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Next 40 days crucial as India may see COVID cases surge in mid-January: Health Ministry Sources
As there have been reports of a surge in COVID cases in some...
Consider discount on policy renewal for those with 3 doses of COVID-19 vaccine: Irdai to insurers
The regulator also urged insurers to ensure that empanelled...
Media report on excess Covid deaths in India ‘purely speculative’: Govt
In written reply to a question, Union Minister of State for Health Bharati Pravin Pawar said the international magazine in its report in January 2022 speculated excess deaths than the official number of COVID-19 fatalities "The report was purely speculative that made...
Covid-19 pandemic: Era of restrictions is fast coming to an end
Expanding home-testing, improving ventilation in public buildings, increasing efforts to track mutations and developing better vaccines and drugs that can work against a broad range of variants and other diseases are all part of the toolkit. Soumya Swaminathan, chief...
Pandemic has not ended as more variants expected:WHO chief scientist
Soumya Swaminathan,chief scientist,World Health Organization, "Our expectation is that the acute phase of this pandemic will end this year, of course with one condition, the 70 percent vaccination (target is achieved) by mid this year around June, July," Tedros...
NHA announces integration of Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission with Aarogya Setu app
People can use their Ayushman Bharat Health Account number to link their existing and new medical records, including doctor prescriptions, lab reports, hospital records and also share those with health professionals and health service providers New Delhi: The National...
Health apps could support older adults with their health : Study
"Now that most older adults have at least one mobile device, health-related apps can provide an opportunity to support their health-related behaviours, manage their conditions and improve health outcomes," said Pearl Lee, M.D., M.S., a geriatrician at Michigan...
Pandemic propels workers closer to four-day week
From Iceland to Australia, governments and business are testing shorter work weeks, be it in fashion or fast food. With dozens of companies set to take part in Britain's biggest ever trial of a four-day week, joining similar pilots in five other countries, Smith is at...
WHO: Global COVID-19 case counts decline 17 per cent in latest week
"The prevalence of the omicron variant has increased globally and is now detected in almost all countries," WHO said. "However, many of the countries which reported an early rise in the number of cases due to the omicron variant have now reported a decline in the...
Hospitals begin to limp out of the latest COVID-19 surge
"What we want to see is that the omicron surge continues to decrease, that we don't see another variant of concern emerge, that we start to come out of the other side of this," said Dr. Chris Beyrer, an epidemiologist at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public...
First nasal spray for treating adult COVID-19 patients launched in India
Terming the spray an effective and safe antiviral treatment for COVID-19, Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd's Chief Commercial Officer Robert Crockart said "we are confident it will offer patients a much needed and timely therapy option." Mumbai: Mumbai based...
New India Assurance pays Rs 808 cr to kin of 1,616 healthcare workers who died of COVID-19
Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya Managed by state owned New India Assurance,the scheme provides comprehensive personal accident cover of Rs 50 lakh to 22.12 lakh healthcare providers, including community health workers and private health workers, who may...