The measures comprise setting up permanent medical infrastructure such as Oxygen plants, medical equipment, and ICU facilities, in addition to providing medical supplies to hospitals across India.
Active caseload further declines to 23,43,152 with active cases decrease by 76,755 in last 24 hours, said Union Health Ministry.
The study will test the effectiveness of vaccine candidate formulas against the virus that spread from Wuhan, China, and against a variant first seen in South Africa, the pharmaceutical firms said
According to it, B. 1. 617. 1 is found in 41 countries, B. 1. 617. 2 in 54 countries and B. 1. 617. 3 in six. In addition, information for the B. 1. 617. 1, B. 1. 617. 2 sub-lineages was received by WHO from unofficial sources in 11 countries, including China, and will be reviewed as more information becomes available
Looking at the decreasing number of corona cases in Gujarat, the Vijay Rupani govt on Wednesday decided to relax the night time curfew.
According to the Union Health Ministry, over 37 per cent of vaccines go wastage in Jharkhand, while in Chhattisgarh, it is 30.2 per cent. The vaccine wastage in Tamil Nadu is 15.5 per cent, Jammu and Kashmir- 10.8 per cent, Madhya Pradesh- 10.7 per cent
India is known as the world's diabetes capital. Nearly one in six people with diabetes in the world is from India.
The team, popularly known as 'Ventilator Express' on social media, not only installs new ventilators sent under the Central government's PM Cares Fund, but also repairs old ones and makes them operational once again.
State Chief Secy Vijai Vardhan in the order said the lockdown, which was earlier imposed till May 24, has been extended by a week till 5:00 am on May 31.
Described as one of the youngest Covid survivors, the baby was discharged last week, doctors at KIMS Cuddles said on Sunday.
The Odisha government has introduced a facility to help people access COVID test reports online in a hassle-free manner, instead of physically visiting laboratories
Chief Medical Officer of Shahjahanpur Dr S P Gautam said he received information about the death of three girls, aged between 6-16 years, in Larabarpur village.
Experts from different streams of AYUSH, namely Ayurveda, Homeopathy, Yoga, Naturopathy, Unani and Siddha will be available to address queries of the general masses, it said.
In this virtual meeting, the minister will discuss the management of COVID-19, online learning, and the latest status of implementation of the New Education Policy-2020.
In a faux pas on the part of the staff of a private hospital on the outskirts of the city, the body of a wrong person was handed over to the relativesof a Covid-19 patient, who died at the facility.
The ministry said 3,25,071 beneficiaries in the age group of 18-44 years received their first dose of COVID vaccine on Thursday and cumulatively 42,55,362 across 32 states and union territories since the start of the third phase of the vaccination drive.
Sources said that even after a month, the family members of the victim were not informed about the incident that has brought the police under the lens.
Rajesh Poojary attended the function at Karkala on Thursday, the police said.
Addressing the media, Lav Agarwal, Union Health Ministry, Joint Secretary said recovery cases have been increasing in the country since May 3 and 187 districts have shown a continued decline in cases since the last 2 weeks.
Lockdown will be imposed in Uttarakhand from May 11 to 18 to tide over Covid-19 crisis.
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