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Past Covid infection provided substantial protection against reinfection: Lancet study
''Vaccination is the safest way to acquire immunity, whereas...
COVID-19 has significant impact on liver, study at Mumbai civic hospital finds
The study by the Gastroenterology department of BYL Nair Hospital,...
India questions WHO’s methodology to estimate COVID-19 mortalities
The Union health ministry issued a statement in response to a New York Times article titled “India Is Stalling WHO's Efforts to Make Global Covid Death Toll Public” dated April 16, saying the country has on several occasions shared its concerns with the global health...
48% rise in home isolation cases of Covid in last one week in Delhi: Data
As the Covid positivity rate in the national capital has jumped from 0.57 per cent on April 1 to 2.39 per cent on April 14, the number of home isolation cases has shown an upward trend in the last one week. Amid an uptick in daily cases of COVID-19 in Delhi and the...
Mental health may impact chances of breakthrough COVID: Study
''Our research suggests that increased breakthrough infections in people with psychiatric disorders cannot be entirely explained by socio-demographic factors or pre-existing conditions,'' said senior study author Aoife O'Donovan from UCSF. People who are vaccinated...
IMF, World Bank, WFP and WTO urge coordinated action on food security
In a joint statement, the leaders of the four institutions warned that the war in Ukraine was adding to existing pressures from the COVID-19 crisis, climate change and increased fragility and conflict, threatening millions of people worldwide The World Bank,...
IRDA alerts on fraudulent sales health covers by “Even Healthcare”
The insurance regulator IRDAI on Wednesday said it has come to its notice that an entity by the name “Even Healthcare Pvt Ltd” having their corporate office at ‘No.311,6th Main Road, HAL 2nd Stage, Indira nagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka and having website www.even.in is...
Munich Re partners with OneDegree to launch digital asset insurance in Hong Kong
OneInfinity is an insurance and technology product offering designed specifically for digital asset trading platforms, custodians, asset managers and technology providers Under this partnership, Munich Re will provide reinsurance capacity and support OneDegree's...
Private COVID vaccination centres can only up to Rs 150 as service charge on precaution dose
Serum Institute of India has cut the price of its Covishield COVID-19 vaccine as the country plans to offer booster doses to all adults from Sunday. The price will drop to 225 rupees ($2.96) a dose from 600 rupees for private hospitals, the chief executive of SII said...
First case of Omicron sub-variant XE detected in Gujarat as elderly man from Mumbai found infected
The patient had tested positive for COVID-19 on March 12 during his visit to Vadodara, but had returned to Mumbai the next day without informing the local authorities, the officials said Ahmedabad: A 67-year-old man from Mumbai, who had travelled to Vadodara in...
New COVID wave a reminder pandemic is ‘far from over’: Guterres
António Guterres,UN Secretary-General UN Secretary-General António Guterres said the summit was “a critical reminder that the COVID-19 pandemic is far from over. We’re seeing 1.5 million new cases each day. Large outbreaks are spreading in Asia”, he continued...
All adults can avail Covid-19 booster shots at pvt centres from Apr 10
"It has been decided that the precaution dose of Covid vaccines will be made available to the 18-plus population group at private vaccination centres. This facility would be available at all private vaccination centres," the ministry said New Delhi: Booster dose of...