Thechief minister told the officials to be well prepared to meet the challenge, if need be, preparing the SOPs (Standard Operating Procedures) to treat Covid cases at village clinics which should have facilities to test and treat the new variant. All Auxiliary Nurse Midwife (ANMs) and (Ac
China's Zhejiang province, a manufacturing hub is recording around a million new COVID-19 cases in a single day and the situation has sparked concerns among people regarding its impact on supply chains, Nikkei Asia reported.
Amid a surge in COVID-19 cases in the country, China on Monday announced to stop the coronavirus quarantine rule for inbound travellers from January 8.
After China abandoned its restrictive "zero Covid" policy about two weeks ago, regional numbers of infected persons with coronavirus point to explosive outbreaks and overstretched healthcare systems, writes Chang Che, Asia technology correspondent for The New York Times (NYT).
Four international travellers from Myanmar tested positive for the Coronavirus infection at the Delhi airport. The Genome sequencing of their samples is being done, the sources said.
The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare informed on Monday that the government has so far administered 220.05 crore vaccine doses under the Nationwide Vaccination Drive, of which 29,818 were administered in the last 24 hours.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday said that the state is on alert amid the global surge in Coronavirus infection and asserted that over 40 thousand tests are being conducted here regularly.
It is noteworthy that earlier in the month of July, the Uttar Pradesh government had provided about Rs 10 lakh each as an aid for the kin of about 50 journalists who passed away due to coronavirus.
Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Saturday announced that a RT-PCR test has been made mandatory for passengers arriving from China, Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong and Thailand.
Amid the fresh global surge in the covid cases by a new coronavirus variant, B.F7, the Centre government on Friday provided a respite among the public by saying that the Covid positivity rate in the country is declining week-on-week.