Health

NEW DELHI: Up to 46 travelers who returned from Britain have tested positive for Covid-19 in the last 24 hours. Most of the passenger samples who tested positive were sent to the National Institute of Virology for genome sequencing and determining whether any of the patients carry the new strain …

In just over a month, the Finance Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman, will present what she has announced as “a Budget like never before.” As a year ends like never before, there are questions about the way forward, even if the budget, or any political intervention by the government in the coming …

NEW DELHI: Existing guidelines from the home ministry for surveillance, containment and the warning against Covid-19 were extended on Monday until January 31, 2021 even when the ministry asked the states and territories of the Union to maintain a “strict surveillance” to avoid a new wave in cases as a …

MUMBAI: A total of 11 of the roughly 2,200 passengers who returned to Mumbai from the UK since Nov. 25 have tested positive for the coronavirus, civic body officials said on Monday. Of these 11 passengers, five had arrived last week, while the other six had returned by Dec. 22, …

Doctors and health experts have emphasized time and again the importance of exercise and a good diet to boost immunity and prevent disease, especially in the midst of the pandemic. It appears that President Ram Nath Kovind is following the advice and making sure to take the necessary steps to …

Government schools in the state will reopen after a lapse of nine months after closing due to the national closure imposed in March. Karnataka’s Minister of Primary and Secondary Education S Suresh Kumar announced on Monday that regular classes will resume for public school students in classes 10 and 12 …

NEW DELHI: India is preparing to launch the Covid-19 vaccine across the country and a two-day trial is currently underway in Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Gujarat, and Punjab. Oxford-AstraZeneca’s front-runner is already under regulatory review and sources have indicated that approval for emergency use may arrive in the next few days. …

Dehradun: A day after he was hospitalized in Dehradun following complications related to Covid-19, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat was transferred to the Indian Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi (AIIMS) on Monday. He had tested positive for COVID-19 on December 18 and was in home isolation. On …

Chinese citizen journalist Zhang Zhan has been imprisoned for four years. Carry off: A Chinese citizen journalist was jailed for four years on Monday for her reporting from Wuhan when the Covid-19 outbreak broke out, her lawyer said, nearly a year after details of an “unknown viral pneumonia” emerged in …

Shiv Sena’s deputy Sanjay Raut confronted the BJP-led government in the center on Monday, accusing it of using central agencies as “weapons” against relatives of political opponents after the Law Enforcement Directorate convened to his wife Varsha Raut. Raut alleged that the BJP leaders had been indirectly forcing him to …