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Health Minister JP Nadda to unveil 3 initiatives on Ayushman Bharat Health
JP Nadda,Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare The Union...
Budget fy25: Health experts urge FM to allow co-payment scheme for Ayushman Bharat in pvt hospitals, subsidise vaccines
Nirmala Sitharaman, Union Finance Minister The experts also...
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...
COVID-19: Civil Aviation Ministry issues guidelines for domestic, international passengers visiting Delhi
All domestic passengers have been advised to download the Arogya Setu app as per the guidelines New Delhi: Union Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) has issued fresh guidelines for domestic and international passengers travelling to Delhi in view of the rising cases of...
Omicron variant may double risk of getting infected on planes, says IATA
As before, passengers should avoid face-to-face contact and surfaces that are frequently touched, and people sitting near to each other should try not to be unmasked at the same time during meals,said David Powell, physician and medical adviser to the International...
Incurred claims of standalone health insurers grow at slower pace in Covid-hit FY21
As per the Annual Report 2020-21, the net incurred claims of the general insurers stood at Rs 1.12 lakh crore in 2020-21 as against Rs 1.08 lakh crore in 2019-20. The incurred claims exhibited an increase of 2.92 per cent during 2020-21 New Delhi: Net incurred claims...
Odisha CM launches livelihood assistance to beneficiaries of Biju Swasthya Kalyan Yojana
Chief Minister said, "the welfare programs for the poor is the most important program of the state government. The first and second waves of COVID-19 created a challenge for us. This has had a profound effect on people's economic and social lives. The poor have...