Coronavirus

Washington: The US is working closely with India to identify ways to help address the current COVID-19 crisis in the country, American officials have said, as the Biden administration came under intense pressure from various quarters to ship COVID-19 vaccines along with life-saving medical supplies...

New Delhi: 20 critically ill patients died overnight at Jaipur Golden Hospital in Delhi amid a serious oxygen crisis, officials said Saturday. "The oxygen pressure has dipped as we are running out of stock," Dr D K Baluja, the medical director of Jaipur Golden Hospital,...

New Delhi: A record single-day rise of 3,46,786 coronavirus cases pushed India's tally of infection to 1,66,10,481, while active cases crossed the 25-lakh mark, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated Saturday. The death toll rose to 1,89,544 with a record 2,624 more fatalities...

New Delhi: Batra Hospital in the national capital's Tughlakabad Institutional Area received emergency oxygen supply from the Delhi government moments after it exhausted its stock, officials said Saturday. The city has been grappling with shortage in oxygen supply amid a huge surge in coronavirus cases....

Lucknow: An Oxygen Express train carrying around 30,000 litres of liquid medical oxygen arrived here Saturday morning as Uttar Pradesh is battling a sudden surge in coronavirus cases, an official said. The special train carrying two truckloads of medical oxygen arrived in the state capital...

New Delhi: With the raging second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic wreaking havoc in India, the chief of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has said that he is very concerned about the fast-growing caseloads in the country. "The situation in India is...

New Delhi: With the raging second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic wreaking havoc in India, the chief of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said Friday that he is very concerned about the fast-growing caseloads in the country. "The situation in India is...

New Delhi: The situation in the national capital is constantly deteriorating due to the rapid surge in Covid-19 cases. Doctors are not admitting patients suffering from the virus due to lack of oxygen cylinders in the hospitals as well as due to the non-availability of...

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Friday accused the Central government of diverting the oxygen supply meant for Bengal to the other states, which will create shortage of oxygen in the state, jeopardising the treatment of Covid patients. "In 2020, the WHO had told...

New Delhi: The Indian Spinal Injuries Centre (ISIC) in Delhi's Vasant Kunj became the latest government and private hospitals in the capital to flag the dire need of oxygen for its admitted patients. In a statement, ISIC said that its present oxygen stocks will not...