How COVID-19 changed mental health discourse in India and Pakistan
Jan 12, 2023, at 01:08 am
When Amina Zia in Pakistan lost her husband to COVID-19 in the early days of the pandemic, she descended further into depression.
India registers 170 new COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours
Jan 09, 2023, at 06:12 pm
New Delhi: India registered 170 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, as per government data released on Monday.
COVID will likely recede into the background, says Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine developer
Jan 07, 2023, at 02:54 pm
Dhaka: Sarah Gilbert, who led a team that developed the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, believes that SARS-CoV-2 will likely recede into the background in the upcoming times.
WHO continues to urge China to share more data amid COVID-19 surge
Jan 06, 2023, at 08:34 pm
New York: The World Health Organization (WHO) is concerned about the COVID-19 surge in China, Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Wednesday, in his first virtual briefing for the year.
COVID-19: China infection surge on agenda at WHO coronavirus meeting
Jan 04, 2023, at 06:49 pm
New York: As COVID-19 infections surge in China, coronavirus experts gathered at the UN health agency on Tuesday, to discuss next steps.
Fresh Covid-19 pandemic emerging the world over with new medical challenges: Expert
Jan 01, 2023, at 10:28 pm
Kolkata: Visiting Professor at the Kolkata based West Bengal University of Health Sciences, School of Public Health-Dr Naresh Purohit has said the Covid-19 outbreak in China has caused the world to go into panic mode again, exactly three years after the first episode of SARS-CoV-2 was reported in December 2019.
XBB1.5 variant of coronavirus found in India
Jan 01, 2023, at 06:09 am
New Delhi/IBNS: XBB1.5 strain of coronavirus responsible for the rising infections in the United States, was detected in India for the first time on Friday, media reports said.
France introducing mandatory Covid testing for people flying in from China
Dec 31, 2022, at 09:15 pm
Paris: Beginning next month, all plane passengers traveling from China to France will be required to present negative COVID-19 test results and will be tested again upon arrival, Clement Beaune, the Minister Delegate for Transport of France said.
France introducing mandatory Covid-19 testing for people flying in from China
Dec 31, 2022, at 03:12 pm
Paris: Beginning next month, all plane passengers traveling from China to France will be required to present negative COVID-19 test results and will be tested again upon arrival, Clement Beaune, the Minister Delegate for Transport of France said.
Dec 30, 2022, at 01:54 am
New Delhi/IBNS: All fliers from China, Japan, Hong Kong, South Korea, Singapore and Thailand will have to submit a negative Covid-19 test report before arrival in India starting Jan 1, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said Thursday.
All govt centres in Delhi are out of free Covid booster shots, shows CoWIN app
Dec 29, 2022, at 03:28 am
New Delhi/IBNS: No government health centre in the national capital has free-of-cost Covid vaccines left, while paid vaccines for all at private facilities, continue to be available over the next few days, media reports said.
Four international travellers test COVID positive in Tamil Nadu
Dec 28, 2022, at 10:04 pm
Chennai: Four international travellers who returned from China and Dubai have tested COVID positive at the Madurai and Chennai international airports on Wednesday.
2022 Year In health: New Ebola and cholera outbreaks, mpox emergency, COVID-19 ‘not over’
Dec 28, 2022, at 03:08 pm
New York: The UN warned that the COVID-19 pandemic is still a cause for global concern, and outbreaks of cholera, Ebola and Monkeypox (now renamed mpox) led to the mobilization of health and aid workers to contain life-threatening illnesses.
Japan govt imposing mandatory Covid-19 testing for arrivals from China: Reports
Dec 27, 2022, at 10:38 pm
Tokyo: Mandatory testing for COVID-19 is being introduced by the Japanese government from December 30 upon arrival for travelers from China due to an increase in the number of confirmed cases there, Japanese media reported on Tuesday.
India fully prepared to deal with any Covid-19 eventuality: Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya
Dec 27, 2022, at 07:36 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Union health minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Tuesday said the country was fully prepared to deal with any eventuality, if the Covid-19 cases spike once again in the country.
Covid-19: Hospitals across country to hold mock drills today to tackle any spike in infections
Dec 27, 2022, at 06:20 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Hospitals across the country will be holding mock drills on Tuesday to assess their preparedness to tackle any Covid-19 spike, media reports said.
Kolkata: Suspected COVID-19 British national sent to isolation ward
Dec 26, 2022, at 09:58 pm
Kolkata: A British national, who was on his way to Gaya via Kolkata, was on Monday taken to a city hospital after being detected with Coronavirus-19 during a random check at the airport, official sources confirmed.
Four foreigners found Corona positive in Bihar
Dec 26, 2022, at 09:50 pm
Gaya: Four foreigners were found Corona positive in Bodh Gaya of Bihar who had come to participate in Kalchakra puja and discourse of Tibetan religious head Dalai Lama.
Hetero’s Covid-19 oral drug 'Paxlovid' to receive WHO prequalification
Dec 26, 2022, at 08:21 pm
Hyderabad/Kolkata: Hetero, a pharmaceutical company, on Monday announced the receipt of World Health Organization Prequalification of Medicines Program (WHO PQ) approval for its generic version of COVID-19 oral antiviral treatment candidate nirmatrelvir.
Dec 26, 2022, at 02:21 am
Beijing: China might have witnessed 248 million people, or nearly 18 percent of the total population, contracting COVID-19 during the first 20 days of December, a leaked document has shown.
Agra: China-returnee tests COVID-19 positive, sample sent for genome sequencing
Dec 26, 2022, at 12:57 am
Agra: A man, who returned from China on Friday, has tested positive for COVID-19 in Agra, media reports said.
Centre asks states to hold mock drills at health facilities amid Covid spike in China
Dec 25, 2022, at 06:01 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: As the Covid-19 cases are on a spike in China setting off an alarm, the Centre has asked states to hold mock drills at health facilities to ensure swift response if Covid cases in the country surge again.
Centre focuses on oxygen supply, ventilators in fresh advisory to states on Covid management
Dec 25, 2022, at 01:53 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The Centre has asked the states and Union Territories to focus on reliable medical oxygen supply in its fresh guidelines for pandemic management amid a massive surge in Covid-19 cases in China.
Dec 23, 2022, at 10:09 pm
New Delhi: Virologist Gagandeep Kang on Friday said India is currently doing fine but China, which is witnessing a surge in COVID-19 cases, will experience 'lots and lots of infections'.
Govt approved Bharat Biotech's nasal anti-Covid vaccine: Reports
Dec 23, 2022, at 05:24 pm
New Delhi/IBNS/UNI: The central government has approved Bharat Biotech's nasal vaccine against Covid-19 amid the fresh scare of a surge in infections, media reports said.
Bharat Biotech's nasal Covid vaccine to be introduced as booster dose
Dec 23, 2022, at 04:32 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Bharat Biotech’s nasal Covid vaccine, iNCOVACC, will be introduced as a booster dose as the government gears up to avert a fresh wave of coronavirus, media reports said.
'Covid not over yet': PM Modi warns against complacency in Covid review meeting
Dec 23, 2022, at 04:28 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Amid growing cases of Covid-19 in China, Prime Minister Narendra Modi while chairing a review meeting on the Covid-19 situation in the country Thursday urged people to wear masks though his government did not make it mandatory.
Karnataka to make masks mandatory indoors amid rising Covid cases in China
Dec 23, 2022, at 02:40 am
Bengaluru/IBNS: Amid the rising number of cases in China, the Karnataka government Thursday announced making face masks mandatory indoors, especially in closed places and air-conditioned rooms.
Dec 23, 2022, at 12:38 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is holding a meeting to review the Covid situation with top officials and ministers in the wake of the infection surge in China driven by the BF.7 variant.
Random sampling of international arrivals for Covid test already started: Govt tells Parliament
Dec 22, 2022, at 11:29 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Random sampling for the Covid test has been already started for incoming international passengers, the government told parliament on Thursday.