Indonesia: Magnitude 5.5 quake hits south Bali
Aug 23, 2022, at 01:17 am
Jakarta/IBNS: An earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale hit the Bali resort island in central Indonesia on Monday, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre said.
India registers 9,531 COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours
Aug 22, 2022, at 03:31 pm
New Delhi: India registered 9,531 people in COVID-19 as the daily positivity rate touched 4.15 percent, as per data released by the Ministry of Health on Monday.
India registers 11,539 fresh COVID-19 cases
Aug 21, 2022, at 06:03 pm
New Delhi: India on Sunday registered 11,539 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours as the daily positivity rate touched 3.75 percent, as per data released by the ministry of Health.
Maharashtra records 1,855 fresh Covid-19 cases, two more deaths
Aug 21, 2022, at 04:30 pm
Aurangabad/Mumbai/UNI: Maharashtra recorded 1,855 fresh cases of Covid-19 and two virus-related deaths during the past 24 hours, according to a health bulletin on Sunday.
Lancet warns about 'Tomato Flu', a highly infectious disease affecting children
Aug 21, 2022, at 01:17 pm
A new type of disease, called Tomato flue, affecting the hand, foot, and mouth is spreading in India with Kerala and Odisha reporting cases of the infection.
22 dead, 8 missing in Himachal Pradesh flash floods
Aug 21, 2022, at 03:55 am
Shimla: At least 22 people have been killed and eight others are reported missing in Himachal Pradesh where 34 incidents of landslides, flash floods, and cloudbursts have occurred in the last 24 hours, Chief Secretary RD Dhiman stated on Saturday.
WHO recommends two new lifesaving medicines to treat Ebola
Aug 20, 2022, at 09:55 pm
New York: The World Health Organization (WHO) has called for countries to improve access to two lifesaving Ebola medicines, in its first guidelines on the viral disease, published on Friday.
Himachal Pradesh: Four dead, 15 missing in rain related mishaps
Aug 20, 2022, at 09:53 pm
Shimla: Four people died and 15 others went missing in various rain related mishaps that occurred in Chamba and Mandi district of Himachal Pradesh during the past 24 hrs.
India registers 13,272 fresh COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours
Aug 20, 2022, at 03:56 pm
New Delhi: India registered 13,272 fresh COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours as the daily positivity rate touched 4.21 percent, as per data released by the Ministry of Health on Saturday.
Chile: Monkeypox cases surpass 200
Aug 20, 2022, at 03:10 pm
Buenos Aires: The number of registered monkeypox cases has surpassed 200 in Chile, the country’s Ministry of Health informs.
WHO warns of disease threat amid Horn of Africa drought
Aug 19, 2022, at 06:53 pm
New York: The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday highlighted the need to support millions facing starvation and disease in the Horn of Africa.
Monkeypox cases top 35,000: WHO
Aug 19, 2022, at 06:43 pm
New York: Monkeypox infections continue to rise globally, with more than 35,000 cases across 92 countries and territories, and 12 deaths, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) reported on Wednesday.
India records 15,754 new COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours
Aug 19, 2022, at 03:46 pm
New Delhi: India added 15,754 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours as the daily positivity rate touched 3.47 percent, as per data released by the Ministry of Health on Friday.
Quebec’s lack of transparency leading to hesitancy over COVID-19 boosters: Health experts
Aug 19, 2022, at 03:23 am
Quebec/IBNS: Quebec’s Health experts reportedly have attributed the provincial government’s failure to be transparent and manage people’s expectations as one among various reasons why Quebecers are hesitating in getting their COVID-19 booster shots.
India reports 12,608 Covid-19 cases in 24 hours
Aug 18, 2022, at 04:18 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: India reported 12,608 new Covid-19 cases while the toll went up by 72 in the last 24 hours, the Union Health Ministry said Thursday.
Millions more children to benefit from world’s first malaria vaccine: UNICEF
Aug 17, 2022, at 04:09 pm
New York: The pharmaceutical company GSK has been awarded a contract to produce the world’s first malaria vaccine so that millions more children will be protected against the killer disease, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) announced on Tuesday.
India records 9,062 new COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours
Aug 17, 2022, at 03:12 pm
New Delhi: India recorded 9,062 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours as the daily positivity rate touched 2.49 percent, as per data released by the Ministry of Health on Tuesday.
Delhi sees rise in hospitalisations after Covid spike, 8-10 deaths daily
Aug 17, 2022, at 02:09 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Hospitalisations are up in Delhi as Covid-19 cases reported a surge prompting authorities to urge people to wear masks and observe precautions related to the disease.
Conference opens to draft first-ever treaty on ocean’s biological diversity
Aug 16, 2022, at 09:21 pm
New York: The intergovernmental conference to draft the first-ever treaty on the ocean’s biological diversity opened its fifth and likely final session on Monday.
Three people, including a child, die in wild elephant attack along Assam-Meghalaya border
Aug 16, 2022, at 07:49 pm
Guwahati: At least three people, including a child, were killed in a wild elephant attack in Assam’s Goalpara district along the Assam-Meghalaya border on Monday.
India records drop in daily count as 8,813 fresh COVID-19 cases registered in past 24 hours
Aug 16, 2022, at 03:40 pm
New Delhi: India witnessed a drop in daily count as 8,813 fresh COVID-19 cases were recorded in the past 24 hours, as per data released by the Ministry of Health on Tuesday.
Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla tests positive for Covid-19
Aug 16, 2022, at 02:36 am
Washington/UNI: Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla said on Monday that he had tested positive for COVID-19 despite having received four doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against the novel coronavirus.
UK approves first Covid booster vaccine targeting Omicron variants
Aug 16, 2022, at 12:34 am
London: The UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency said on Monday that it has approved the first COVID-19 booster vaccine developed by US-based pharmaceutical company Moderna that targets original and Omicron strains.
Marshall Islands witnesses surge in COVID-19 cases
Aug 15, 2022, at 07:56 pm
Marshall Islands: Marshall Islands is witnessing a surge in COVID-19 cases just days after the nation registered its first local spread of the virus.
India registers 14,917 new COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours
Aug 15, 2022, at 03:39 pm
New Delhi/UNI: India registered 14,917 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, the Union Health Ministry said Monday.
India registers 14,092 new Covid-19 cases in last 24 hours
Aug 14, 2022, at 06:49 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: India registered 14,092 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours with a daily positivity rate of 3.69 per cent.
India registers 15,815 new COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours
Aug 13, 2022, at 03:51 pm
New Delhi: India, which has witnessed several waves so far, registered 15,815 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, as per data released by the Ministry of Health on Saturday.
Monkeypox: Experts give virus variants new names
Aug 13, 2022, at 03:41 pm
Geneva: A group of global experts convened by WHO has agreed on new names for monkeypox virus variants, as part of ongoing efforts to align the names of the monkeypox disease, virus and variants—or clades—with current best practices.
Delhi reports 10 Covid deaths and 2,136 new cases in 24 hours
Aug 13, 2022, at 03:36 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Delhi Friday reported 2,136 new Covid-19 cases and 10 deaths due to the infection, according to data shared by the health department.
Pakistan witnesses surge in COVID-19 deaths
Aug 13, 2022, at 12:01 am
Islamabad: Pakistan recorded a surge in deaths due to COVID-19 overnight as 11 people succumbed to the viral infection, media reports said on Friday.