Tag Archives: COVID-19 pandemic

Amid the surge in the number of coronavirus cases in Chhattisgarh’s Durg district, the bodies of victims have been piling up in a local morgue, with at least 38 losing their lives in the past seven days. Durg is one of the hardest-hit districts in the state that has faced …

The Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan held a virtual review meeting with Delhi government officials on Friday to discuss preparations for the trial of the Covid-19 vaccination campaign to be carried out in all the states and territories of the union on January 2. In Delhi, the drill will …

India may be moving towards herd immunity as Covid-19 cases are on the decline and there is no need to panic over the new strain of the virus found in the UK because reports suggest it is not as virulent. doctors said in a webinar Thursday. The ‘HEAL-Thy Samvaad’ webinar …

The stupendous recovery of the stock markets after a 36% drop between February and March 23, 2020, surprised many as it coincided with the spread of the coronavirus, and recently with the appearance of a more powerful mutant form of the virus just when the promise of a vaccine since …

“This pandemic has been very serious,” acknowledged WHO emergency chief Michael Ryan. Geneva, Switzerland: The new coronavirus has had a devastating impact around the world, but the World Health Organization warned Monday that worse pandemics are coming, urging the world to take preparedness “seriously”. “This is a wake-up call,” WHO …

The first indigenous pneumonia vaccine, developed by the Serum Institute of India (SII), was launched by the Union’s health minister, Harsh Vardhan, on Monday. The vaccine will be sold under the name ‘Pneumosil’ and will be available as a single dose in a vial and pre-filled syringe or as a …

The year 2020 will be remembered for the appearance of a new virus: the SARS coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and the Covid-19 pandemic that it caused. With a few more days to go, 2020 is projected to close with approximately 84 million confirmed Covid-19 cases and more than 1.8 million deaths. …

The WHO director general said it was time to learn the lessons of the Covid-19 pandemic. Geneva, Switzerland: The coronavirus crisis will not be the last pandemic, and attempts to improve human health are “doomed” without addressing climate change and animal welfare, the head of the World Health Organization said. …

Travelers from the UK face further restrictions due to a new variant of the virus spreading within the country, and the US insists that Brits must have a negative Covid-19 test within 72 hours of UK departure, Russia will impose a two-week quarantine on arriving travelers. from the UK, and …

CHANDIGARH: In response to reports of power outages to various mobile towers across the state, Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh on Friday he called on protesting farmers not to upset the general public with such actions, but to continue to exercise the same restraint they had been showing during the …