New Delhi: India is all set to roll out the world’s biggest vaccination programme on Saturday with over 3 lakh healthcare workers to be inoculated on the first day of the much-anticipated drive, which the government said is “probably the beginning of the end” of COVID-19. A total of 3,006 session sites across all states […]
New Delhi: India is likely to have a Covid-19 vaccine approved for emergency use before December ends as Central Drugs Standard Control Organization’s (CDSCO) expert panel is set to to review the applications of Serum Institute of India (SII) and Pfizer for the emergency use authorisation (EUA) of their candidates, multiple sources associated with the […]
New Delhi: The Serum Institute of India on Sunday became the first indigenous company to apply to the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) seeking emergency use authorisation for the Oxford COVID-19 vaccine in the country citing unmet medical needs due to the pandemic and in the interest of the public at large, official sources said. A […]
New Delhi: The government has decided to reserve five MBBS seats under the central pool for wards of COVID-19 warriors for the academic year 2020-2021. Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said the move aims to dignify and honour the noble contribution made by COVID-19 warriors who have lost their lives due to the infection or […]
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala on Sunday reported 7,025 new cases of Covid-19, informed Health Minister K. K. Shailaja in a press release. 8,511 recoveries were also reported in the state. 6,163 patients cotnracted the disease through contact. Among them, the virus source of 712 cases remains unknown. Out of the new patients 85 had returned from outside […]
GENEVA: The head of the World Health Organization warns that countries in the Northern hemisphere are at a ‘critical juncture’ with rising cases and deaths.”The next few months are going to be very tough and some countries are on a dangerous track,” said WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus at a press briefing on Friday.”Many countries are […]
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The upward trend in Covid-19 transmission being witnessed in the state is yet to stretch the health infrastructure, the government has claimed. Reacting to reports on ICU/ventilator unavailability and inadequate stocks of medical oxygen in the state, Health Minister K K Shailaja said that no stress is being felt while insisting that there is adequate […]
BEIJING: China on Friday claimed that the coronavirus broke out in the various parts of the world last year but it was the only one to have reported and acted first, refuting the widely-held view that the deadly contagion originated in Wuhan before turning out to be a pandemic. China, besides denying the US allegations […]
BETHESDA: US President Donald Trump says he’s leaving the military hospital where he has been treated for three days for symptoms of COVID-19 and will continue his recovery at the White House. Trump tweeted: “I will be leaving the great Walter Reed Medical Center today at 6:30 P.M. Feeling really good! Don’t be afraid of […]
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kerala has been witnessing a second wave of COVID-19 infection which is likely to result in more deaths due to lifestyle diseases, said Health Minister KK.Though the state could do well with COVID-19 control in the beginning, things took a worst turn when the guidelines were thrown to winds by a section, she said. “The state […]