NEW DELHI – At least 30 people on board Air India’s Amritsar-Rome flight last Wednesday were found positive for COVID-19 on arrival, aviation industry sources said on Monday. At least two of the 30 people are flight crew members, they added. All 242 people on board, including those found COVID-positive, have been put under quarantine […]
NEET-PG Exam has been postponed for atleast 4 months NEW DELHI – Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday authorised keys decisions to boost the availability of medical personnel amid the pandemic. The NEET-PG Exam has been postponed for at least 4 months, said the Prime Minister’s Office. Further, the PMO said medical personnel completing 100 […]
BENGALURU – As many as 24 patients including 23 suffering from COVID-19 died in Karnataka’s Chamarajanagar due to alleged oxygen shortage in the district hospital in the last 24 hours, officials said. A pall of gloom descended on the Chamarajanagar district hospital as the grieving kin of the deceased gathered after hearing the news. Family […]
NEW DELHI – The Supreme Court has directed the Centre to revisit its COVID-19 vaccine pricing policy, saying it would prima facie result in a detriment to the right to public health. A bench headed by Justice D Y Chandrachud said as of date, the manufacturers have suggested two different prices, a lower price which […]
NEW DELHI – The daily COVID-19 cases in India showed a slight dip with 3,68,147 new coronavirus infections being reported in a day, taking the total tally of cases to 1,99,25,604, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Monday. The death toll increased to 2,18,959 with 3,417 daily new fatalities, the data updated […]
NEW DELHI – Medical students may be roped in to boost India’s response to the coronavirus crisis, government sources said on Sunday after a meeting led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to review efforts to contain the surge in COVID-19 cases that has overwhelmed the country and its healthcare system. The Prime Minister reviewed ways […]
LONDON – Serum Institute of India CEO Adar Poonwalla on Saturday spoke out about the pressures he was under over the production of COVID-19 vaccines to meet the ever-increasing demand in India as the country battles through a devastating second wave of the coronavirus pandemic. In his first comments since he was provided with ‘Y’ […]
NEW DELHI – At least 8 patients, including a doctor, died at Delhi’s Batra Hospital on Saturday allegedly due to shortage of oxygen. According to reports, the hospital had run out of liquid medical oxygen supply around 12.30 pm and received an oxygen tanker only at 1.35 pm. On being asked if the lack of […]
NEW DELHI – Top U.S. epidemiologist Anthony Fauci has suggested a lockdown for a few weeks in India as an immediate step to contain the spread of the coronavirus as its deadly second wave shows no signs of ebbing. Dr. Fauci, in an interview to an Indian newspaper, said another most important thing in the […]
NEW DELHI – The Serum Institute of India, which manufactures the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, is planning to start vaccine production in other countries as it struggles to meet supply commitments, its chief executive officer told The Times. “There’s going to be an announcement in the next few days,” Adar Poonawalla was quoted as saying by […]