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6,000+ active Covid cases in India again! With over 800 new infections in 48 hours, experts raise alarmIndia sees a rise in Covid cases, now exceeding 6,000. Kerala is the most affected. The government is conducting hospital mock drills. Stat...
Active Covid cases in India cross 5,000-markIndia’s active COVID-19 cases have surpassed 5,000, with Kerala reporting the highest number, followed by Gujarat, West Bengal, and Delhi, ...
76 new COVID-19 cases come to light in MaharashtraMaharashtra reported 76 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, bringing the state's total to 597 since January 1st. Currently, 425 active patients...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Karnataka, Haryana record deaths from influenza A H3N2 virusKarnataka H3N2 virus: The victim was admitted to hospital on February 24 and suffered from fever, cough, sore throat and had symptoms of in...
Influenza A subtype H3N2 is major cause of current respiratory illness in India: ICMRAccording to the data given by ICMR, Pan respiratory virus surveillance has been established by ICMR/DHR across 30 VRDLs. The surveillance ...
As Covid patients with breathing issues line up in Bengaluru, it's a race for ventilatorsAccording to data from Karnataka's Covid war room, 284 beds with ventilator support are reserved in Bengaluru to treat Covid-19 patients, i...
Covid mortality in 6 districts causes concern: State authorities believe late reporting by families key reason behind high number of deaths in these districtThe trend has raised concerns as authorities believe late reporting by the families of the affected could be a reason behind these district...
Food apps: Government to test delivery boys at randomThe health department has identified them as vulnerable groups, and those above 50 years of age and with co-morbid conditions will be teste...
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 ...
Covid 19: Private hospitals use ‘other’ clause to test all patientsBefore any procedure, private hospitals are now conducting RT-PCR confirmatory test for Covid-19. Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)...
Door-to-door survey for Covid in Karnataka from todayFifty thousand-plus booth-level officers will be deployed to identify patients with existing conditions such as non-communicable diseases, ...
In a week, Covid takes a worrisome turn in KarnatakaSince the six weeks that the first coronavirus case was reported in Karnataka, the total count of confirmed cases so far is 390. Barring Ke...
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.
Testing yet to pick up in no-Covid districts in KarnatakaOf the 30 districts in the state, 11 that have not reported any Covid-19 cases accounted for only 13% of the total testing done in the stat...
Latest ICMR study hints at community transmissionIn tests conducted on 5,911 Severe Acute Respiratory Illness (SARI) patients, 104 (1.8%) tested positive for Covid-19. Of these, 40 did not...
Coronavirus Scare: Govt expands testing criteriaIndia has allowed private diagnostic laboratories to conduct Covid-19 tests and has expanded the testing criteria to include asymptomatic d...