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Omicron variant exposes inflexibility of Europe's public hospitals

A World Health Organisation official warned last week of a closing window of opportunity for European countries to prevent their health care systems from being overwhelmed

Data story: India logs 271,202 new cases; total caseload crosses 37 mn-mark

India has so far administered 1,567,615,454 vaccine doses. That is 4222.85 per cent of its total caseload, and 112.06 per cent of its population

Expect more worrisome Covid variants after omicron, scientists say

Get ready to learn more Greek letters. Scientists warn that omicron's whirlwind advance practically ensures it won't be the last version of the coronavirus to worry the world.

Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan leaves for the US for 2-week long treatment

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Saturday left for the United States of America for a two-week long medical treatment.

Data story: India logs 268,833 new cases; positivity ratio rate to 16.7%

India has so far administered 1,560,251,117 vaccine doses. That is 4233.94 per cent of its total caseload, and 111.53 per cent of its population

Data story: India logs 264,202 new cases, death toll rises to 485,350

India has so far administered 1,553,981,819 vaccine doses. That is 4247.92 per cent of its total caseload, and 111.09 per cent of its population

Data story: India logs 247,417 cases, Maharashtra's caseload tops 7 mn-mark

India has so far administered 1,546,139,465 vaccine doses. That is 4257.23 per cent of its total caseload, and 110.53 per cent of its population

Centre to provide Rs 3,000 cr to improve health units in Tamil Nadu

Stalin seeks NEET exemption from PM

Data story: India logs 194,720 cases, Kerala's death toll crosses 50,000

India has so far administered 1,538,008,200 vaccine doses. That is 4263.89 per cent of its total caseload, and 109.94 per cent of its population

Booster dose of Covid-vaccine

The government recently rolled out booster or precautionary dose of Covid-19 vaccine for citizens with comorbidities. Frontline workers are getting the third shot. This report tells us about the dose

Technology can democratise healthcare delivery: Cardiologist Devi Shetty

Shetty noted that with digital aid, people from all strata of society and even from the remotest locations across the country can reach out to top physicians in the country for consultation

UPI-like interface for healthcare services may go live this week

United Health Interface is a set of protocols that is going to create a language of health service delivery

Unified Health Interface to go live this week, says R S Sharma

National Health Authority CEO R S Sharma said he expects UHI to become as successful as UPI is for payments

Don't use Molnupiravir for treating Covid in younger population: NK Arora

Some doctors have even stopped prescribing Molnupiravir, which was rolled out on January 3 to treat COVID-19 patients

Instead of panic, there is a need for precaution to combat Covid: Naqvi

Instead of horror and panic, there is a need for hope and precaution to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, Union minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said on Tuesday as he took the "precautionary" vaccine dose against the viral disease. India began administering the "precautionary" dose against Covid, a critical step that comes as cases spike alarmingly in the country, on Monday. The dose is being administered to healthcare and frontline workers and comorbid people aged 60 and above. Asserting that 'Made in India' Covid vaccines are "absolutely safe", Naqvi said all those who are eligible for the "precautionary" dose should get vaccinated to make the country coronavirus-free. "Today I took precautionary dose of Corona vaccine. 'Made in India' Corona vaccines are absolutely safe. All those who are eligible for precautionary dose, should get vaccinated & contribute in making country Corona free," the minority affairs minister said in a tweet. He also posted pictures of himself getting ...

Covid now comparable to flu, may turn endemic post Omicron: UK professor

The UK may be on the brink of beating the Covid-19 pandemic, with daily deaths currently running at less than half the rate expected in a bad flu year, the media reported.

Data story: India logs 168,063 cases, adds over a million in last 10 days

India has so far administered 1,528,970,294 vaccine doses. That is 4261.84 per cent of its total caseload, and 109.3 per cent of its population

Data story: Positivity rate at 13.3%; Bengal reports massive spike in cases

India has so far administered 1,519,405,951 vaccine doses. That is 4255.11 per cent of its total caseload, and 108.61 per cent of its population

Data story: India logs 638,872 cases in 7 days; positivity rate at 10.2%

India has so far administered 1,515,760,645 vaccine doses. That is 4266.38 per cent of its total caseload, and 108.35 per cent of its population

Goa reports 1,789 coronavirus cases; positivity rate up to 23.25%

Goa reported 1,789 Covid-19 cases, with a positivity rate of 23.25 per cent, as the count was detected from 7,693 tests, an official said