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  Former Bihar Education Minister Mewalal Chaudhary passes away due to Covid 19

  India | April 19, 2021 11:21 IST

  JDU MLA and Former Education Minister Bihar Mewalal Chaudhary succumbed to Covid 19 on Monday morning

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  COVID: Karnataka minister writes to CM Yediyurappa for relaxations during religious events

  India | April 18, 2021 12:25 IST

  In a letter to CM, Poojary said religious events in coastal districts have been badly affected with ban and sought concessions in the rules.

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  COVID-19: Migrants coming to Uttar Pradesh to be quarantined

  India | April 18, 2021 9:50 IST

  Similarly, govt has also ramped up surveillance at airports, railway stations and bus stops. Those with symptoms are being tested while others are being asked to quarantine at home.

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  15-day-old infant dies of COVID-19 at Surat hospital

  India | April 16, 2021 13:52 IST

  A 15-day-old baby girl, who was born to a COVID-19 patient, succumbed to coronavirus at a hospital in Gujarat's Surat city

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  India records 2,00,739 COVID-19 cases, 1,038 deaths, highest-ever single-day spike

  India | April 15, 2021 16:22 IST

  As many as 200,739 new COVID-19 cases have been reported in India in the last 24 hours. With this, the total number of cases has gone up to 14,074,564. In the last 24 hours, 10,38 COVID-related deaths were reported in the country taking the death toll to 1,73,123.

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  Covid-19 Scare: UP gets 25,000 vials of Remdesivir airlifted from Gujarat's Ahmedabad

  India | April 15, 2021 7:18 IST

  A government spokesperson said that other than Remdesivir, the government was keeping a close watch over availability of eight other medicines, prescribed for Covid patients.

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  Ensure judicious use of Remdesivir in coronavirus-infected patients: IMA to medical fraternity

  India | April 13, 2021 22:35 IST

  The second wave of the pandemic has created an unprecedented demand for Remedsivir injection resulting in demand and supply mismatch and an artificial panic is created, the doctor's body said.

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  Strictly follow admission protocol while admitting Covid patients: Delhi govt to hospitals

  India | April 13, 2021 18:20 IST

  The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said that severe cases involving respiratory distress requiring mechanical ventilation should be admitted to a dedicated COVID hospital.

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  COVID-19: Ten states account for over 80% new cases

  India | April 13, 2021 12:29 IST

  India's daily new cases continue to rise. A total of 1,61,736 new cases were registered in a span of 24 hours.

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  17 private hospitals to treat COVID-19 patients in Ghaziabad: Official

  India | April 10, 2021 7:35 IST

  In these hospitals, 200 ICU beds and 2,000 other categories of beds would remain available for COVID-19 patients. Nine quarantine centres with 958 beds have also been made available, District Magistrate Ajay Shankar Pandey said.

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  Gurugram reports 741 fresh COVID-19 cases, 191 recoveries in last 24 hours

  India | April 09, 2021 7:26 IST

  Covid tally in Gurugram has now risen to 67,490, according to the official daily health bulletin while the total active cases are 4,455.

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  Blood tests offer early indicator of severe Covid-19: Study

  Health | February 27, 2021 23:58 IST

  Researchers have reported that a series of biomarkers, or biological signals, associated with white blood cell activation and obesity can predict severe outcomes in Covid-19 patients.

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  DNA test can identify pneumonia in patients with severe Covid

  Health | January 15, 2021 16:07 IST

  Researchers have developed a DNA test to quickly identify secondary infections in Covid-19 patients, who have double the risk of developing pneumonia while on ventilation.

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  First 10 days after leaving hospital carry high risk for COVID-19 patients, study finds

  World | December 15, 2020 16:14 IST

  The first week and a half after leaving the hospital carry a high risk for COVID-19 patients, including trips back to the hospital, and death, according to a study. 

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  Posters should not be affixed outside homes of COVID patients: SC

  India | December 09, 2020 11:48 IST

  The Centre had earlier told the top court that its guidelines do not contain any instructions regarding affixing posters and signage outside the homes of COVID-19 patients, and there cannot be any stigma attached to it.

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  Delhi: COVID patients with same name leads to confusion, alive man wrongly 'declared dead'

  India | December 09, 2020 7:53 IST

  A senior official at LNJP Hospital, however, said the confusion happened due to the patient, Shrinwas Kumar, being a namesake of another patient, who later died

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  Five COVID-19 patients killed as fire breaks out at Rajkot hospital, PM Modi expresses grief

  India | November 27, 2020 13:18 IST

  The fire broke out in the ICU of Uday Shivanand Hospital in Mavdi area, where 33 patients were admitted, around 1 am. Seven of the patients were admitted to the ICU, fire brigade official J B Theva said.

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  Coronavirus broke out in various parts of world last year, we reported first: China

  World | October 09, 2020 20:32 IST

  China on Friday claimed that the coronavirus broke out in the various parts of the world last year but it was the only one to have reported and acted first.

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  No new coronavirus cases reported in last 24 hours in Mizoram

  India | October 09, 2020 20:03 IST

  Mizoram reported no new coronavirus for the last 24 hours while 37 patients recovered on Friday. The northeastern state has been showing downtrend of COVID-19 cases for a few days and it reached to a day when zero COVID cases were recorded in the state. 

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  Bengaluru: 28-year-old COVID patient goes missing after ambulance picks her from home

  India | September 10, 2020 9:33 IST

  A 28-year-old woman, who had tested positive for the novel coronavirus went missing after she was ferried by an ambulance. The incident was reported on September 4, from Bengaluru's Bommanahalli, where the ambulance had come to pick the patient up from her home.