Category: Health News

Coronavirus cases climb to 93 in India

New Delhi, Mar 15: The number of novel coronavirus cases in the country rose to 93 on Sunday, which includes two persons who died in Delhi and Karnataka, the Union Health Ministry said. While a 76-year-old man from Kalaburagi who had recently returned from Saudi Arabia died on Thursday, […]

Media Bulletin on Novel Corona Virus (Covid-19)

2 test positive, 164 persons complete surveillance period open view news desk JAMMU, MARCH 14: The Government Saturday informed that 164 persons have completed their 28-day surveillance period and, so far, only two cases have been tested positive in Jammu and Kashmir. According to the daily Media Bulletin […]

Update on COVID-19

open view news desk Death of a 68 year old female from West Delhi (mother of a confirmed case of COVID 19),  is confirmed to be caused due to co-morbidity (diabetes and hypertension). She has also tested positive for COVID-19. She had history of contact with a positive case […]

Coronavirus positive cases in Maharashtra rise to 19

Mumbai, Mar 14: With two more persons testing positive for coronavirus in Maharashtra, the number of infected individuals in the state has gone up to 19, a health department official said on Saturday. One of the two new patients is from Ahmednagar city, the official said. However, he did […]

Coronavirus cases rise to 81 in India: officials

New Delhi, Mar 13: The number of novel coronavirus cases on Friday rose to 81, which include 16 Italians and one Canadian, Health Ministry officials said. Addressing reporters, Health Ministry Joint Secretary Lav Agarwal said coronavirus is not a health emergency and that there is no need to panic. […]

Coronavirus: Schools, colleges, cinema halls shut in Delhi till March 31

New Delhi, Mar 12: The Delhi government on Thursday declared coronavirus an epidemic and announced that all schools, colleges and cinema halls in the national capital will remain shut till March 31. The decision was taken at a high-level meeting attended by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, LG Anil […]

London man second patient to be cured of HIV

A second patient has been cured of HIV after undergoing stem cell transplant treatment, doctors said Tuesday, after finding no trace of infection 30 months after he stopped traditional treatment. The so-called “London Patient”, a cancer sufferer originally from Venezuela, made headlines last year when researchers at the […]

Diagnostics for Asymptomatic Malaria

open view news desk The fight against Malaria could get easier with a joint team of scientists from Department of Biotechnology’s Bhubaneswar-based Institute of Life Sciences (ILS) and Bengaluru-based Jigsaw Bio Solutions, coming up with a method that promises to overcome the problem of inadequate identification of asymptomatic […]

China opens virus hospital, market plunges as toll grows

BEIJING — China sent medical workers and equipment to a new hospital built in 10 days, infused cash into tumbling financial markets and further restricted people’s movement in sweeping new steps Monday to contain a rapidly spreading virus and its escalating impact. Health authorities released updated figures of […]

Third coronavirus case reported from India

Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 3: In the third novel coronavirus case reported in India, another Keralite student who returned from Wuhan university on Monday tested positive for the infection, Health Minister K K Shailaja said here on Monday. The student is in an isolation ward at Kanhangad district hospital in […]

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