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Pulse polio drive in 13 Haryana districts

Pakistan launches nationwide anti-polio campaign

2:27 pm February 17, 2020

Islamabad: Pakistan on Monday launched a countrywide anti-polio campaign to vaccinate about 39.6 million children under the age of five in the country as the government appealed to the people for their support to eradicate the crippling disease. Special Assistant to Prime Minister Imran Khan on Health Services Zafar Mirza said the government is committed […]

Woman arrested for trying to sell newborn in Delhi

Infant dies after vaccination, probe ordered

11:21 pm February 9, 2020

Ramgarh: An infant has died after he was administered a vaccine at a government health centre in Jharkhand’s Ramgarh district, Health officials said here on Sunday. A probe has been ordered into the incident, they said. Ramgarh Civil Surgeon Dr Neelam Chaudhary said that three-month-old male child died on February 6 after being administered Penta-2 […]

Trump slams media for 'blocking' alleged graft cases against Biden

US working closely with China to combat coronavirus outbreak: Trump

2:40 pm February 6, 2020

Washington: The US is working closely with Beijing to combat the coronavirus outbreak, President Donald Trump said, as the deadly infection claimed 490 lives in China and spread to over 20 countries, including India and America, prompting the World Health Organisation to declare a global health emergency. The US on Tuesday evacuated over 300 more […]

China readies thousands of new hospital beds in virus outbreak epicentre

1:38 pm February 5, 2020

Beijing: Hundreds of empty beds lined an exhibition centre converted into a makeshift hospital at the epicentre of China’s deadly virus epidemic on Tuesday, awaiting coronavirus patients. Authorities are scrambling to provide facilities, beds and medical treatment for an influx of sick people in Wuhan in central Hubei province, the ground-zero of China’s fight against […]

Xi warns punishment for officials disobeying orders as coronavirus death toll rises to 361

11:40 pm February 3, 2020

Beijing/Wuhan: President Xi Jinping on Monday warned officials of punishment if they shirk responsibility in tackling the coronavirus outbreak as China opened a 1,000-bed hospital built in record nine days in Wuhan city and started trials for new drug to contain the virus that has killed 361 people, infected 17,238 others and spread to more […]