VK Sasikala will be released from Bengaluru jail on January 27 after paying a fine of 10 million rupees. Bangalore: VK Sasikala, a close assistant to the late Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and head of AIADMK, J Jayalalithaa, has been admitted to the Bowring Government Hospital in Bengaluru for complaining …
Read More »23 die in Norway after receiving Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine, 13 were nursing home patients
OSLO / NORWAY: Twenty-three people died in Norway Within days of receiving their first dose of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine, 13 of those deaths apparently related to the side effects of the injections, the New York Post reported, citing health officials. All 13 were nursing home patients and were at …
Read More »Coronavirus | COVID-19 Vaccine Near Approval, India’s General Drug Controller Hints
VG Somani, Comptroller General of Drugs of India (DCGI), in a webinar on Thursday indicated that India was close to approving a COVID-19 vaccine. Mr. Somani was participating in a webinar, organized by the Department of Biotechnology, in which vaccine experts, infectious disease experts and representatives of companies developing vaccines …
Read More »India’s COVID-19 cases surpass the 1 crore mark
The total number of recovered cases is more than 30 times the number of active cases, the ministry said. The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in India surpassed the 1 crore (10 million) mark on December 18, 2020. According to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at John …
Read More »Northern Kerala on high alert after 11-year-old boy dies from bacterial shigella infection
North Kerala was put on high alert after an 11-year-old boy died and 20 suspected cases of bacterial shigella infection were reported in Kozhikode on Saturday, the district doctor Dr. Jayashree said. He said that the death occurred two days ago and later 20 people with symptoms, mild diarrhea and …
Read More »India’s COVID-19 cases surpass the 1 crore mark
The total number of recovered cases is more than 30 times the number of active cases, the ministry said. The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in India surpassed the 1 crore (10 million) mark on December 18, 2020. According to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at John …
Read More »WHO says it will ‘do everything possible’ to discover the origin of COVID-19
The WHO chief urges critics who have accused the agency of handing over the reins of the investigation to China to stop “politicizing” the issue. The World Health Organization (WHO) insisted on Monday that it would do everything possible to find the animal origins of Covid-19, insisting that knowledge is …
Read More »Coronavirus | 577 COVID-19 Deaths in Past 24 Hours, Delhi Reports Peak New Cases
Active cases had been on a steady decline and stood at 5,16,632 on Saturday: Ministry of Health There were 577 deaths from COVID-19 in the last 24 hours in the country, and of these, 10 states / UT accounted for almost 83% of the deaths, according to a statement issued …
Read More »WHO informed India Jan 11 about virus in Wuhan: RTI response
In response from RTI, NCDC says the WHO official sent an “alert mail” to the Union Minister of Health The World Health Organization (WHO) informed India as early as January 11 that the reported dates of appearance of the new coronavirus circulating in Wuhan in China ranged from “December 12 …
Read More »The ‘flexible’ lock helped contain mortality: PM
India was one of the first countries to adopt a “flexible” lockdown approach and thus managed to keep death rates from COVID-19 relatively low, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said at the launch of the Annual Meeting of Large Challenges, organized by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The three-day program …
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