Jun 08, 2021, at 05:05 pm
Srinagar: Weyan village in Jammu and Kashmir's Bandipora district has become the first village of the nation to vaccinate entire populations above 18 years against COVID-19, media reports said.
India records 86498 new COVID-19 cases in pat 24 hours, lowest in 66 days
Jun 08, 2021, at 02:51 pm
New Delhi: India recorded 86,498 new cases in last 24 hours, the lowest figure in 66 days, the Ministry of Health said on Tuesday.
Bangladesh seeks five million Sputnik V vaccines from Russia
Jun 08, 2021, at 02:18 am
Bangladesh has intensified negotiations with Russia to procure five million doses of Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine soon.
Moderna and Johnson & Johnson Covid vaccines approved in the Maldives
Jun 08, 2021, at 01:04 am
Authorities in the Maldives have given emergency use approval to Covid-19 vaccines of Moderna and Johnson & Johnson--both of them are already approved by the World Health Organization (WHO).
Over 1.49 cr COVID-19 vaccine doses still available with states: Health Ministry
Jun 07, 2021, at 08:00 pm
New Delhi/UNI: More than 1.49 crore (1,49,11,649) Covid vaccine doses are still available with the states and Union Territories, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Monday.
India records 1,00,636 new COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours, lowest in 61 days
Jun 07, 2021, at 03:13 pm
New Delhi: India recorded 1,00,636 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, as per the Ministry of Health released data on Monday.
Pandemic highlights promise and pitfalls of online doctor visits
Jun 07, 2021, at 02:54 am
Telehealth—or telemedicine is not a very new concept, but the pandemic forced the doctors and patients in the United States, India and around the world to adopt it often as the only option. But it is not without its share of challenges. Julia Garlich, Kayley Allen from USA and Bala Singh and Pratibha Singh from India report
Jun 07, 2021, at 02:26 am
An effective response to tackling the coronavirus is impossible without knowing “exact information” on what makes this virus “tick” and hence it is imperative to investigate the origins of the virus, said American attorney, businessman, author, and philanthropist Dr. Ravi Batra.
Jammu and Kashmir: Covid Care Centre starts functioning at Panchayat Halqa, Khimber, Srinagar
Jun 07, 2021, at 02:13 am
Srinagar: As part of the efforts of the Government to identify Covid positive suspects in rural areas and to provide them timely treatment so that the spread of virus is contained in villages, the district administration, Srinagar, has established a five-bed Covid Care Centre (CCC) at the Panchayat Halqa Khimber of Harwan Block, Srinagar.
China upset over disclosure of its vaccine price in Bangladesh
Jun 07, 2021, at 01:52 am
Bangladesh Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has said China is a little upset that the procurement price of Sinopharm vaccine was made public in Bangladesh, The Daily Star reported.
Chief Secretary reviews district-wise Covid containment measures in Jammu and Kashmir
Jun 07, 2021, at 01:46 am
Srinagar:Chief Secretary, Dr. Arun Kumar Mehta today chaired a meeting to review district-wise COVID containment measures.
Maharashtra: Newborn dies of COVID-19
Jun 07, 2021, at 12:17 am
Palghar/UNI: A newborn, having medical complications, died on Sunday of COVID-19 while undergoing treatment at the Nashik civil hospital, informed authorities.
China: Seven locally transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases reported from Guangdong
Jun 06, 2021, at 11:00 pm
Beijing: Guangdong Province in China on Saturday registered seven locally transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases and three locally transmitted asymptomatic cases, media reports said on Sunday.
Delhi Covid cases fall below 500 in last 24 hrs
Jun 06, 2021, at 10:54 pm
Delhi/IBNS: Delhi registered 381 fresh cases of coronavirus in the last 24 hours, a record low in nearly three months.
COVID-19: India reports 1.14 lakh daily new cases, lowest in two months
Jun 06, 2021, at 10:28 pm
New Delhi: India has reported 1,14,460 new cases in the last 24 hours which is the lowest in the last two months.
India witnesses 1.14 lakh new Covid cases, 2667 deaths
Jun 06, 2021, at 05:27 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: India recorded 1.14 lakh new Covid cases and 2,667 deaths over the last 24 hours.
Two shots of COVID-19 vaccine administered to over 3 million people in Argentina
Jun 06, 2021, at 03:00 pm
Buenos Aires/Sputnik: More than 3 million people in Argentina have now received both shots of a coronavirus vaccine, according to updated information from the country's vaccine monitor.
Kashmir: ‘Everybody should go for vaccination’
Jun 05, 2021, at 11:23 pm
Srinagar/IBNS: The Composite Regional Centre (CRC) Srinagar today organized a webinar on ‘Covid appropriate behaviour and addressing vaccination misconceptions, a special focus on Persons with Disabilities’ here.
92 per cent COVID frontline warriors covered under vaccination programme in Srinagar
Jun 05, 2021, at 10:37 pm
Srinagar/IBNS: Among the COVID frontline health warriors in Srinagar, 92 per cent have been covered under the COVID vaccination programme.
India reports 1.20 lakh daily new cases in last 24 hours, lowest in nearly two months
Jun 05, 2021, at 10:18 pm
New Delhi: India has reported 1,20,529 daily new cases in the last 24 hours, its lowest in almost two months (last 58 days).
UN health agency urges nations to donate 250 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine
Jun 05, 2021, at 03:57 pm
New York: Some two billion doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been distributed globally but only 0.5 per cent have reached low-income countries where frontline health workers and the elderly have yet to receive a shot, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday.
India records 1.20 new COVID-19 cases, lowest in 58 days
Jun 05, 2021, at 03:13 pm
New Delhi: India recorded 1.20 lakh new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, the lowest daily count in the past 58 days, as per the Ministry of Health released data on Saturday.
G7 Health Ministers to strengthen cooperation against future pandemics
Jun 05, 2021, at 02:34 pm
London/Sputnik: The Group of Seven (G7) agreed on Friday to speed up cooperation on vaccine and therapeutic trials to tackle COVID-19 and future pandemics, the UK government has announced after hosting a two-day meeting of the bloc’s health ministers at the University of Oxford.
Brazilian watchdog recommends to vaccinate only healthy adults with Sputnik V, if approved
Jun 05, 2021, at 02:17 pm
Moscow/Sputnik: Experts at the Brazilian national sanitary inspection agency Anvisa recommended that the Russian coronavirus vaccine Sputnik V, if approved, be used only to vaccinate healthy adults, media reported on Friday.
Serum Institute gets preliminary approval to make Sputnik V vaccine
Jun 05, 2021, at 04:57 am
Pune/IBNS: Adar Poonawalla's Serum Institute of India (SII) has got preliminary permission from the country's drugs regulator to make the Russian COVID-19 vaccine Sputnik V, media reports said.
Homeopathic treatment protocol can treat Black Fungus attack, says homeopath Dr Samit Ghosh
Jun 05, 2021, at 02:59 am
Kolkata/IBNS: In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, Mucormycosis or the Black Fungus has also reared its ugly head.
Gap between two Covid vaccine doses should be reduced to combat Delta variant: Lancet study
Jun 05, 2021, at 02:30 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Amid the spread of the Delta variant of coronavirus, which is dominant in India, the gap between the two doses should be reduced and boosters must be provided to those whose immunity may not be high enough, The Lancet journal said in a new study.
Govt orders intensified Covid testing across rural Kashmir
Jun 05, 2021, at 01:53 am
With Kashmir’s rural areas continuing to have a rise in COVID19 cases, J&K Government has directed increased testing for earlier detection of cases and better containment.
SKIMS to organize blood donation camp today in Kashmir
Jun 05, 2021, at 12:32 am
Srinagar/IBNS: The department of Blood Transfusion and Immuno Haematology, SKIMS in collaboration with G.R Beigh Memorial Trust will organize a blood donation camp on Tuesday.
Jammu & Kashmir to get 6 lakh vaccine doses in June: Dulloo
Jun 05, 2021, at 12:06 am
Srinagar/IBNS: The J&K government on Monday said that over 6 lakh doses of vaccine were expected to be available in June and that vaccination would be expedited across age groups.