Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], May 11 (ANI): Karnataka Medical Education Minister Dr K Sudhakar today held a video conference with Kerala Health Minister KK Shailaja to discuss measures to tackle COVID-19.
New Delhi [India], May 10 (ANI): Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan on Sunday said that the National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune, has successfully developed India's first indigenous antibody testing kit -- ELISA -- to combat COVID-19.
Gurugram (Haryana) [India], May 10 (ANI): In a bid to contain the spread of the coronavirus, beauticians working at Gurugram's salons are using Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs) while providing their services to the customers.
New Delhi [India], May 10 (ANI): As India continues to combat the menace of COVID-19 pandemic, close to 20,000 people have recovered from the disease so far, taking the recovery rate to over 30 per cent.
Buenos Aires [Argentina], May 10 (ANI): Football legend Diego Maradona has autographed the replica of his Argentine jersey he wore during the 1986 World Cup final to raise money for an underprivileged community in Buenos Aires.
New Delhi [India], May 9 (ANI): Indian skipper Virat Kohli and wife Anushka Sharma have donated Rs 5 lakh each for Mumbai police welfare amid the coronavirus outbreak.
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], May 9 (ANI): After the government of Telangana decided to slap a fine of Rs 1,000 for not wearing masks at public places, the police of Hyderabad City, Cyberabad, and Rachakonda are all set to track the violators with the help of artificial intelligence (AI).
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], May 9 (ANI): Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat met Hotel Association officials on Friday and assured them all possible help to address their grievances caused due to the nationwide lockdown.
New Delhi [India], May 8 (ANI): The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has received approval from Drug Controller General of India (DGCI) for its two clinical trial drugs - 'favipiravir' and 'phytopharmaceutical' - to combat coronavirus.
New Delhi [India], May 8 (ANI): In continued efforts to combat COVID-19, the Northern Railways workshops have fabricated 22,851 personal protective equipment coveralls till now. Among these 10,851 coveralls have been fabricated in the first week of May.
New Delhi [India], May 7 (ANI): The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has expanded the list of private laboratories performing real-time RT-PCR COVID-19 test in the national capital from eight to thirteen labs, said the Delhi's Directorate of Health Services on Thursday.
New Delhi [India], May 7 (ANI): The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) is exploring a native herb as a biological medicine or "phytopharmaceutical ", which is already being tested as medicine for dengue, for its efficacy to combat COVID-19.