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 […]
NEW DELHI – India posted a record daily rise of 401,993 new coronavirus cases on Saturday as the country opened up its mega vaccination drive to all adults, although several states warned of acute vaccine shortages. India, the world’s biggest producer of COVID-19 vaccines, has a limited number of shots available domestically, worsening a grim […]
BHARUCH – At least 18 coronavirus patients died after a fire broke out at a hospital in Gujarat’s Bharuch in the early hours on May 1. Gut-wrenching visuals of the tragedy showed charred remains of some patients on stretchers and beds. There were around 50 other patients at the four- storeyed Welfare Hospital when the […]