Month: May 2021

Centre highlights to States/UTs Critical Protocols for COVID-19 Containment

Clinical Management for COVID complications like Mucormycosis infections discussed Changes in CoWIN platform and Protocols for Vaccinations reviewed DELHI, MAY 16: Union Health Secretary Shri Rajesh Bhushan along with Member (Health), NITI Aayog Dr. Vinod K. Paul chaired a high-level video conference meeting today with all the States/UTs. […]

Chopra Nursing Home, affiliated to Government Medical College Jammu

DELHI, MAY 16: Chopra Nursing Home, affiliated to Government Medical College Jammu, will start functioning with 100 bed capacity to begin with and two more Oxygen Plants having a capacity of 2400 LPM i.e. 3456 cubic mt will be installed in GMC Jammu which will be in addition […]

Daily new COVID cases less than 3L after 26 days

Weekly Positivity Rate dips to 18.17% with more than 15.73L tests done in the last 24 hours DELHI, MAY 17: In an encouraging development, daily new COVID cases being registered in India are now less than 3 Lakhs after 26 days. 2,81,386 new cases were registered in the last 24 hours. […]

COVID-19: Vaccination for 18-44 age group begins in Kerala

Thiruvananthapuram, May 17: Amid COVID-19 cases continuing to show an upward trend in the state, vaccination for the prioritised groups in the 18-44 years age category began in Kerala on Monday with over 1.90 lakh people registering in the last two days to get the first dose. People […]

First batch of anti-COVID drug 2DG released

New Delhi, May 17:  The first batch of anti-COVID oral drug 2-DG, developed by the DRDO, was released on Monday by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Health Minister Harsh Vardhan. The Drugs Controller General of India (DGCI) approved the 2-deoxy-D-glucose (2-DG) drug for emergency use as an adjunct […]

India registers 2.81 lakh fresh COVID-19 cases, 4,106 deaths

New Delhi, May 17:  India’s COVID-19 tally mounted to 2,49,65,463 on Monday with 2,81,386 fresh cases, the lowest in 27 days, while the death toll climbed to 2,74,390 as 4,106 more people succumbed to the disease, according to Union health ministry data However, 2,11,74,076 patients have recuperated from […]

Myanmar junta attacks western town that resisted coup

BANGKOK — The U.S. and British embassies in Myanmar expressed concern about reports of fierce government attacks on a town in western Chin state, where the ruling junta declared martial law because of armed resistance to military rule. The fighting began around 6 a.m. Saturday when government troops […]

‘Shocking and horrifying’: Israel destroys AP office in Gaza

JERUSALEM — An Israeli airstrike on Saturday destroyed a high-rise building that housed The Associated Press office in the Gaza Strip, despite repeated urgent calls from the news agency to the military to halt the impending attack. AP called the strike “shocking and horrifying.” Twelve AP staffers and […]

Israeli strikes kill 26, topple buildings in Gaza City

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Israeli airstrikes on Gaza City flattened three buildings and killed at least 26 people Sunday, medics said, making it the deadliest single attack since heavy fighting broke out between Israel and the territory’s militant Hamas rulers nearly a week ago. The Gaza Health […]

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