Jammu and Kashmir: 50,000 Covishield vaccine doses reach Srinagar
May 15, 2021, at 05:10 am
Srinagar: A fresh consignment of 50,000 Covishield vaccine doses from Serum Institute of India, Pune arrived in Srinagar on Wednesday.
Brionia is latest homeopathic medicine against COVID19, says Dr Samit Ghosh of NIH
May 15, 2021, at 03:37 am
Kolkata: Brionia is the latest homeopathy medicine which is successfully working against the spread of COVID 19 virus, claims Dr Samit Ghosh, OPD in-charge of National Institute of Homeopathy.
May 14, 2021, at 08:14 pm
Hyderabad: Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd on Friday announced that the first consignment of imported doses of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine that landed in India on May 1, received regulatory clearance from the Central Drugs Laboratory, Kasauli, on May 13.
Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan tweets advice to detect, manage Black Fungus
May 14, 2021, at 06:00 pm
Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan on Friday tweeted his advice to the people to detect and manage Black Fungus.
India registers 343,144 new Covid-19 cases, 4000 deaths
May 14, 2021, at 04:37 pm
New Delhi: India on Friday registered 343,144 new Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours, as per Ministry of Health released data on Friday.
18 elephants killed in lightning strike in Assam
May 14, 2021, at 05:53 am
Guwahati/IBNS: At least 18 elephants were found dead atop Bamuni Hills in Assam's Nagaon district on Thursday as lightning struck them during the rains in the area last night.
Vaccines' effectiveness on Indian variant of Covid remains uncertain: WHO
May 14, 2021, at 04:44 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The World Health Organization (WHO) has expressed uncertainty about the effectiveness of vaccines on the Indian variant of coronavirus, which it had already claimed to be deadlier and more infectious.
Centre, Bharat Biotech invite vaccine makers to manufacture Covaxin to scale up production
May 14, 2021, at 04:21 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The central government and Hyderabad-based pharmaceutical company Bharat Biotech are willing to invite other companies which want to produce Covaxin to help meet the shortage in production, a top government advisor said on Thursday.
Mixing COVID-19 vaccine doses can increase chance of reactions, says study
May 14, 2021, at 02:24 am
Ottawa/IBNS: Early results from a United Kingdom (U.K.) study, which is being watched closely by health officials in Canada and beyond has indicated that mixing different types of COVID-19 vaccines for two doses can increase the chance of someone having mild or moderate reactions like fatigue, headache or a fever.
Goa to launch Covid 19 vaccination drive for 18-44 age group on May 15
May 14, 2021, at 01:31 am
Panaji/UNI: Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Thursday said that the state government would launch Covid 19 vaccination drive for the 18-44 group on May 15.
Govt panel recommends vaccination for Covid patients after 6 months of recovery
May 13, 2021, at 09:19 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: People infected with Covid-19 should go for vaccination six months after recovery, according to the National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (NTAGI) that held a meeting recently, said media reports.
eOnz Elite Smartwatch launched by OSS Infocom can monitor oxygen saturation level
May 13, 2021, at 06:20 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: OSS Infocom, exclusive importer and authorized distributor for LetsBfit Wellness Inc. Canada, has recently launched the eOnz Elite Smartwatch in India.
Indian drug regulator DGCI clears Covaxin phase 2, 3 clinical trials for children
May 13, 2021, at 05:08 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: India's drug regulator body has cleared the second and third phase of clinical trials of indigenous anti-Covid-19 vaccine, Covaxin, for children, media reports said.
India reports 3.62 lakh new Covid-19 cases, over 4,000 deaths in 24 hours
May 13, 2021, at 04:46 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: More than 3.62 lakh new Covid-19 cases and over 4,000 deaths apparently due to the virus were reported in massively Coronavirus-hit Asian country India on Thursday.
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.