HEALTH

India fighting Covid with all its might: PM Modi

National Medical Commission will bring great transparency: PM Modi

2:14 pm February 26, 2021

Chennai: The government is transforming the entire medical education and healthcare sector in the country and as part of the initiative, the National Medical Commission would bring great transparency, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday. The Prime Minister requested doctors to take care of their health as well by choosing a fitness regimen and […]

Encounter on between security forces, terrorists in Poonch

Home quarantine norms breach among reasons for COVID-19 surge: Officials

3:15 pm February 25, 2021

Mumbai: Blatant violation of COVID-19 home quarantine and social distancing guidelines and unavailability of adequate resources for contact-tracing have led to a surge in COVID-19 cases in Maharashtra, a senior health official said on Thursday. Maharashtra on Wednesday recorded a single-day spike of 8,807 new cases, taking the count of infections in the state to […]

Rajasthan records three more Covid deaths, 55 new cases

COVID-19: India records 16,738 new cases, 138 fresh fatalities

12:11 pm February 25, 2021

New Delhi: The daily rise in coronavirus infections in India was recorded above 15,000 after nearly a month taking the country’s total tally of COVID-19 cases to 1,10,46,914, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Thursday. A total of 16,738 infections were reported in a day, while the death toll increased to 1,56,705 […]

Centre rushes high level teams to states witnessing surge in COVID cases

1:49 pm February 24, 2021

New Delhi: The Centre has deputed multi-disciplinary teams to states witnessing a surge in COVID-19 cases, including Maharashtra, Kerala, Gujarat, Punjab, Karnataka and Jammu and Kashmir, to support them in effectively tackling the pandemic. The three–member multidisciplinary teams are headed by joint secretary level officers in the health ministry, the Union Health Ministry said. ”These […]

People coming to Delhi from 5 states will need to show negative COVID test result

11:24 am February 24, 2021

New Delhi: Travellers from five states, including Maharashtra, Kerala and Punjab, will have to show negative COVID-19 test report before entering the national capital, officials said on Wednesday amid a spike in coronavirus infections in some states. They said an official order will be issued later in the day and it will be effective till […]