WHO Foundation to broaden funding base for global health investment
May 28, 2020, at 12:35 pm
New York/IBNS: A new foundation launched on Wednesday will generate funding for the World Health Organization (WHO) and partners by tapping non-traditional sources, including the public.
W Midnapore health authority not to collect swab samples of migrants
May 28, 2020, at 12:14 pm
Midnapore/UNI: The West Midnapore district health authority have decided to stop collecting swab samples of migratory labourers coming from other states in the last 5 days.
Assam reports 15 new COVID-19 cases
May 28, 2020, at 11:58 am
Guwahati/UNI: Fifteen new cases of COVID 19 positive have been reported in Assam this morning, taking the overall tally to 798.
Coronavirus: Global cases near 5.7 mn
May 28, 2020, at 11:50 am
Washington/UNI: The number of global COVID-19 cases was nearing the 5.7 million mark, while the deaths have increased to more than 355,000, according to the Johns Hopkins University.
US states ‘manipulating’ COVID-19 pandemic to restrict abortion access, rights experts
May 28, 2020, at 11:29 am
New York/IBNS: Independent UN human rights experts fear that some authorities in the United States are using the COVID-19 pandemic to restrict access to abortion, with at least eight states suspending procedures deemed medically unnecessary.
India adds new 6,566 Covid-19 cases, registers 194 deaths in 24 hours
May 28, 2020, at 11:02 am
New Delhi/IBNS: India, the Asian country comprising 28 states and six union territories, reported 6,566 new Covid-19 cases and 194 deaths in the last 24 hours between Wednesday and Thursday mornings.
COVID-19: European Commission proposes borrowing 750 bln euros as recovery fund
May 27, 2020, at 07:30 pm
Brussels/Xinhua: The European Commission on Wednesday proposed borrowing 750 billion euros (826 billion US dollars) in its name from the financial market to help the world's largest trading bloc recover from a recession owing to the coronavirus pandemic.
Afghanistan registers 625 new COVID-19 positive cases
May 27, 2020, at 07:26 pm
Kabul/Xinhua/UNI: Afghanistan registered 625 new positive cases of COVID-19 over the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of patients infected with the disease to 12,456 in the country, spokesman for the Public Health Ministry Tawhid Shakohmand said Wednesday.
Zimbabwe reports 7 new COVID-19 cases as tally rises to 63
May 27, 2020, at 07:21 pm
Harare/Xinhua/UNI: Zimbabwe on Wednesday announced the discovery of seven new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections to 63 in the country.
May 27, 2020, at 06:13 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) under Department of Science & Technology (DST) has recently supported a proposed study by Prof. Pravindra Kumar from IIT- Roorkee for identification of structure-based potential antivirals against SARS-CoV2. Antovirals
India's COVID-19 recovery rate is now 42.4 pct: Health MinistryÂ
May 27, 2020, at 05:48 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Despite rising number of cases, Indian Health Ministry on Wednesday gave some relief to people by announcing that the nation's recovery rate from COVID-19 has improved to 42.4 percent.
Countries failing to stop harmful marketing of breast-milk substitutes, warn WHO and UNICEF
May 27, 2020, at 04:00 pm
Geneva/IBNS: A new report by WHO, UNICEF, and the International Baby Food Action Network (IBFAN) reveals that despite efforts to stop the harmful promotion of breast-milk substitutes, countries are still falling short in protecting parents from misleading information.
India's Covid tally crosses 1.5 lakh, toll stands at 4,337
May 27, 2020, at 10:37 am
New Delhi/IBNS: India added fresh 6,387 Covid-19 cases to take the total number of positive patients over 1.5 lakh including deaths of more than 4,000 people across the nation.
Chinese mainland reports one new imported COVID-19 case
May 27, 2020, at 09:30 am
Beijing/Xinhua/UNI: The Chinese mainland reported one new imported COVID-19 case Tuesday, bringing the total number of imported cases to 1,732, the National Health Commission said Wednesday.
May 27, 2020, at 12:59 am
Mumbai/IBNS: Glenmark Pharmaceuticals, a pharmaceutical company, has announced a new randomized, open-label study to test thecombined efficacy of two antiviral drugs Favipiravir and Umifenovir as a potential COVID-19treatment strategy.
May 26, 2020, at 09:10 pm
Kolkata: Hamdard Laboratories (Medicine Division), a progressive, a research based health and wellness organization plans to conduct clinical trial of its immunity booster medicines to assess its effectiveness against COVID-19.
Fatality rate lowest: India less worried over Covid despite steady rise in positive cases
May 26, 2020, at 06:58 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The Indian Health Ministry on Tuesday sounded less worried over the pandemic Covid-19 as the fatality rate in the vast country of 1.3 billion people was among the lowest in the world despite a steady surge in positive Coronavirus cases even in the last week of lockdown 4.0.
India's Covid fatality among lowest in the world: Health Ministry
May 26, 2020, at 04:55 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The Health Ministry of India on Tuesday asserted that the fatality rate due to the pandemic Coronavirus or Covid-19 in the country was among the lowest in the world, a day after the Asian nation registered the 10th highest confirmed cases worldwide.
Kashmir: 90-year-old man dies of COVID-19 in Kashmir, toll at 24
May 26, 2020, at 12:12 pm
Srinagar/UNI: A 90-year-old man, who was tested positive for COVID-19 on Monday, died at a hospital in Srinagar on Tuesday, taking the death toll due to the infection in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir to 24.
Covid-19: 48 new positive cases reported in Andhra Pradesh, one dies
May 26, 2020, at 12:08 pm
Vijayawada/UNI: There was no let up in the rise of Coronavirus positive cases in Andhra Pradesh as 48 fresh cases were reported since the last 24 hours and a patient died taking the death toll to 57 in the state.
Covid-19: Number of cases in Aurangabad crosses 1,300
May 25, 2020, at 01:44 pm
Aurangabad/UNI: The Covid-19 cases in Aurangabad district of Maharashtra reached 1,301 on Monday morning as 16 more patients were registered over the past 24 hours, announced the district administration.
May 25, 2020, at 01:40 pm
Hamirpur/UNI: One more COVID-19 case was registered at Hamirpur on Monday.
Covid: Death toll in Himachal Pradesh increases to five
May 25, 2020, at 01:30 pm
Shimla/UNI: An elderly woman undergoing treatment of Covid 19 passed away at IGMC Shimla, confirmed a senior Medical Officer of Indra Gandhi Medical College(IGMC) Hospital Shimla on Monday.
May 25, 2020, at 01:20 pm
School children in Mozambique are facing what a senior United Nations and World Bank official in the southern African country are calling “catastrophic outcomes” from the COVID-19 pandemic, write the UN Resident Coordinator in Mozambique, Myrta Kaulard, and Mark Lundell, World Bank Country Director.
Covid-19: Nearly 7,000 infections in 1 day in India, tally jumps past 1.38 lakh
May 25, 2020, at 11:19 am
New Delhi/UNI: Novel Coronavirus continued to spread it's tentacles far and wide, with the number of fresh cases climbing a new high for the fourth consecutive day on Monday, closing in at 6977, while the countrywide tally of Covid-19 reached 138845.
Karnataka: Covid-19 cases swells to 1959
May 23, 2020, at 06:36 pm
Bengaluru/UNI: Twenty fresh cases of Covid-19 surfaced in Karnataka, pushing the state's tally to 1959 on Saturday.
Assam reports seven more COVID-19 positive cases, tally now 266
May 23, 2020, at 06:25 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: Assam on Saturday reported seven more positive cases for COVID-19.
Odisha reports fresh 80 cases, tally increases to 1269 with 436 recoveries
May 23, 2020, at 01:39 pm
Bhubaneswar/IBNS: Covid 19 positive cases in Odisha on Saturday surged to 1269 with detection of fresh 80 cases from as many as 14 districts.
Body weight maintenance: A key to fighting COVID 19
May 23, 2020, at 01:34 pm
“He who cures a disease may be the skill-fullest, but he that prevents it is the safest physician” - Thomas Fuller Amidst the worldwide fright of the pandemic COVID 19, mounting evidences are coming from research laboratories that prove obese people with little or no physical exercise are at the greatest risk for developing COVID 19 and being affected worst by its symptoms.
Covid-19 figure takes massive jump, tally over 1,25,000
May 23, 2020, at 10:17 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The Covid-19 figure registers a massive jump on Saturday by adding over 6,000 new cases taking the overall tally over 1,25,000.