Health

[ad_1] In an exclusive interview, the Union’s Minister of Health, Harsh Vardhan, states that the blocking measures cannot continue forever and that it is an extreme intervention to break the chain of transmission. “The closure has great repercussions for the economy, society and psychology,” he says. The Minister adds that …

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: The Center has brought a high-level team to Mumbai, which is struggling to contain the spread of Covid-19. Led by the joint secretary of the ministry of health, Lav Agarwal, the team is made up of people from the ministry’s emergency medical aid wing. The decision was …

[ad_1] Mumbai: The government of Maharashtra on Thursday issued the standard operating procedure (SOP) to deploy 10,000 state transport buses to transport stranded people to their home districts in the state, while amending a previous order and eliminating the need to attach a medical certificate to the registration form to …

[ad_1] Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM), an affiliate of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), has expressed concern about Aarogya Setu, a mobile application for monitoring coronavirus disease (Covid-19) developed by the National Center for Informatics. On Thursday, the SJM said it has written to the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) and the Union …

[ad_1] New Delhi: When Bhopal resident Rasheeda Bee woke up on Thursday morning and saw the news of the gas leak in Visakhapatnam, it brought back painful memories. On the night of December 3, 1984, Bee fled home when poisonous methyl isocyanate gas leaked from the Union Carbide pesticide plant …

[ad_1] GUWAHATI: Assam reported Thursday its 45th Covid-19 case, and along with the incidental capture of a “most wanted” car thief who had been playing cat and mouse with the police in the state and in neighboring Arunachal Pradesh for more than a year. The defendant, a 35-year-old Sonitpur resident, …

[ad_1] In this representative photo, doctors wearing protective suits are informed before starting to collect swabs from people in home quarantine to detect coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in a neighborhood. REUTERS / Amit Dave The Ghaziabad municipal administration has called on residents’ welfare associations and local councilors to advise doctors and …

[ad_1] At least 22 migrant workers, who had returned from Telangana, fled a quarantine center in the Maoist-affected Dantewada district of the Bastar region of Chhattisgarh on Thursday night. Dantewada district collector Topeshwar Verma told the Hindustan Times that farm workers were quarantined about 12 km from their hometown of …

[ad_1] BBMP and health officials close KN Extension in Yeshwanthpur after a Covid-19 patient was admitted to priv …read more BENGALURU: Total number of Covid-19 infections They have crossed 700 points in Karnataka, where 12 new positive cases, including one fatality, were reported, bringing the number of victims in the …

[ad_1] Written by Arun Janardhanan The | Chennai | Updated: May 8, 2020 11:34:21 AM Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation Limited (Tasmac) liquor stores opened long lines everywhere in Tamil Nadu except Chennai and the containment areas. (Source: ieTamil) Faced with a steady increase in COVID-19 infections and a new …