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RT-PCR test mandatory for arrivals from China, 4 other nations: Union Health Minister Mandaviya
"The RT-PCR test to be mandatory for international arrivals from...
India doesn’t need to ban int’l flights, impose lockdown right now: Experts
"Overall, there is no increase in Covid caseload and India...
Omicron sub-variant BA.2 harder to identify, found in 5 African nations -WHO
The BA.2 sub-variant has begun to replace Omicron's more common "original" BA.1 variant in countries such as Denmark. Data from there suggests no difference in disease severity, according to another WHO official. "BA.2 … has been reported in five countries, that is...
India reports over 500,000 deaths from COVID-19, experts count millions more
"Our study published in the journal Science estimates 3 million COVID deaths in India until mid-2021 using three different databases," Chinmay Tumbe, an assistant professor at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad who co-authored the study, told Reuters New...
Teleworking during COVID: Risks, benefits and steps to a ‘new normal’
Without proper planning, organization and health and safety support, teleworking can lead to feelings of isolation, burnout, depression, eye strain, increased alcohol consumption and unhealthy weight gain More than two years since COVID-19 began disrupting office life...
Omicron subvariant BA.2 likely to have same severity as ‘original’ -WHO
BA.2 is more transmissible than the more common BA.1 and more able to infect vaccinated people, according to a Danish study which analysed coronavirus infections in more than 8,500 Danish households between December and January. The subvariant is already becoming...
NGOs raise concern over reduction in fund allocation in Budget for social sector
HelpAge India said there were high expectations from the budget given the pandemic which has adversely affected the income, pension and health needs of the nearly 14 crore elderly population. ''The budget has left those unaddressed,'' it said. New Delhi: NGOs working...
National tele mental health programme welcome step especially in view of long COVID: Experts
Dr Girdhar Gyani, Director General, Association of Healthcare Providers (India), said the government's intent of focusing on setting up 23-mental health centers will be beneficial in general and more specifically for long COVID patients New Delhi: Healthcare experts...
New smartphone app developed for rapid, sensitive Covid detection
The app uses a smartphone’s camera to measure a chemical reaction and determines a diagnosis in 25 minutes, at a fraction of the cost of current diagnostic methods “As new COVID variants emerge globally, testing and detection remain essential to pandemic control...
Nobody losing jobs due to non-vaccination, Centre tells SC
"What is urgent is the vaccine mandate because people are losing their jobs. They are losing their rations," advocate Prashant Bhushan said, arguing that people are not able to move around freely due to these vaccine mandates Opposing this argument, Solicitor General...
Budget 2022-23: Widening Health Covers
Satish Gidugu, CEO, Medi Assist Healthcare Services There is a need to reduce the GST rates on insurance premiums, allow input credit on GST paid towards employee health insurance and eliminate perquisite tax on employee medical reimbursements The COVID-19 pandemic...
Each dose of Covishield, Covaxin likely to be capped at Rs 275 after getting regular market approval
As of now, Covaxin is priced at Rs 1,200 per dose while Covishield costs Rs 780 in private facilities. The prices include Rs 150 service charge New Delhi: The price of Covishield and Covaxin, the Covid vaccines which are expected to soon get regular market approval...