Inclusion of the Quadrivalent Human Papillomavirus vaccine (qHPV)...
Category:
Health
Latest
India’s overall prevalence of prediabetes at 10.3 % encompassing 15 Indian states
In India, almost 7.7crore people have been formally diagnosed with...
LIC keen on entering mediclaim segment, awaiting regulatory clarity: Chairman
M R Kumar,Chairman, LIC Recently, the new Irdai Chairman Debasish...
Xi says China fighting ‘demon’ virus as death toll rises to 106
Global concern has been growing, with Japan and Germany on Tuesday reporting the first human-to-human infections outside China.
Until now, all cases in more than a dozen countries involved people who had been in or around Wuhan.
Govt to evacuate Indians from Coronavirus-hit Wuhan in China
The decision was taken at a high-level meeting chaired by Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba which carried out a detailed review of the situation arising out of outbreak of Coronavirus in China.
With Wuhan virus genetic code in hand, scientists begin work on a vaccine
WHO has been working with Chinese authorities and global experts to learn more about the virus, how it affects the people who are sick with it, how they can be treated, and what countries can do to respond.
Epidemics and equities: What the coronavirous means for markets
For global corporations, Wuhan is an important hub. Of about 2,000 cities in China with factories and other facilities in Bloomberg’s supply chain database, the city ranks 13th, with about 500 facilities. The province of Hubei has 1,016, making it seventh of 32 such jurisdictions. US-based companies have 44 facilities there, and European ones about 40, the data show. Many plants are in the auto and transportation industries, and big names include PepsiCo Inc. and Siemens AG.
Coronavirus: Over 2,000 people now infected globally, 56 dead in China
The World Health Organisation (WHO) this week stopped short of calling the outbreak a global health emergency, but some health experts question whether China can continue to contain the epidemic.On Sunday, China confirmed 1,975 cases of patients infected with the new coronavirus as of Jan. 25, while the death toll from the virus has risen to 56, state broadcaster CCTV reported.
China coronavirus afflictions claim 41 lives, nearly 1300 confirmed cases, 237 critical
The virus has spread to Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, Nepal, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, Vietnam and the United States as of Thursday. Japan on Friday reported a second confirmed case.
Coronavirus Spreads To Europe, Three Cases Confirmed In France
“We are in the process of tracing the history of these patients who have tested positive in order to get in touch with the people they have been in contact with,” French Health Minister Agnes Buzyn told reporters..
Non-life insurers can offer standard health policies before April 1
The regulator also said those insurers currently not offering indemnity based health insurance policies will have to offer ‘Aroygya Sanjeevani Policy’ as and when they start selling the former product.
Xi warns Coronavirus ‘accelerating’, China facing ‘grave situation’,Hong Kong declares an ’emergency’
Nearly 300 people were killed by SARS in 2003, a tragedy that left a profound psychological impact on one of the most densely populated places on earth.
Coronavirus: 11 people who returned from China under watch in Kerala, Mumbai
Two people who returned to Mumbai from China have been kept in an isolation ward at Kasturba Hospital, and their blood samples collected to check for the new strain of coronavirus, officials said in Mumbai.