Search For "amid covid"
Sundance Film Festival returns amid Covid worries in US
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Following the cancellation of last year's in-person festival, the Sundance Film Festival has resumed normal operations for the first time since the pandemic began in 2020. However, a few celebrities have opted not to attend, fearful of contracting COVID and disrupting their filming schedules
Read More
Indian medicines saving Chinese lives amid Covid crisis: Report
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
The situation has become increasingly drastic as the temperatures drop, emptying shelves of cold and pain medication in pharmacies across the country.
Read More
Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg discourage non-essential trips to China amid
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
"We currently discourage non-essential trips to China. The reason is a peak in COVID infections and an overwhelmed health system," the German foreign ministry said on its official Twitter handle.
Read More
Indian generic drug Paxlovid in high demand in China amid Covid surge
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
As Covid cases in China continue to rise, Beijing will soon start distributing Pfizer's Covid-19 drug Paxlovid to the community health centres in the coming days, the CNN reported citing state media.
Read More
Xi focussing on economy, leaves citizens in lurch amid COVID spike
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
According to the author, the Communist Party realized that major economic and social distress would fracture the social contract if the country remains under the zero covid policy. And as a result, the zero COVID was jettisoned.
Read More
Uttarakhand makes masks compulsory at private, government schools amid COV
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Amid COVID-19 fear, the Uttarakhand government made masks mandatory in private as well as government schools.
Read More
International Day of Epidemic Preparedness 2022: History, significance and
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
The world celebrates December 27 as International Day of Epidemic Preparedness 2022. This day promotes the value of epidemic prevention, preparedness, and collaboration by encouraging all individuals, institutions, and governments to properly prepare their population in line with national
Read More
Factories forced to shut down in China amid COVID surge
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
The Chinese economy was already struggling when Beijing abruptly relaxed its stringent zero-Covid policy. Retail sales had contracted in November because of widespread lockdowns, and unemployment had surged to the highest level in six months.
Read More
Gangasagar Mela 2023: Amid, Covid shadow, West Bengal government ramps up
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
The West Bengal government has ramped up arrangements for the Gangasagar Mela, next year. The fair ranks as one of the country's top pilgrimage events.
Read More
Patients with comorbidities must be careful amid COVID surge, Health exper
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Amid the fresh global surge in COVID-19 cases, a senior consultant physician, on Thursday, cautioned the patients with comorbidity asking them to be careful in the coming days.
Read More
Amid COVID scare, Yogi govt issues alert, steps up preparedness in Uttar P
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Amid the growing COVID scare in the country, the Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh government has issued an alert across the state and stepped up preparedness.
Read More
Amid Covid fears supplies of fever medicines being rationed
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
In a statement, CVS said that it is limiting the number of pediatric fever-reducing medications sold in stores and online to two per customer. While Walgreens has announced a person can purchase up to six medicines per online transaction to stop excessive purchases.
Read More