Islamabad: Pakistan has offered to provide relief support, including ventilators, to India to help the country fight the deadly wave of COVID-19 and said the two countries can explore possible ways of further cooperation to mitigate the challenges posed by the pandemic. The Foreign Office...
New Delhi: The finance ministry's CBIC has directed its field officers to clear all import consignments, including life-saving drugs and oxygen equipment, used in COVID treatment on the highest priority amid a surge in infections across the country. Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs...
Hyderabad: Hyderabad-based vaccine and pharmaceutical company Biological E. Limited (BE) announced Saturday that its COVID-19 subunit vaccine candidate has received approval to begin Phase III clinical trials in India. A statement issued by the company said that it has received clearance from the subject expert...
New Delhi: The resurgence and exponential spread of Covid-19 has brought great challenges to our healthcare system. Most deaths are a result of respiratory failure due to significant injury to the lungs. We have also learnt that the virus may affect all parts of the...
New Delhi: The first two trains carrying precious medical oxygen arrived in Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra, health facilities in defence undertakings were opened to civilian COVID patients and IAF aircraft crisscrossed to carry oxygen tankers and replenish the fast-draining medical amenities as the pandemic situation...
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Saturday wrote to all the Chief Ministers, requesting them to provide spare oxygen to the national capital. Kejriwal said that he would be grateful if the CMs could provide Delhi with any oxygen, along with tankers. He also...
Patna: The Nalanda Medical College and Hospital (NMCH) in Patna has reported 62 Covid fatalities in the last three days, officials said Saturday. The rising number of Covid-related deaths in the state capital has sent the health administration into a tizzy. The NMCH logged 21...
New Delhi: The Serum Institute of India (SII) Saturday broke its silence over the pricing of its Covid-19 vaccine 'Covishield' and said that it is the most affordable vaccine available in the market today. SII, which manufactures the AstraZeneca vaccine Covishield at its Pune facility,...
Thiruvananthapuram: With Covid-19 cases continuing to rise in Kerala, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan Saturday chaired a meeting with the private hospitals and asked them to allocate 25 per cent of the total beds for Covid patients. As many as 26,685 people tested positive for coronavirus...
Jammu: The J&K government Saturday decided to provide free Covid jabs to all the eligible beneficiaries. "It has been decided that Covid vaccination for people in the age group 18-45 years will be free of cost in J&K. "The cost of vaccine will be fully...
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