Coronavirus

Hyderabad: He has been inspired by actor Sonu Sood’s goodwill gestures during tough times. A swimmer who saved several people from drowning in the historic Hussainsagar Lake here, started Tuesday the ‘Sonu Sood Ambulance Service’. Shiva, a swimmer, said he saved over 100 people from...

New Delhi: Of the total people vaccinated against COVID-19 so far, the government said Tuesday that a miniscule 0.18 per cent were adverse events following immunization. The Health Ministry said 0.002 per cent people had to be hospitalised which is fairly low. Addressing a press...

Bangalore: A 43-year-old health department worker in Karnataka died of a massive heart attack Monday. His demise came two days after he was administered COVID-19 vaccine, the government said. The deceased, Nagaraju of Ballari district, was a permanent employee of health department. He was vaccinated...

New Delhi: Healthcare workers here are taking into consideration the experience of colleagues who have received COVID-19 vaccination. They are also scouring newspapers and the Internet for information on possible side-effects before going for the COVID-19 vaccine. Also, many healthcare workers have chosen not to...

New Delhi: The Union Health Ministry said Monday that a total of 3,81,305 beneficiaries have so far been vaccinated for coronavirus. It said that so far 580 adverse reactions have been found in people vaccinated. The Health Ministry also reported that all those who suffered...

Mumbai: Actor Varun Dhawan is set to tie the knot Sunday with his long-time girlfriend, fashion designer Natasha Dalal, according to sources close to the family. Varun Dhawan and Natasha were supposed to get married last year also. But the outbreak of the pandemic coronavirus...

Moradabad/Lucknow: A 46-year-old health worker died a day after receiving the coronavirus vaccination. However, the autopsy report attributed his death to ‘cardio-pulmonary disease’, officials said Monday. The health worker has been identified as Mahipal Singh. His family said he was not suffering from any ailment...

Sundargarh: Two security personnel posted at Sundargarh district headquarters hospital (DHH) have fallen ill after receiving COVID-19 vaccine shots. Dubraj Rana and Manas Karali complained of uneasiness a day after receiving the injections. They have been admitted to the hospital and are being kept under...

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court was Monday told that megastar Amitabh Bachchan's voice has been removed from the caller tune on precautions against coronavirus and therefore, nothing remains in the PIL which sought its removal. The submission was made before a bench of Chief...

Bhubaneswar: Encouraged by over 85 per cent immunisation on the first day of the COVID-19 vaccination programme, Odisha government has formulated a strategy to increase the number of people getting COVID-19 jabs, a senior official said. As per the strategy all medical colleges, both government...