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India's Covid tally rises to 4866, seven deaths reported in 24 hoursIndia reports 564 new COVID-19 cases, raising active cases to 4,866, with seven deaths recorded, primarily among elderly individuals with u...
Avoid crowded places: Union Health Ministry amid surge in COVID-19 casesIndia faces a rise in Covid-19 cases. The Health Ministry advises avoiding crowds and maintaining hygiene. Technical reviews and preparedne...
Kerala health department issues COVID-19 guidelines, instructs hospitals to conduct mock drillsIn response to rising COVID-19 cases, the Kerala health department has issued guidelines for hospitals and health workers, mandating mock d...
59 cases of HMPV, 2 deaths due to co-morbidities reported from January 6-29: GovtFifty-nine cases of HMPV and two deaths due to co-morbidities have been reported in India between January 6-29. The virus particularly affe...
HMPV: Health Ministry asks states to boost surveillanceThe Union health secretary reviewed the situation of respiratory illnesses in the country, and the status of public health measures for the...
HMPV not novel, outbreak unlikely to escalate into pandemic: Top epidemiologistEpidemiologist Dr Raman R Gangakhedkar said between 2016-2018 the National Institute of Virology (NIV) enrolled about 16,000 patients of wh...
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...
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...
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...
Government mulling to include sudden loss of taste, smell as criteria for COVID-19 testAccording to an expert, even though the symptom is not specific to COVID-19 as one may suffer from loss of smell and taste when they have f...
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 ...
House survey identifies 13k with coronavirus, ILI and SARI symptoms in KarnatakaThe Karnataka health department has identified about 13,341 persons with coronavirus, ILI and SARI symptoms during the door-to-door health ...
Covid-19: Amid migrant exodus, ICMR revises testing strategyBesides an urgent drive to check migrant workers for flu and fevers, all symptomatic frontline workers involved in containment and mitigati...
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...
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.