Health

COVID-19: No death reported in HP in three days

10:07 pm July 21, 2021

Shimla: No Covid-related deaths were reported for the third consecutive day in Himachal Pradesh that reported 67 fresh coronavirus cases on Wednesday, officials said. The new cases took the virus count to 2,04,685, a health official said. The state has so far reported 3,491 deaths due to the virus. The active caseload reached 941 in […]

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British PM forced to defend India travel ban timing over Delta variant in Parliament

UK PM delays COVID lockdown end by 4 weeks to July 19

12:01 am June 15, 2021

London: UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday confirmed a four-week delay to an end to all legal lockdown restrictions, which was previously set for June 21, as he said the link between coronavirus infections and hospitalisations remains at concerning levels due to the Delta variant. The last and fourth stage of the lockdown roadmap, dubbed “Freedom Day”, will now […]

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Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

About 15 hospitals treating black fungus cases in Delhi: Satyendar Jain

9:44 pm May 22, 2021

New Delhi: Amid escalating cases of black fungus in the national capital, Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Saturday asked people to be watchful and not resort to self-medication, particularly steroids, and said about 15 hospitals in the city are treating mucormycosis patients. Black fungus or mucormycosis is a fungal infection that affects the nose, […]

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2 Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine doses 85-90 per cent effective, real-world study finds

3:26 pm May 21, 2021

London: Two doses of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine have shown to prevent around 85 to 90 per cent of symptomatic COVID-19 infections, the first real-world data from Public Health England (PHE) has found. The method used for the ‘COVID-19 Vaccine Surveillance Report’ by PHE for analysing the approximate number of deaths and hospitalisations prevented by the vaccine programme was able to take into […]

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AAP: Power Minister Satyendar Jain accepts Goa counterpart's 'challenge' for debating Delhi's electricity model

Declining COVID positivity rate is a certain ray of hope for us: Jain

6:27 pm April 29, 2021

New Delhi: Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Thursday said that the COVID positivity rate has been declining is a certain ray of hope for the government. Four days ago, the positivity rate in Delhi had touched the 35 per cent mark, which has come down to 31.76 per cent  now, he added. He said […]

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