Vaccine effectiveness of 99.3 pc seen in individuals fully inoculated against Covid: MandaviyaThe tracker depicts vaccine effectiveness against death -- the ability of vaccines to reduce death -- using person time analysis from April...
04 Feb, 2022, 08.32 PM IST
Karnataka’s airports to test all international travelers on arrival for Covid-19After the Covid-19 technical advisory committee met in Bengaluru to discuss the Omicron prevention strategies, Health & Medical Education M...
30 Nov, 2021, 11.13 PM IST
'Omicron' scare: DDMA decides to conduct RT-PCR test for all passengers from 'high-risk' countriesAccording to officials, the DDMA meeting, chaired by Lt Governor Anil Baijal, discussed in detail the current Covid situation and decided t...
29 Nov, 2021, 03.45 PM IST
Maharashtra wants to stop flights from South AfricaMaharashtra health minister Rajesh Tope on Saturday said the state has sent a letter to the Centre on the issue after Mumbai municipal comm...
27 Nov, 2021, 11.12 PM IST
IndiGo to resume flights to Dubai from early Friday morning“IndiGo will recommence flight operations between India and UAE from 0130 IST (2000 UTC) tonight. We have informed all our passengers and a...
19 Aug, 2021, 03.19 PM IST
India’s chronic disease burden helped fuel Covid’s brutal wavesThe findings from one of the few large-scale studies of Covid-19 in India showed patients from the southern district of Madurai had a highe...
14 Aug, 2021, 10.30 AM IST
A campaign against vaccine hesitancyThe tests are valid only for a couple of days and will need to be taken regularly for the unvaccinated. Vaccines are free, tests are expens...
23 Jul, 2021, 11.12 PM IST
COVID-19: Be watchful, next 3 months important, Niti Aayog's V K Paul tells Delhi govtDr Paul said that "unlock activity could lead to an increase in cases, though at present the positivity rate of cases is at its lowest poin...
23 Jul, 2021, 04.37 PM IST
Coronavirus: What is CT-count in a COVID-19 test? What does it tell you about your infection?The positivity criteria for the samples is determined by the number of 'cycles' or cycle threshold needed to detect the virus presence in t...
26 Apr, 2021, 09.57 AM IST
Odisha makes COVID-19 negative report mandatory for entry into stateThis apart, the government also suspended all public transport from Odisha to Chhattisgarh and vice versa from April 10 till April 30, 2021...
08 Apr, 2021, 10.58 PM IST
Big manufacturers tighten safety measuresThe alarming surge in coronavirus infections, especially in states like Maharashtra, Punjab and Karnataka, has prompted top manufacturing c...
07 Apr, 2021, 09.28 AM IST
E-commerce firms confident of riding out the Maharashtra lockdownMost e-commerce firms are ready to get their staff tested, as mandated by Maharashtra’s latest Covid-19 guidelines. Online grocery firms ar...
06 Apr, 2021, 12.36 PM IST
Airlines fear big impact on travel on Maharashtra routesAirlines are bracing for a significant impact on air travel to and from Maharashtra after the state government imposed a partial lockdown t...
06 Apr, 2021, 07.15 AM IST
India’s airlines see 15% drop in bookings on new Covid-19 test rules for flyersSeveral states and local city governments have mandated that passengers, especially from Maharashtra and Kerala which have reported the hig...
02 Mar, 2021, 07.30 AM IST
After PM Modi’s diktat, Karnataka plans to scale up testing for Covid-19In a meeting chaired by chief secretary TM Vijay Bhaskar on Thursday, the state government decided to increase RT-PCR tests by threefold ov...
25 Sep, 2020, 10.44 AM IST
The infection fatality rate of Covid-19 is inversely proportional to testing: StudyThe study by MS Seshadri, medical director of Thirumalai Mission Hospital in Ranipet, and R Ranganathan of Coimbatore Institute of Technolo...
28 Aug, 2020, 11.16 AM IST
Expedite approval process for rapid antigen, RTPCR testing: HC to ICMR, NABLDelhi High Court directed the ICMR and healthcare accreditation body NABL to expedite the process of granting approvals to private labs and...
16 Jul, 2020, 01.59 PM IST