Health

[ad_1] Already the worst affected by the coronavirus pandemic, Maharashtra reported 1,233 positive cases of Covid-19 on Wednesday, the highest in a single day, bringing the state’s count to 16,758. It also recorded 34 deaths on Wednesday, bringing the number to 651. Mumbai, the most affected city in the country, …

[ad_1] The Uttarakhand government, at its cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat, decided on Thursday to impose a health tax on liquor sales and increase the price of gasoline and diesel in the Himalayan state. The price of Indian-made foreign liquor (IMFL) has been increased by Rs …

[ad_1] According to civil aviation minister Hardeep Puri, more than 200,000 Indians abroad had registered for repatriation and the final number could be double. In addition to the Air India flight, two ships were also dispatched to the Maldives to evacuate some 1,000 Indian citizens, while another was heading to …

[ad_1] Written by Shaju Philip The | Thiruvananthapuram | Updated: May 8, 2020 7:52:42 am Passengers arriving in Kochi and Kozhikode in Kerala have been quarantined. In the picture: a passenger at Cochin airport arriving from Abu Dhabi. (Source: PRD, Gov Kerala) India launched one of its biggest evacuation exercises …

[ad_1] NEW YORK: Deliberately infecting healthy volunteers with the virus that causes Covid-19 may speed up vaccine studies against the deadly pathogen, the World Health Organization said. Such studies, which present significant potential dangers to subjects, can be considered in extreme situations and with certain disclosures and protections, a working …

[ad_1] Written by Sourav Roy Barman The | New Delhi | Updated: May 8, 2020 7:24:07 am Health authorities blame the Tablighi Jamaat meeting in Nizamuddin, Delhi, for the spread of Covid cases across the country. More than 3,000 Tablighi Jamaat members remain confined in different quarantine centers in Delhi, …

[ad_1] Five districts in Rajasthan were free of Covid patients19 on Thursday after 78 of the 80 patients reported in these districts: 14 in Churu, 42 in Jhunjhunu, 9 in Sawai Madhopur, 4 in Karauli and 11 in Hanumangarh were declared negative for the disease. . Two patients had died …

[ad_1] Mumbai So far, 531 Maharashtra police personnel, including 51 officers, have tested positive for COVID-19 so far, an official said Thursday. Among these infected police personnel, 480 are police officers, who are being treated at various state hospitals, the official said. Maharashtra police have 531 infections so far, an …

[ad_1] The Delhi government issued a “revised order” on Thursday on guidelines for handling foreign passengers arriving at Delhi airport. The previous order issued on Wednesday had given a choice of home quarantine or government quarantine facility, which is free, as an option for passengers to undergo the mandatory 14-day …

[ad_1] Written by Astha Saxena The | New Delhi | Posted: May 8, 2020 4:55:15 AM A total of 77,234 people have been evaluated in the city so far. (Express photo of Nirmal Harindran) The capital is likely to see a “spike” in coronavirus cases in June-July, said the doctor …