WHO: New guidance on treating complications due to unsafe abortion
Jan 27, 2022, at 08:30 pm
New York: New insights into quality of care for girls and women facing medical complications due to unsafe abortion were published on Wednesday by the UN health agency and partners.
India reports 2.86 lakh COVID-19 cases in 24 hours
Jan 27, 2022, at 05:16 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: India reported 2,86,384 COVID-19 cases while the toll went up by 573 in the last 24 hours, the Union Health Ministry said on Thursday morning.
Bangladesh registers 15,527 new coronavirus cases in past 24 hours
Jan 26, 2022, at 11:43 pm
Dhaka: Bangladesh registered 15,527 new coronavirus in the past 24 hours, media reports said on Wednesday.
Jan 26, 2022, at 09:20 pm
New York: Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE on Wednesday announced the initiation of a clinical study to evaluate the safety, tolerability and immunogenicity of an Omicron-based vaccine candidate in healthy adults 18 through 55 years of age.
Madagascar: Deadly tropical storms cause flooding, landslides
Jan 26, 2022, at 08:46 pm
New York: Two separate tropical weather systems in Madagascar have left at least 34 dead and triggered flooding and landslides, particularly in the capital, Antananarivo, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported on Tuesday.
Kashmir: Bandipora hamlet completes vaccinating entire population
Jan 26, 2022, at 06:53 pm
Bandipora/IBNS: After getting its name recorded as one of the first villages in the country to vaccinate the entire 18-years-old and above age group, the remote Vewan hamlet in north Kashmir's Bandipora district has zero cases of covid19.
Goa logs 1,794 new Covid cases in last 24 hrs
Jan 26, 2022, at 12:56 am
Panaji/UNI: With 5,597 samples tested in the last 24 hours, Goa recorded 1794 new cases of Covid-19 on Tuesday, the health department said.
Rise in use of traditional medicine in China causing new crisis in African nations: Report
Jan 26, 2022, at 12:04 am
Beijing: A rise in use of Chinese traditional medicines in several African nations have created a new crisis as it is fueling demand for endangered species whose body parts are used to make certain ingredients.
‘No free ride’ for COVID, it's here ‘for the foreseeable future’: Tedros
Jan 25, 2022, at 06:59 pm
New York: The world must accept that COVID-19 is with us “for the foreseeable future”, even if it is possible to end the acute phase of the pandemic this year, UN health agency chief, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said on Monday.
India records 2,55,874 new COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours, 614 deaths
Jan 25, 2022, at 03:07 pm
New Delhi: India witnessed a dip in the daily case count as 2,55,874 new cases were recorded in the past 24 hours, as per data released by the Ministry of Health on Tuesday.
Kerala announces stricter curbs in Thiruvananthapuram, cinemas, gyms shut, gatherings banned
Jan 25, 2022, at 04:52 am
Thiruvananthapuram/IBNS: Cinemas, theatres, gyms and swimming pools will be temporarily closed in Kerala's Thiruvananthapuram as the COVID positivity rate in the capital city surged to 49 per cent.
Uttar Pradesh crosses milestone of administering 25-crore vaccines
Jan 24, 2022, at 11:57 pm
Lucknow/UNI: In another victory against the Covid-19 pandemic, Uttar Pradesh crossed the 25 crore vaccine doses milestone on Monday, health officials here confirmed.
Covid pandemic can end in 2022 if comprehensive measures taken: WHO Chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
Jan 24, 2022, at 09:46 pm
Geneva/UNI/Sputnik: The international community can put an end to the coronavirus pandemic in 2022 if it takes comprehensive measures, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Monday.
India registers 3,06,064 new COVID-19 cases, positivity rate touches 20.75 percent
Jan 24, 2022, at 02:46 pm
New Delhi: India registered 3,06,064 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, marking a slight dip in daily count, as per data released by the Ministry of Health on Monday.
Evidence shows Omicron variant could help end the pandemic: Expert
Jan 24, 2022, at 01:11 am
Pune/UNI: Noted epidemiologist Dr Naresh Purohit on Sunday said the emergence of new Covid variant Omicron may be the end of pandemic in its present raging form.
Bangladesh witnessing another surge in COVID-19 cases, positivity rate touches 31 pct
Jan 24, 2022, at 12:30 am
Dhaka: Bangladesh is witnessing yet another surge in COVID-19 cases as 10,906 new cases were registered in the past 24 hours, media reports said on Sunday.
Pakistan's Karachi is now third most air polluted city in world
Jan 23, 2022, at 11:38 pm
Pakistan seeing fifth wave, 7,586 fresh COVID-19 cases recorded in past 24 hours
Jan 23, 2022, at 10:00 pm
Islamabad: Pakistan is witnessing a rise in COVID-19 cases as 7,586 fresh cases were recorded in the past 24 hours, media reports said on Sunday.
At 3.33 lakh new Covid-19 infections, India witnesses marginal drop in cases from yesterday
Jan 23, 2022, at 03:44 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: India registered 3.33 lakh cases of Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, which is marginally lower than yesterday.
JK: DC Bandipora reviews arrangements for celebration of 'World Wetland Day'
Jan 23, 2022, at 04:12 am
Bandipora: The Deputy Commissioner (DC) Bandipora, Dr Owais Ahmad on Friday chaired a meeting of Officers to review the arrangements for the celebration of World Wetland day on February 2.
India logs 3.37 lakh new COVID-19 cases, 488 deaths in 24 hours
Jan 22, 2022, at 06:18 pm
New Delhi/UNI: India recorded 3,37,704 new COVID-19 cases during the past 24 hours, the Union Health Ministry said on Saturday.
COVID-19: India's daily positivity rate touches 17.22 percent
Jan 22, 2022, at 03:03 pm
New Delhi: India registered 3,37,704 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, witnessing a rise in daily positivity rate to 17.22 percent, as per data released by the Ministry of Health on Saturday.
JK achieves milestone of inoculating over two crore individuals
Jan 22, 2022, at 12:47 am
Jammu/IBNS: Jammu & Kashmir Wednesday achieved the landmark of administering over two crore covid vaccine doses under the ongoing inoculation campaign.
JK can test up to two lakh samples a day
Jan 22, 2022, at 12:29 am
Srinagar/IBNS: The J&K government Thursday said the union territory was capable of testing up to two lakh samples in a day, due to its network of RT-PCR Labs and hundreds of RAT Points.
Kashmir's health workers enter snow bound areas to provide vaccines
Jan 22, 2022, at 12:24 am
Budgam/IBNS: Having worked in the Health Department for several years, Abida Gani had an unusual task ahead of her Thursday, during a covid vaccination drive in the snow-bound upper reaches of Budgam district.
COVID-19: Argentina reports first florona case
Jan 21, 2022, at 11:49 pm
Buenos Aires/UNI/Xinhua: The first case of florona, a double infection with both Covid-19 and influenza complications , was reported in Argentina's Santa Fe province, local health ministry said on Thursday.
Sri Lankan health authorities warn against Omicron
Jan 21, 2022, at 11:16 pm
Colombo/UNI/Xinhua: Sri Lanka's health authorities on Friday said with a rise in the number of Omicron infected patients, the new variant was soon becoming dominant that would overtake the Delta variant in the country.
US offers North Korea 60 mn doses of Covid-19 vaccine
Jan 21, 2022, at 11:00 pm
Seoul/UNI/Sputnik: Washington has offered to provide North Korea with 60 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine through the United Nations tools, which Pyongyang has greeted with enthusiasm although it has not officially responded yet, South Korean lawmaker and Chairman of the Intelligence Committee of the National Assembly Kim Kyung-hyup said on Friday.
IIT Kharagpur creates device for detecting oral cancer
Jan 21, 2022, at 10:21 pm
Kharagpur: IIT Kharagpur, under Ministry of Education, Government of India, have developed a new highly accurate, portable, yet user-friendly, affordable and non-invasive device for detecting oral cancer in resource-constrained clinical settings.
80 per cent of Tonga population impacted by eruption and tsunami
Jan 21, 2022, at 07:00 pm
New York: Some 12,000 households have been affected by the volcanic eruption and tsunami that hit the islands of Tonga over the weekend, according to estimates by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).