Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan will hold a virtual Covid 19 review meeting with health ministers of states with maximum cases on Saturday.
The doctors shared that there are 99 ways to do the wrong but only a handful of things to stay safe and healthy which must be practised at all cost.
"Within countries, illness and death from Covid-19 has been higher among people and communities that contend with poverty, unfavourable living and discrimination," said Guterres.
The World Health Organisation have warned that the Coronavirus is not necessarily the big one, and that there is a real chance of another, more serious pandemic spreading across the world and urged the world to get "serious" about preparedness. "This is a wake-up call," WHO emergencies chief Michael Ryan told reporters at a briefing.
Men have a 30 per cent higher risk of dying from COVID-19 compared to women of the same age and health status, according to a new study which analysed the link between common patient characteristics and the risk of dying from the novel coronavirus infection.
The World Health Organization recommended wearing face masks when indoors with other people, if the ventilation has been deemed inadequate. In its beefed-up guidance, WHO advised that the general public should wear a non-medical mask in indoor (eg shops, shared workplaces, schools) or outdoor settings where physical distancing of at least one metre cannot be maintained.
The study, published in the journal Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism, analysed existing research to look at reasons why Covid-19 symptom severity and mortality are more frequent in men than in women and in older people.
Ministry of Railways shared a video warning people of COVID danger. If you are stepping out, follow these 5 tips to keep coronavirus infection at a bay.
As we go through studies claiming that widely-available mouthwashes can kill the deadly novel coronavirus, health experts in India cast doubts on such studies, stressing that people should not treat mouthwash as a prevention method from Covid-19 unless proven in clinical settings.
Although the genetic material of the novel coronavirus may still be detected in the respiratory or stool samples of COVID-19 patients for several weeks, no infectious virus particle was found beyond nine days of symptom onset, a new study says.
The new findings, published in the journal Physics of Fluids, show great potential for the use of plasma in the fight against the spread of Covid-19.
In a significant development, scientists have identified a synthetic mini-antibody that turned out to be particularly effective in blocking the new coronavirus from entering human cells.
People with blood type O may have a lower risk of infection from the SARS-CoV-2 virus, that causes COVID-19, and reduced likelihood of severe outcomes, including organ complications, if they develop the disease, two new studies suggest.
There is a stabilization in the impact of COVID-19 in the country, but we have to be more careful in our hygiene practices as it is a respiratory virus and most respiratory viruses escalate during winter, said Dr VK Paul, Member (Health), NITI Aayog on Tuesday. COVID prevention NITI aayog says people have to be more careful during winters, VK Paul, COVID-19 during winter
Cloth masks may reduce the transmission of viruses such as SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19, only if they are washed daily at high temperatures, according to a study.
The aim of the campaign is to encourage people's participation and a Covid-19 pledge will be taken by everyone. It endeavours to be a low-cost but high-intensity campaign with the key messages to 'wear mask, follow physical distancing, maintain hand hygiene'.
Indian population is still far from achieving herd immunity against COVID-19 as shown by Indian Council of Medical Research's (ICMR) second Sero Survey, the Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Sunday.
While admitting that reinfection of COVID-19 is possible, ICMR Director General Dr.Balram Bhargava on Tuesday revealed that it is a very rare occurrence.
Minister of State for Health Ashiwni Choubey on Tuesday informed the Rajya Sabha that current evidence, according to WHO, suggests that transmission of coronavirus occurs primarily through direct, indirect, or close contact with infected people through saliva and respiratory secretions.
As the country added 90,062 COVID-19 cases on Monday taking the number past the 42 lakh mark, scientists are grappling with the pivotal issue of antibodies. They are trying to understand how antibodies impact on the progression of the disease.
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