The head of the National Group of Experts on Vaccine Administration for COVID-19 emphasized the appropriate behavior of COVID-19 during the festival season and winter months. The number of new coronavirus cases and deaths has declined in the past three weeks as the spread of the pandemic has leveled off …
Read More »Coronavirus Vaccine | Focus on cold storage chains, distribution network and monitoring mechanism, says PM
Modi also warned against any complacency in the face of the decline and called for continued efforts to contain the pandemic. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that every step in the logistics, delivery and administration of the COVID-19 vaccine must be rigorously implemented and must include advanced planning of …
Read More »Coronavirus | Vaccine priority based on occupational hazards, risk of exposure, says Harsh Vardhan
Harsh Vardhan said that “the authorization of emergency use for the COVID-19 vaccine will depend on data from clinical trials.” Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Sunday that his ministry will soon launch the FELUDA paper strip test for the diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2. This has been developed by CSIR-IGIB …
Read More »Coronavirus | Active COVID-19 Cases Below 9 Lakh For Second Consecutive Day
Up to 18 states and Union Territories have recorded recovery rates above the national average, the ministry said. Active COVID-19 cases in India stayed below the nine lakh mark for the second day in a row and now constitute only 12.65 percent of the total number of cases, the Union …
Read More »Reliance develops an RT-PCR kit that can give COVID results in 2 hours
New Delhi: Reliance Life Sciences has developed an RT-PCR kit that promises the diagnosis of COVID-19 infection in about 2 hours, company sources said. Currently, the COVID-19 RT-PCR test, which is a real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (rRT-PCR) test for the qualitative detection of SARS-CoV-2 nucleic acid, takes up …
Read More »An open letter from scientists around the world calling for the use of cloth masks to prevent COVID-19
[ad_1] In light of compelling research evidence that face masks are a great tool to stop the community spread of COVID-19, a group of scientists from around the world has come together to issue an open letter promoting the use of masks by part of the public. Arguing that the …
Read More »COVID-19: Odisha records 101 new cases, count rises to 538
[ad_1] Odisha recorded a triple digit jump in a single day by adding 101 new COVID-19 Positive cases Wednesday, bringing their total to 538, the State Department of Family Health and Welfare said. The number of cases in the state has increased more than twice in less than a week, …
Read More »Coronavirus | Citing the COVID-19 spike, TN CM urges PM not to resume air and rail services until May 31
[ad_1] Citing the growing cases of COVID-19 in Tamil Nadu, Prime Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami urged the Prime Minister on Monday not to resume regular air and rail transport services in the State until May 31. Referring to media reports on plans to resume regular train services to and from …
Read More »Coronavirus | Decision to allow COVID-19 positive ambulance driver to leave Assam draws criticism
[ad_1] Assam Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on May 10 that an ambulance driver who tested positive for COVID-19 was allowed to go to Mumbai because he was asymptomatic, drawing criticism from netizens on his social media accounts. . State Aid Line Numbers for COVID-19 | Coronavirus, May 10 …
Read More »Coronavirus lockdown | Railways to resume select passenger train services from May 12
[ad_1] The Indian Railways will gradually restart passenger train operations from May 12, initially with 15 pairs of trains, the national transporter said Sunday. These trains will be run as special trains from New Delhi station connecting Dibrugarh, Agartala, Howrah, Patna, Bilaspur, Ranchi, Bhubaneswar, Secunderabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Thiruvananthapuram, Madgaon, Mumbai …
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