May 13, 2021, at 07:55 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The Central government has started working with the pharma companies producing amphotericin B to ramp up the production of anti-fungal medicine used in the treatment of mucormycosis, the “black fungus" infection being reported in some covid-19 patients across India.
Madhya Pradesh govt worried after 50 patients diagnosed with Black Fungal Disease
May 13, 2021, at 06:10 am
Bhopal/IBNS: Covid patients being infected with mucormycosis or "black fungal disease" have been increasing and fifty more infected patients in Madhya Pradesh have been diagnosed with the rare infection caused by a group of moulds called "mucormycetes" and affect people with weak immune systems.
No Covaxin doses for 18-44 years in Delhi from tomorrow
May 13, 2021, at 05:21 am
New Delhi/IBNS: People between the age group of 18-44 years will not get Covaxin doses in Delhi from Thursday as there is no stock of the Bharat Biotech developed vaccine left in the national capital.
May 12, 2021, at 09:48 pm
Hyderabad/UNI: Dr Reddy’s Laboratories on Wednesday announced that it has entered into a royalty-free, non-exclusive voluntary licensing agreement with Eli Lilly and Company (“Lilly”) for the manufacture and commercialization of the drug Baricitinib in India.
Karnataka to face vaccine shortage soon
May 12, 2021, at 08:08 pm
Bengaluru/UNI: Karnataka, already reeling under acute vaccine shortage, will soon run out of vaccines, Karnataka Chief Secretary P Ravi Kumar said on Wednesday.
India's Covid cases have peaked, reflects Cambridge tracker: Report
May 12, 2021, at 08:01 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The coronavirus infections in India have reached the peak according to a tracker developed by the researchers at Cambridge Judge Business School and the National Institute of Economic and Social Research, said a Bloomberg report.
New Covid-19 infections cross 20,000 in Bengal
May 12, 2021, at 06:51 pm
Kolkata/UNI: Even as the West Bengal government announced partial lockdown in the districts and city to break the chain of deadly viruses, the second surge of Covid-19 registered a record 20,136 new COVID-19 infections in the past 24 hours and 132 deaths.
Maharashtra: Mucormycosis claim 2 lives in Thane
May 12, 2021, at 06:31 pm
Thane/UNI: Mucormycosis, a black fungal disease that affects Covid-19 patients, has claimed two lives, Kalyan Dombivali Municipal Corporation (KDMC) Health department sources said on Wednesday.
China's Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine safe and efficacious: WHO official
May 12, 2021, at 06:28 pm
Geneva/UNI: China's Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccines, very much used globally, have been considered both safe and efficacious, according to Mariangela Simao, World Health Organization (WHO) assistant director general for access to health products.
New Zealand reports new COVID-19 case in managed isolation
May 12, 2021, at 06:14 pm
Wellington/Xinhua: New Zealand reports one new case of COVID-19 in managed isolation and no new cases in the community on Wednesday.
Vaccine inequity posing ‘significant risk’ to global economic recovery: UN report
May 12, 2021, at 05:51 pm
New York: Although the outlook for global growth has improved, the ongoing impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as inadequate progress on vaccination in poorer countries, are putting recovery at risk, according to the latest UN economic forecast, published on Tuesday.
Black fungal claims 2 lives in Thane
May 12, 2021, at 05:45 pm
Thane/UNI: Mucormycosis, a black fungal disease that affects Covid-19 patients, has claimed two lives, Kalyan Dombivali Municipal Corporation ( KDMC) Health department sources said on Wednesday.
India records highest single-day Covid-19 toll with 4,205 deaths
May 12, 2021, at 04:30 pm
New Delhi/IBNS/UNI: India, a South Asian country of 1.3 billion people, on Wednesday recorded the highest single-day Covid-19 toll with 4,205 infected patients dying across the country in the last 24 hours.
Why more young are getting affected by second wave of Covid-19? ICMR chief has the answer
May 12, 2021, at 06:43 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The second wave of Covid-19 is affecting the young people slightly more as they might have started going out and also because of some strains of SARS-COV-2 active in the country, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) chief said on Tuesday.
After 44 die in Aligharh Muslim University, vice-chancellor suspects 'lethal' strain
May 12, 2021, at 06:25 am
Aligarh/IBNS: After 44 Aligharh Muslim University staff, 19 professors and 25 non-teaching staff died of Covid-19, the varsity's vice-chancellor has written to the ICMR (Indian Council for Medical Research) asking for genome sequencing of what he suspects a "lethal" variant of the novel coronavirus.
Canadian officials to study alternative COVID-19 vaccines amid AstraZeneca's rare side effects
May 12, 2021, at 05:34 am
Ottawa/IBNS: Considering the rare side effects of AstraZeneca vaccines, Canadian health officials are now studying mixing various COVID-19 shots.
Covaxin supplied to 18 states directly since May 1: Bharat Biotech
May 12, 2021, at 05:24 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Vaccine maker Bharat Biotech on Tuesday informed that it has directly supplied Covaxin to 18 states since May 1.
Odisha: Black fungus detected in a covid patient
May 11, 2021, at 06:27 pm
Bhubaneswar/UNI: A Covid-19 patient under treatment at the SUM Ultimate Medicare has been detected with Mucromycosis, popularly called black fungus.
COVID-19 treatment: WHO warns against general use of Ivermectin
May 11, 2021, at 06:14 pm
New Delhi:The World Health Organization has warned against the general use of ‘ivermectin’ for treatment of Covid-19 patients.
India reports over 3.29 lakh Covid-19 cases in 24 hours
May 11, 2021, at 04:22 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: India, which is struggling to cope with the third wave of Novel Coronavirus pandemic, on Tuesday reported over 3.29 lakh fresh infections.
Goa to use anti-parasitic drug shunned by US regulator to treat Covid patients
May 11, 2021, at 04:57 am
Panaji/IBNS: Goa has decided to go ahead with an anti-parasitic drug to treat all adults suffering from Covid-19.
WHO labels India's Covid strain as 'variant of concern'
May 11, 2021, at 04:35 am
Geneva/IBNS: The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Monday classified India's Covid-19 strain as a 'variant of concern' amid a devastaging second wave of the pandamic.
Jammu and Kashmir: Govt notifies contractual appointmentof retired doctors, faculty
May 10, 2021, at 09:52 pm
Srinagar: J&K Health and Medical Education department Sunday accorded sanction to thecontractual appointment of retired faculty members of Government Medical CollegesSrinagar, Jammu, SKIMS Soura and Bemina and doctors of Health Services department.
Women health workers fighting hard amid COVID-19 spike in Jammu and Kashmir
May 10, 2021, at 07:14 pm
Srinagar: Women health workers are working hard to fight COVID-19 trouble in Jammu and Kashmir.
Chile reports decline in new COVID-19 cases in 15 regions
May 10, 2021, at 07:10 pm
Santiago/Xinhua: The Chilean Ministry of Health reported on Sunday that the decline in new cases of the novel coronavirus disease continues in 15 regions of the country.
Slight dip: India records 3,66,161 new COVID-19 cases
May 10, 2021, at 04:08 pm
New Delhi: India recorded 3,66,161 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, a slight dip in the daily count after for the past few days over 4 lakh daily cases were recorded, revealed the Ministry of Health released data on Monday.
West Bengal reports 124 COVID-19 deaths in past 24 hours
May 10, 2021, at 03:48 am
Kolkata/UNI: Even as the West Bengal government announced partial lockdown in the districts and city to break the chain of viruses contagion, the second surge of Covid-19 began to take record number of toll 124 in the past 24 hours.
Jammu and Kashmir Govt launches phone-in health programme for Covid related queries
May 10, 2021, at 03:33 am
Srinagar: The Government of Jammu & Kashmir is launching a live ‘phone-in’ programme on Gulistan Channel and Doordarshan Kendra Srinagar to address all the health related queries of people of J&K .
Kerala reports 35,801 new COVID cases
May 10, 2021, at 02:36 am
Thiruvananthapuram/UNI: Covid-19 was detected in 35,801 persons in Kerala on Sunday while 29,318 patients have recovered from the disease.
CK Birla Hospitals initiates 'Mask up Kolkata' campaign amid Covid cases spike
May 09, 2021, at 06:27 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: CK Birla Hospitals, CMRI & BMB started masks distribution campaign to enhance the awareness among citizens of Kolkata.