BSE 30-share Sensex surged 110 points to 61,244 while NSE Nifty50 went up 30 points to 18,221.30 level at 9.20 am in the morning. Asian stocks were trading in the green on Friday morning as Europe's key indices and US markets settled with gains in Thursday sessions.
What is going on in China at present has stoked fears about the repetition of the horrific Covid-19 outbreak that killed millions of people across the globe.
Union Health Minister Dr Mansukh Mandaviya on Thursday chaired a with drug manufacturing pharma companies for advance preparedness for Covid-19 management, as per official sources
All international passengers travelling from China, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Singapore and Thailand to India will have to undergo mandatory RT-PCR tests before departure and upload a report on the Air Suvidha portal from January 1, 2023, said Union Health Ministry sources on Thursda
As there have been reports of a surge in COVID cases in some countries, the operational readiness of health facilities is being reviewed in all States and Union Territories in case of another wave.
"There are mounting concerns in the international community on the ongoing COVID-19 surges in China and the lack of transparent data, including viral genomic sequence data, being reported from the PRC," the officials said, using the initials of the People's Republic of China, according to Re
The Tamil Nadu Health Department said that two passengers coming from Dubai have been tested positive for the Coronavirus infection at Chennai airport on Wednesday.