Passengers evacuated from hantavirus-stricken cruise ship begin flying home from Canary IslandsPassengers from the hantavirus-hit cruise ship MV Hondius are flying home from Tenerife. They are being evacuated by military and governmen...
11 May, 2026, 06.36 AM IST
What is China's zero-Covid policy and how does it work?China has yet to describe when or how it will begin to exit from an approach that it calls "dynamic zero". Here are key facts on China's ze...
03 Nov, 2022, 01.24 PM IST
Asia Cup 2022: Rahul Dravid recovers from COVID, rejoins team ahead of IND Vs PAKThe former India skipper has now fully recovered after undergoing home isolation since returning positive in the test conducted on August 2...
28 Aug, 2022, 10.32 AM IST
Deloitte launches a health playbook for district administrationsThe playbook builds upon the learnings gained from Niti Aayog, “Sanjeevani Pariyojana”, a supervised, virtual home care initiative launched...
06 Jan, 2022, 07.35 PM IST
Maha minister Eknath Shinde, Sena MP Arvind Sawant test COVID-19 positiveMaharashtra Minister Eknath Shinde and Shiv Sena MP Arvind Sawant on Tuesday said they have tested positive for COVID-19, and were undergoi...
04 Jan, 2022, 04.17 PM IST
Ganguly discharged after COVID treatment, to remain in home isolation"We have discharged Ganguly this afternoon. He will have to be in home isolation for the next fortnight under doctors' observation. After t...
31 Dec, 2021, 05.09 PM IST
BCCI chief Sourav Ganguly discharged from hospital after Covid treatment, to remain in home isolationGanguly has been travelling extensively and also taking part in all professional activities.
31 Dec, 2021, 03.20 PM IST
Stricter home isolation key to relieve burden on hospitalsWith studies indicating that the Omicron Covid-19 variant is highly transmissible, public health experts say there is a need to gear up to ...
29 Dec, 2021, 07.20 AM IST
Omicron variant does not escape RT-PCR and RAT, Centre tells states as it asks them to ramp up testingAmid mounting concerns over the potentially more contagious coronavirus variant Omicron spreading to many countries, Union Health Secretary...
30 Nov, 2021, 05.24 PM IST
How Delhi govt used home isolation model to contain cases during lockdownThe first COVID-19 case in Delhi was reported on March 1 and the first major surge of the pandemic had occurred in June 2020, when cases in...
24 Mar, 2021, 03.52 PM IST
Coronavirus: Active cases only 1.65 percent of India's total infectionsThe cumulative recoveries have surged to 1,03,59,305 with 13,320 patients being discharged in a span of 24 hours. A total of 12,689 daily n...
27 Jan, 2021, 03.34 PM IST
Recoveries exceed actives cases of COVID-19 by more than 18 lakh; case fatality drops to 1.82 per centThe Union health ministry pointed out that in the past five months, More than three/fourth of COVID-19 cases have recovered and less than o...
28 Aug, 2020, 03.49 PM IST
Over one million COVID-19 tests conducted in a day in India: MoHFWAs per the graph shared by the Ministry, while 10,94,374 patients had recovered on August 1, the number of recoveries till August 21 stood ...
22 Aug, 2020, 09.32 AM IST
COVID-19 recovery rate in India rises to 74.30 per cent, total recoveries cross 21.5 lakhWith more patients recovering and being discharged from hospitals and home isolation, the total recoveries have surged to 21,58,946 and exc...
21 Aug, 2020, 02.10 PM IST
India's COVID-19 case fatality rate declines to 1.93%, recovery rate nears 72%There are 6,77,444 active cases of coronavirus infection which compose the actual caseload of the country and comprise 26.16% of the total ...
16 Aug, 2020, 03.51 PM IST
India's COVID-19 fatality rate declines to 2.25%; recovery rate rises over 64%: Health ministryThe ministry said such an approach ensured that hospitals were left unburdened with supervised home isolation for asymptomatic patients.
28 Jul, 2020, 04.23 PM IST
Asymptomatic or mild symptoms Covid-19 patients can home quarantineThe caregiver would be required to download Aarogya Setu app and keep it on 24x7, all the family members would be asked to take hydroxychlo...
27 Apr, 2020, 11.59 PM IST