Ensuring COVID-19 vaccines for all will be critical if the world is to defeat the pandemic, the President of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), Munir Akram, said on Friday in his address to the closing its high-level segment.
Heart should be checked within a few months of Covid-19 recovery: Dr. Samin Sharma
Jul 17, 2021, at 05:44 pm
Dr. Samin K Sharma, renowned interventional cardiologist and Senior Vice-President, Operations & Quality at The Mount Sinai Hospital in New York, was the guest at Ek Mulakat Vishesh organised by Prabha Khaitan Foundation and presented by Shree Cement earlier in July. In the course of his interaction with Ehsaas Woman of Mumbai Karishma Mehta, a lawyer and a banker by profession, Dr. Sharma spoke about the effects of COVID-19 on hearts and how one can take precaution or recover from it. IBNS correspondent Souvik Ghosh brings the highlights
Over 2.74 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses still available with states: Health Ministry
Jul 17, 2021, at 05:16 pm
New Delhi/UNI: More than 2.74 crore (2,74,37,108) balance and unutilized COVID-19 vaccine doses are still available with the states and Union Territories, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Saturday.
India records 38,079 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, 560 deaths
Jul 17, 2021, at 03:26 pm
New Delhi: India recorded 38,079 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, as per data released by the Ministry of Health on Saturday.
India’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage reaches nearly 40 cr: Ministry of Health
Jul 17, 2021, at 03:03 am
New Delhi: India’s cumulative COVID Vaccination Coverage reached nearly 40 crore (39,93,62,514), as per the 7 pm provisional report on Friday.
WHO supremo Tedros urges China to to be more cooperative in finding the origin of COVID-19
Jul 17, 2021, at 01:59 am
Geneva: WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has asked China to be more cooperative with the WHO's second phase of the investigation into the origins of Covid-19.