New Delhi [India], July 5 (ANI): Almost three months back, it was the epicentre of COVID cases but now Central Reserve Police Force's (CRPF) 31st battalion is the hub of plasma donors, with several of its personnel leading from the front to donate plasma.
New Delhi [India], July 5 (ANI): Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday said that the number of coronavirus patients in the hospitals has "gone down" and added that 9,900 COVID beds are now free in the national capital.
Guwahati (Assam) [India], July 5 (ANI): In view of detection of COVID-19 positive patient at Raj Bhavan Campus in Guwahati, the area with following boundary description has been declared as a containment zone on Saturday.
Geneva [Switzerland], July 5 (ANI) The World Health Organisation on Saturday has halted its trials of the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine and combination of HIV drug lopinavir/ritonavir for the treatment of hospitalised COVID-19 patients after they failed to reduce the death rate, Al Jaze
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], July 4 (ANI): In a heart-wrenching incident, an elderly coronavirus patient at Hanumath Nagar in South Bengaluru died outside his house waiting for an ambulance on Friday evening. The body was kept on the road for three hours.
Brussels [Belgium], July 4 (ANI): Treatment with docetaxel, a common chemotherapy drug, might have lesser benefits for breast cancer patients who are overweight or obese, according to new research.
New Delhi [India], July 4 (ANI): The Union Health Ministry on Friday has revised the dosage of the antiviral drug--remdesivir, being administered to hospitalized COVID-19 patients from the earlier six-days to five-day treatment course.
New Delhi [India], July 3 (ANI): As many as 53 COVID-19 patients were discharged on Friday from various district Covid Care Centres in Tripura after their test results came negative, Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb said.
New Delhi [India], July 3 (ANI): As many as 47 personnel of Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), who have recovered from COVID-19, have donated blood plasma to save critically ill coronavirus patients, CISF said on Friday.
New Delhi [India], July 3 (ANI): With the highest ever single-day spike of 20,903 COVID-19 cases in 24 hours, India's coronavirus tally reached 6,25,544 on Friday. Out of which 2,27,439 patients are active cases while 3,79,892 patients have been cured/discharged/migrated, the Union Health
Aligarh (Uttar Pradesh) [India], July 3 (ANI): The relatives of a patient have alleged that they were thrashed by a hospital's staff after they were unable to pay Rs 4,000 to the hospital. The patient got injured and died during the scuffle, the kin claimed.
New Delhi [India], July 3 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Friday asked the Centre and Delhi government to treat as a representation a PIL seeking directions to mandate obtaining plasma from patients, who have recovered from COVID-19, both at hospitals and home quarantine.