NEW DELHI – India reported 348,421 fresh infections of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) and 4,205 deaths due to the virus on Wednesday, according to the Union health ministry dashboard. With this, the country’s cumulative infections went up to 23,340,938 and the toll was pushed to 254,197. Meanwhile, 193,826,42 people have recovered from the disease till […]
NEW DELHI – India could see a staggering 10 lakh deaths from Covid-19 by August 1, according to an editorial in the British medical journal Lancet. If that outcome were to happen, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government would be responsible for presiding over a self-inflicted national catastrophe, the top peer reviewed journal said on Friday. […]
NEW DELHI – India on Tuesday witnessed a slight decline in the number of daily coronavirus disease (Covid-19) spike, registering 329,942 such cases in the preceding 24 hours. With this, the country’s cumulative coronavirus infection tally has now reached 22,992,517. Official data from the Union ministry of health and family welfare’s dashboard at 10am also […]
NEW DELHI – After the death of over 26 serving and retired faculty members at Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) due to Covid-19, Vice Chancellor AMU Professor Tariq Mansoor has requested Director General Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) to perform analysis of Covid-19 samples sent from AMU Lab to investigate for any particular viral variants […]
NEW DELHI – After recording over four lakh fresh cases for four consecutive days, India witnessed a single-day rise of 3,66,161 COVID-19 cases on Monday, which pushed its tally to 2,26,62,575, according to the health ministry. The death toll due to the viral disease climbed to 2,46,116 with 3,754 more people succumbing to it, the […]
NEW DELHI – World Health Organisation Chief Scientist Soumya Swaminathan on Saturday said the coronavirus variant spreading in India was more contagious and might be evading the protection offered by vaccines, AFP reported. In an interview to the news agency, the scientist said that these factor were contributing to the massive outbreak of the infection […]
NEW DELHI – Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday announced that the government has decided to extend the lockdown till 05:00 am on May 17 in national capital due to Covid-19 situation. The was scheduled to end on Monday (10 May) at 05:00 am. Announcing the extension of lockdown, Kejriwal said that metro services […]
NEW DELHI – The coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic continued to worsen in India as the trajectory maintained an upward trend. On Sunday, the nation added 403,738 to its tally as the national capital Delhi and other metro cities continue to report fresh infections, according to the Union ministry of health family welfare’s daily bulletin. It is […]
NEW DELHI – The Indian Medical Association (IMA) on Saturday said that the Union health ministry should “wake up” and respond to mitigate the growing challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. The doctors’ body in a statement also alleged that the ministry has not taken appropriate action to deal with second COVID-19 wave. “IMA demands the […]
NEW DELHI – The Union health ministry on Saturday revised the national policy for admission of COVID patients to various categories of COVID facilities. “This patient-centric measure aims to ensure prompt, effective and comprehensive treatment of patients suffering from COVID-19,” the Centre said in a statement. The official statement stated that as per the Union […]