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Delhi sizzles at 52.3 degrees Celsius as city records season’s highest-ever temperature
Notably, a severe heatwave has been prevailing in most parts of...
Pesky calls: IRDAI asks industry players to comply with TRAI norms
In a circular on Tuesday, the insurance regulator has said...
Omicorn Check:Centre to deploy multi-disciplinary teams in 10 states with high covid cases and low vaccination
As per the document, these 10 states are Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Mizoram, Karnataka, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, and Punjab New Delhi: Multi-disciplinary central teams have been deployed in 10 states which are reporting either an increasing...
Booster dose ‘every 6 months for many years’ will be new norm: Expert
"I think booster shots, just like your annual influenza shot (are) something we just need to accept, it's (Covid-19) not going to be with us for many weeks and months, it's going to be with us for many years," Trent Twomey, National President of the Pharmacy Guild...
India will see Omicron surge but cases will be mild, vaccines will help: Angelique Coetzee
Dr Angelique Coetzee In the case of a vaccinated person or one who has had a history of being infected by COVID-19, it will spread to fewer people, she said, adding that unvaccinated people will potentially spread the virus 100 per cent ''Existing vaccines would...
Omicron patients likely need up to 70% less hospital care, says report
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said its early findings are "encouraging" but the variant could still lead to large numbers of people in hospital, reports the BBC People getting infected with Omicron are 50 per cent to 70 per cent less likely to need hospital...
Global airline carriers scrap more than 2,000 flights – FlightAware
FlightAware said there had been 448 cancellations within, into, or out of the United States so far on Friday Global airline carriers have canceled more than 2,000 flights so far on Friday, the FlightAware website said, in an indication of how COVID-19 is affecting...
Covid-19: Pressure mounts on India to begin boosters as Omicron spreads
India's drug regulator has so far been reluctant to authorize third doses or childhood vaccinations until local trial data has been produced. Government officials have been reiterating targets to fully inoculating the country’s adult population first India’s...
Of 183 Omicron cases analysed so far, 91% were fully vaccinated: Govt
India has so far reported 358 cases of the Omicron variant, of which 183 were analysed and 121 of them were found to have foreign travel history The government said the COVID-19 case positivity rate in Kerala and Mizoram is much higher than national average and a...
Third Covid-19 wave triggered by Omicorn in India to peak in February: IIT-K researchers
The research report used the data of the first and second waves in India, and the current rise in cases triggered by Omicron in various countries, to predict a possible third wave in the country Chennai: Researchers at IIT Kanpur (IIT-K) have predicted that a third...
BJD MP urges GST Council to reduce tax on health insurance from 18% to 5% for sr citizens
“In order to provide relief to our senior citizens, it is necessary to reduce the existing GST rates on health insurance policies from 18 per cent to five per cent or exempt senior citizens from any GST on purchase of health insurance,” Patnaik said in the letter...
AstraZeneca vaccine booster works against Omicron, Oxford lab study finds
Scientists and governments are scrambling to bolster defences against Omicron with shots and therapies, as the variant threatens to become dominant globally and has prompted renewed curbs ahead of the holidays to contain infections. A three-dose course of...