BREAKING NEWS: COVID-19 may have killed 1.8 lakh health workers globally: WHO

COVID-19 may have killed between 80,000 and 1,80,000 healthcare workers between January 2020 and May 2021, the WHO said. Healthcare workers must be prioritised for vaccines, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said, and criticised unfair shots distribution. He added, less than one in 10 healthcare workers are fully vaccinated in Africa compared to eight in […]

Prepared to handle surge of 5 lakh COVID-19 cases a day: Government

The central government has said that it is ready to deal with a flood of up to 5 lakh Covid sickness (Covid-19) cases per day. It, notwithstanding, focused on that this doesn’t infer that countless diseases will be accounted for later on. “The elements of the infection after immunization and disease which can prompt crowd […]

Govt extends COVID containment steps till Oct 31, warns states about mass gatherings

The Center on Tuesday expanded the cross country COVID-19 control measures till October 31 considering restricted spreads of the infection in a couple of states and the illness proceeding to be a general wellbeing challenge in the country. In a correspondence to boss secretaries, everything being equal, and association domains, Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla […]

Death by suicide within 30 days of person testing positive is COVID-19 death: Govt

The Centre has informed the Supreme Court that it has decided to include death by suicide happening within 30 days of a person testing positive as COVID-19 death, thereby entitling their next of kin to get ₹50,000 as ex-gratia. Earlier, the government had said deaths occurring due to poisoning, suicide, homicide, accidents etc will not […]

Bengal Logs 746 New COVID Cases, 12 More Fatalities

  West Bengal on Thursday revealed 746 new COVID-19 cases, 63 a greater number of than the earlier day, with the count expanding to 15,64,139, as indicated by a wellbeing office announcement. Twelve additional fatalities because of the contamination raised the cost to 18,703, it said. Nadia area recorded four new passings, trailed by two […]

Govt won’t buy Pfizer, Moderna COVID-19 vaccines as local output jumps: Report

The Indian government will not buy COVID-19 shots from Pfizer and Moderna, Reuters reported on Tuesday citing three government sources. “This is mainly because the domestic output of more affordable and easier-to-store vaccines has jumped,” the report added. The government also declined to meet the US companies’ requests for legal protection over any side-effects from […]

BREAKING NEWS: त्यौहारों के मौसम में हो सकता है डेल्टा वैरिएंट का कहर, आने वाले तीन महीने हो सकते हैं खतरनाक

सावधान: महामारी पर शोध करने वाले एक वैज्ञानिक ने अगस्त में आशंका जताई थी कि यदि भारत में वायरस के मौजूदा स्वरूपों से अधिक संक्रामक कोई स्वरूप सितंबर तक सामने आता है तो अकतूबर से नवंबर के बीच कोरोना की तीसरी लहर चरम पर हो सकती है और डेल्टा वैरिएंट कहर देखने को मिल सकता […]

India breaks single-day COVID-19 vaccination record, crosses 2cr on PM’s birthday

India has broken the previous single-day COVID-19 vaccination record of 1.33 crore doses by administering over 2 crore doses in around 10 hours on PM Narendra Modi’s birthday on Friday, according to CoWIN. “I believe that today we’ll make a new record of vaccination and give it as a gift to the PM,” Health Minister […]

Bengaluru: Doctor who contracted Covid-19 undergoes lung transplant

In what is being claimed by hospital authorities as the first in Karnataka, a 30-year-old doctor who contracted Covid-19 on duty during the second wave, successfully underwent a double lung transplant in Bengaluru’s Aster CMI Hospital. The surgery, according to a statement from the hospital, was done on Dr Sanath Kumar, an anesthetist and intensivist […]