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Maharashtra reports 803 fresh Covid-19 cases and 3 deaths

Apr 07, 2023, at 06:28 pm

Mumbai/UNI: Maharashtra has recorded 803 new Covid-19 cases and three deaths in the last 24 hours, health officials said here on Friday.

India reports 6,050 new Covid-19 cases in last 24 hrs

Apr 07, 2023, at 05:32 pm

New Delhi/UNI: India has recorded a single-day jump of 6,050 fresh Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the active caseload to 28,303, according to the Union Health Ministry on Friday.

Covid-19: Maharashtra records 569 new cases and two deaths in 24 hours

Apr 06, 2023, at 04:39 pm

Mumbai/UNI: Maharashtra recorded 569 new cases of Covid-19 and two virus related deaths during the past 24 hours, said the health bulletin released by the Health department on Thursday.

Delhi sees 509 new Covid cases in 24 hours, positivity rate jumps to 26 pct

Apr 06, 2023, at 04:16 am

New Delhi/IBNS: The national capital Wednesday reported 509 fresh Covid-19 cases with the positivity rate spiking up to 26 per cent from 15.64 per cent a day before.

Maharashtra sees 186 pct hike in single-day Covid cases, 4 deaths in last 24 hrs

Apr 05, 2023, at 02:31 am

Mumbai/IBNS: At least four people died as Maharashtra witnessed a whopping 711 new Covid-19 cases in the state in the last 24 hours, which is a jump of nearly 186 percent in a single day.

Covid spike in Haryana leaves 1 dead, 193 new positive cases

Apr 05, 2023, at 01:45 am

Chandigarh/UNI: One person succumbed to Coronavirus on Tuesday in Yamunanagar of Haryana and 193 new positive cases were reported in the state, official sources said.

mRNA vaccine beats infection for key defense against COVID-19, Stanford Medicine scientists find

Apr 04, 2023, at 10:49 pm

The Pfizer/BioNTech mRNA vaccine directed at COVID-19 is much better than natural infection at revving up key immune cells called killer T cells to fight future infection by SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, Stanford Medicine investigators have found.

Keeping COVID-19 in check likely to require periodic boosters

Apr 04, 2023, at 10:42 pm

Between natural infection and a global vaccination campaign, most people now have some immunity against the virus that causes COVID-19.

COVID-19: Nepal confirms spread of XBB.1.16 sub-variant

Apr 04, 2023, at 03:16 pm

Kathmandu: Nepal has confirmed the spread of Omicron’s sub-variant XBB.1.16 in the Himalayan nation.

India logs 2,994 new Covid-19 cases in last 24 hrs

Apr 01, 2023, at 07:02 pm

New Delhi/UNI: India has registered a slight dip in Covid-19 cases on Saturday with 2,994 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the active caseload over 16,354-mark, in the last 24 hours, as per the Health Ministry.

India reports 3,095 new Covid-19 cases in last 24 hours

Mar 31, 2023, at 06:05 pm

New Delhi/UNI: India has registered 3,095 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the total active case in the country to 15,208, as per the Health Ministry on Friday.

India logs 3,016 new Covid-19 cases in last 24 hours

Mar 30, 2023, at 05:29 pm

New Delhi/UNI: India has registered 3,016 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the total active case in the country at 13,509, as per the Health Ministry on Thursday.

India reports 1,805 new Covid-19 cases in last 24 hours

Mar 27, 2023, at 06:00 pm

New Delhi/UNI: India has registered 1,805 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the total active case in the country at 10,300, as per the Health Ministry on Monday.

Study finds substance use disorders do not increase likelihood of COVID-19 deaths

Mar 27, 2023, at 12:05 am

New research from Boston Medical Center found that substance use disorders do not increase the likelihood of dying from COVID-19. Published in Substance Abuse: Research and Treatment, the study showed that the increased risk for severe COVID-19 in people with SUD that has been seen may be the result of co-occurring medical conditions.

Study reveals vaccination reduces risk of long COVID-19

Mar 26, 2023, at 11:50 pm

Being vaccinated against Covid halves people’s risk of developing long Covid, according to new research from the University of East Anglia.

Health is now a crucial agenda of discussion among member states ever since COVID-19 pandemic occurred: BIMSTEC Secretary General Tenzin Lekphell 

Mar 26, 2023, at 06:19 am

Kolkata: BIMSTEC Secretary General Tenzin Lekphell on Saturday said health has emerged as a crucial agenda of discussion among the member states ever since the COVID-19 pandemic started in 2020.

Is COVID-19 making a comeback? India registers six deaths in past 24 hours

Mar 25, 2023, at 10:51 pm

New Delhi: Six patients have died due to Coronavirus infection in the country in the last 24 hours while the number of active cases increased by 674 during this period, according to data released by the Ministry of Health on Saturday.

Covid-19: Centre's top meeting today amid spike in cases

Mar 20, 2023, at 06:16 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: The top medical body of the central government will on Monday hold a meeting on the current scenario of Covid-19 amid a recent spike in cases, media reports said.

WHO urges China to be ‘transparent’ in sharing COVID-19 data

Mar 18, 2023, at 11:41 pm

New York: The World Health Organization (WHO) continues to call for China to be ‘transparent’ in sharing COVID-19 data in efforts to determine the disease’s origins, Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus reiterated on Friday in Geneva.

As covid cases rise, Centre writes to 6 states to control spread of virus

Mar 17, 2023, at 03:45 am

New Delhi/IBNS: With Covid-19 cases rising again, particularly in six states, the Centre has written to the administrations saying they should focus on controlling the sudden spike in the viral infection.

Study finds common cold gives children immunity against COVID-19

Mar 15, 2023, at 10:32 pm

During the pandemic, it became clear that children who contracted COVID-19 became less ill than adults. One hypothesis has been that common colds would give children immunity protecting against a severe form of the disease.

55 countries face a health worker crunch linked to COVID-19: WHO

Mar 15, 2023, at 08:53 pm

No less than 55 countries are struggling with serious health worker shortages as they continue to seek better paid opportunities in wealthier nations that have stepped up efforts to recruit them amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday.

Higher dose of blood thinners did not significantly improve overall combined outcomes in patients hospitalized for COVID-19: Study

Mar 13, 2023, at 09:01 pm

New Orleans: Giving noncritically ill patients hospitalized for COVID-19 a higher dose of blood-thinning medication than usual did not significantly reduce the combined risk of death from any cause, need for treatment in an intensive-care unit, a confirmed blood clot or a stroke at 30 days, according to the results of the FREEDOM-COVID trial presented at the American College of Cardiology's Annual Scientific Session Together With the World Congress of Cardiology.

Nine in ten major metropolitan areas in Europe lost population because of the COVID-19 pandemic: Study

Feb 24, 2023, at 10:20 pm

London: Some 93% of major metropolitan areas in Europe “shrank” or lost population as a result of the impact of COVID-19, with nearly two thirds of all European cities experiencing the same effect during the pandemic, according to new research published in Cities, the international journal.

International study, featuring Kolkata's CMRI, finds Doxycycline effective in checking progression of Covid-19

Feb 07, 2023, at 09:27 pm

Kolkata: A study conducted by a group of doctors from several nations, including India, has found that in hospitalized COVID-19 patients, antibiotic drug Doxycycline was a safe and inexpensive treatment widely available throughout the globe and it reduced ICU admissions when added to standard of care.

Tedros: COVID-19 remains an international health threat

Jan 31, 2023, at 08:41 pm

New York: The head of the UN health agency, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said on Monday that COVID-19 is still a global health threat and that now is not the time to declare the pandemic over.

WHO says death toll from Covid-19 spiked by 20 pc in past 30 days

Jan 20, 2023, at 02:20 pm

Washington: The death toll from COVID-19 increased by 20 percent between December 19 and January 15 compared to the previous 28 days and reached 53.000 deaths, the World Health Organization (WHO) said.

Health experts worry COVID will spread amid booster hesitancy in South Asia

Jan 19, 2023, at 03:09 am

When a vaccination team came to her home in Pakistan’s central Karachi district, Noor Jehan gently told the health workers she wouldn’t get a COVID-19 booster and wasn’t allowing her children to get their first doses of vaccine either.

COVID-19: WHO highlights critical importance of sharing virus sequences

Jan 13, 2023, at 11:06 pm

New York:  Although virus sequencing is vital to detect and track new variants in the COVID-19 pandemic, sharing this information must be stepped up globally, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday in Geneva.

Study shows Covid cases in China touch 900 million

Jan 13, 2023, at 08:43 pm

Beijing: A study by Peking University has revealed that some 900 million people in China have been infected with the coronavirus as of 11 January, media reports said.