Uttarakhand takes measures to control respiratory diseases amid global HMPV spreadIndia HMPV cases: The Directorate of Medical Health and Family Welfare issues an advisory for preventing and controlling respiratory diseas...
Health Ministry urges states to strengthen surveillance amid HMPV casesThe health ministry has called on states to enhance surveillance and review measures for ILI and SARI after Human Metapneumovirus cases wer...
Uttarakhand issues advisory to adhere to Covid prevention guidelinesThe advisory issued on Tuesday asked district medical authorities to monitor influenza-like illness (ILI) and severe acute respiratory illn...
India's health ministry to review preparedness amid emerging public health situation in ChinaThe health ministry has advised all States and Union Territories (UTs) to promptly assess public health and hospital preparedness and imple...
Health Ministry directs states, UTs to monitor cases of influenza-like illness, severe acute respiratory illnessUnion health secretary Sudhansh Pant advised the states and UTs to “immediately” review public health and hospital preparedness measures, i...
Wear masks, avoid crowded places, say Doctors as viral cases rise across IndiaAs viral fever cases surge in India, doctors are reinstating mask mandates at their clinics. The rapid spread of influenza-like illnesses (...
Swine Flu, H3N2, Victoria, RSV: These four viruses are creating an alarming wave of respiratory Illness in IndiaRespiratory viruses such as the novel human influenza virus (swine flu), H3N2, Victoria group, and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) are ca...
India reported 1,317 H3N2 cases from January 1-March 21, Rajya Sabha toldThe states and Union Territories have been asked to monitor the proportion of SARI cases and refer sufficient number of samples for testing...
Viral cases are rising due to H3N2, Covid, and H1N1As per the govt, H3N2 accounts for nearly 79% of all the influenza viruses found in samples taken from persons suffering from severe acute ...
Centre raises concern over gradual increase in Covid positivity rate, pitches for more surveillanceThe states have been requested to take a stock of hospital preparedness such as availability of drugs and medical oxygen, vaccination cover...
Health ministry asks states to closely monitor influenza situationAccording to the ministry under Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP), as reported by States/UTs, an increasing trend of ILI/SAR...
Centre asks states to restart monitoring ILI, SARI cases amid Covid surge in southeast AsiaTesting for influenza-like illness (ILI) and severe acute respiratory infections (SARI) cases has been the pillars of Covid management for ...
ICMR says COVID-19 testing should be widely available to all symptomatic individualsIn its revised testing strategy for COVID-19 issued on May 18, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) had advised testing for all sy...
Karnataka may test all with ILI, SARI symptoms for CovidLast week, the health department decided to exempt asymptomatic interstate travellers from Covid-19 test. Since this has eased the load on ...
ICMR revises COVID-19 testing strategy, returnees with ILI symptoms will be tested within 7 daysBesides, asymptomatic direct and high-risk contacts of a confirmed case are to be tested once between day five and day 10 of coming in cont...
Karnataka to track those buying cold, flu drugsThe state government has asked chemists to track all who buy drugs used for common cold such as cough syrups and paracetamol. The same meas...
Karnataka reports four deaths in 24 hours; 3 are SARI patientsKarnataka on Tuesday reported four deaths due to coronavirus, taking the state's death toll from the coronavirus infection to 10.