Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], June 29 (ANI): The additional chief secretary of Jharkhand, Arun Kumar Singh wrote to the Health Secretary of India on Monday and requested to reduce the share of vaccines to private hospitals from 25 per cent to 5 per cent for the state.
Patna (Bihar) [India], June 28 (ANI): Stating that Russian COVID-19 vaccine 'Sputnik V' is over 90 per cent effective and other vaccines including Covishield and Covaxin are already available for free at government hospitals, Arun Kumar, Medical Director of Jay Prabha Medanta Hospital, Patna
Dehradun (Uttarakhand)[India], June 25 (ANI: Uttarakhand on Friday issued standard operating procedure (SOP) for the possible third wave of COVID-19 and Chief Secretary Om Prakash has directed the officials that an adequate number of oxygen beds, intensive care unit (ICU) and ventilators sh
New Delhi [India], June 24 (ANI): An 8-year-old child got a new lease of life after she was successfully treated for Multi System Inflammatory Syndrome (MIS-C), a serious, life-threatening post COVID complication, at Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, New Delhi.
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], June 22 (ANI): In order to combat the possible third wave of COVID, Karnataka Technical Advisory Committee recommended to establish Children High Dependency Units (HDUs), Intensive Care Units (ICUs) units and children hospital wings in medical college, distr
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 22 (ANI/NewsVoir): Even as Maharashtra breathes easy after the dreaded COVID-19 second wave, essential workers, corporators, and hospitals prepare for a possible third wave in the next two months. The state, which saw 61,336 deaths during the two months, st
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], June 22 (ANI): Rajasthan Health Minister Dr Raghu Sharma on Monday said that special attention is being paid to the strengthening of medical facilities in all children's hospitals in the state ahead of the possible third COVID-19 wave.
New Delhi [India], June 21 (ANI): The rollout of the Russian COVID-19 vaccine Sputnik V in Delhi hospitals has been delayed by some more days, hospital officials said on Monday.
New Delhi [India], June 20 (ANI): Congress president Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra on Sunday hit out at the Centre alleging that by allowing state and panchayat elections to be held, it had allowed Covid-19 cases to spike and that the Centre had exported six million vaccines abroad.
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], June 19 (ANI/News Voir): Boeing India, with Doctors for You (DFY) and SELCO Foundation, today announced that they have established a 100 oxygenated bed facility at Karnataka State Power Corporation Ltd. (KSPCL), Yelahanka, to treat mild-to-moderate COVID-19
New Delhi [India], June 17 (ANI): Sputnik V, the third vaccine approved for India, will be available as part of a limited pilot roll-out from June 19 announced Fortis Healthcare.
New Delhi [India], June 16 (ANI): COVID vaccines provided protection in more than 95 per cent of recipients with post-vaccination infection (PVI) occurring in only 4.28 per cent of those who received the jabs, according to study of a cohort of over 31,600 vaccinated health care workers by a