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.
Covid-19: Bengaluru airport to start screening international passengers
Dec 22, 2022, at 03:13 am
Bengaluru/IBNS: Amid a rise in coronavirus cases in China, the US and Japan, the Karnataka government will start screening international passengers to contain the spread of the infection, media reports said.
Four cases of Covid variant responsible for surge in China detected in India
Dec 22, 2022, at 01:54 am
New Delhi/ IBNS: Four cases of BF.7 sub-variant of Omicron, which is responsible for the huge Covid-19 surge in China, have been found in the Indian states of Gujarat and Odisha.
WHO warns rising infection cases leading to shortages of antibiotic drugs worldwide
Dec 21, 2022, at 11:35 pm
Washington: Rising cases of infections worldwide have led to a shortage of antibiotics including penicillin and amoxicillin, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) group for supply and access to medicines, Lisa Hedman, said on Wednesday.
Mask up in crowded places, govt advises people amid surge in Covid cases in China
Dec 21, 2022, at 10:34 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The government on Wednesday advised people to wear masks in crowded places in the wake of a spike in Covid-19 cases in China, the US and Japan.
The news of rising COVID cases coming out of China is concerning: SII CEO Adar Poonawalla
Dec 21, 2022, at 08:42 pm
Mumbai: Serum Institute of India (SII) CEO Adar Poonawalla on Wednesday expressed concern over the rising COVID-19 cases in China and said the issue is 'concerning'.
As Covid-19 cases spike in China, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya to hold review meet today
Dec 21, 2022, at 06:01 pm
New Delhi/UNI: In view of the sudden spurt of Covid -19 cases in China and other countries, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya will chair a high-level meeting to review the situation here on Wednesday.
China risks between 1.3 and 2.1 million deaths if it ends its zero-COVID strategy: Study
Dec 21, 2022, at 02:22 pm
New Delhi: Analysis by Airfinity shows between 1.3 and 2.1 million lives could be at risk if China lifts its zero-COVID policy given low vaccination and booster rates as well as a lack of hybrid immunity.
Dec 21, 2022, at 03:32 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The Indian government has cautioned all states to track coronavirus variants through the INSACOG network as massive COVID-19 cases are spreading through China.
Bangladesh rolls out fourth dose of COVID-19 vaccine
Dec 20, 2022, at 08:55 pm
Dhaka: Bangladesh government has rolled out the process of administering the fourth COVID-19 vaccine in the country.
Top epidemiologist predicts 60 percent of Chinese population may get COVID-19
Dec 20, 2022, at 02:22 pm
Beijing: A prominent epidemiologist and health economist has said hospitals in China have been completely overwhelmed amid rising COVID-19 cases in the country.
China COVID-19: Expert believes country may experience three winter waves
Dec 19, 2022, at 03:16 pm
Beijing: A top Chinese official has said he believes China might be seeing the first of the three COVID-19 infection waves this winter.
Global cholera surge likely accelerated by climate change, warns WHO
Dec 17, 2022, at 05:12 pm
New York: Climate change has driven an “unprecedented” number of larger and more deadly cholera outbreaks around the world this year, the UN health agency, WHO, said on Friday.
Community-led responses ‘essential for ending pandemics’ – UNAIDS
Dec 16, 2022, at 05:54 pm
New York: Communities must be empowered and appropriately resourced to lead the fight against HIV/AIDS and other pandemics, UNAIDS, the UN agency dedicated to tackling HIV/AIDS, stressed at an international meeting held in Thailand.
South Korea reports 84,571 new Covid cases
Dec 14, 2022, at 09:57 pm
Seoul: South Korea recorded 84,571 new Covid-19 cases, raising the total number of infections to 27,925,572, the health authorities said on Wednesday.
Once again, US and Europe way ahead on daily calorie intake
Dec 13, 2022, at 07:09 pm
New York: The number of calories per person consumed globally, increased by a full nine per cent on average last year, to 2,960 per day, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said on Monday, in its latest annual statistics report.
New Covid-19 sub variants account for nearly 70 pct new cases in US
Dec 10, 2022, at 02:29 pm
Los Angeles: New Omicron subvariants BQ.1 and BQ.1.1 accounted for nearly 70 percent of new Covid-19 cases in the United States in the latest week, according to estimates released by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Cholera’s continued spread in Haiti a ‘worrying trend’
Dec 09, 2022, at 10:07 pm
New York: As cholera continues to spread in Haiti, a $145 million appeal to support the response is only 16 per cent funded, the top UN aid official there reported on Thursday.
Countries held the line against malaria cases and deaths in 2021: WHO report
Dec 09, 2022, at 06:38 pm
New York: Despite the continued impact of COVID-19, malaria cases and deaths remained stable throughout last year, according to new data released on Thursday by the World Health Organization (WHO).
China finally rolls back strict COVID rules amid weeks of protest
Dec 07, 2022, at 10:32 pm
Beijing: China has lifted the most severe COVID-19 policies amid weeks of protests against strict controls, media reports said on Wednesday.
Bangladesh plans to administer fourth COVID-19 booster shot from Dec 20
Dec 06, 2022, at 11:51 pm
Dhaka: The Bangladesh government is planning to administer the fourth dose of the COVID-19 in Dhaka on Dec 20, media reports said.
First in India: Meghalaya starts dispatching medicines using drones
Dec 06, 2022, at 03:53 pm
TechEagle, one of the fastest-growing drone delivery startups, has now unveiled the first drone delivery hub in Meghalaya, media reports said.
Dec 03, 2022, at 11:24 pm
Geneva: The World Health Organization (WHO) has once again alerted lapses in strategies to tackle Covid-19 this year continue to create the perfect conditions for a "deadly new variant" to emerge.
Many persons with disabilities face premature death due to health inequities
Dec 03, 2022, at 06:27 pm
New York: Persons with disabilities face a risk of dying up to 20 years earlier than other sections of society, according to a new report issued by the World Health Organization on Friday.
Peru enters fifth wave of Covid-19 pandemic
Dec 02, 2022, at 06:19 pm
Lima/UNI: Peru entered into its fifth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic after an increase of infectious cases in most regions in the past three weeks, Peruvian Health Minister Kelly Portalatino said.
Africa’s advances in maternal, infant mortality face setbacks: WHO
Dec 02, 2022, at 05:39 pm
New York: Across Africa, efforts to reduce the number of women and infants dying in childbirth are set to slow without a substantial increase in investment, the UN health agency said on Thursday.