In an initiative to prevent a shortage of oxygen, the Telangana government established oxygen production plants with a capacity of 324 tonnes in a government hospital in Hyderabad.
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 forthcoming days, CNN reported citing state media on Monday.
As Delhi schools are set to close for winter vacations, all teachers working in government schools will be deployed at Indira Gandhi International (IGI) airport to perform Covid-19 duty.
The microscopic biological structures known as germinal centres are the immune system's weapons-development facilities if B cells are the immune system's munitions manufacturers, producing antibodies to eliminate hazardous infections.
Justice Surya Kant, judge of the Supreme Court on Monday praised the decision of India to supply COVID-19 vaccines to many countries where it was not readily available and its shows solidarity and sharing.
In wake of rising cases of Covid in several countries, mock drills will be conducted at all Covid hospitals throughout the country, said Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Monday.
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.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping are likely to communicate via video link his week, Russian state news agency TASS said on Monday, without giving details of the timing or format.
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).
Amid the continuing global surge in Covid-19 cases, the Delhi government on Monday directed all public hospitals in the national capital to ramp up preparations and augment supplies in anticipation of rising infections in the coming days.
In the wake of a surge in COVID cases in several countries, wearing masks has been made compulsory inside restaurants, pubs, theatre halls, schools and colleges in Karnataka.