The students have been admitted to Tiruppur Government Medical College Hospital, while samples of other students have been taken, health officials said A week after the reopening of schools for classes 10 and 12, three class 12 students, studying at a government school near Kangeyam in Tiruppur district, tested positive for COVID-19 on Monday, the […]
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Punjab: The case of the falling COVID numbers in Chandigarh
“We have to remember that the first shot of the vaccine won’t give the immunity desired, it’s only after the second dose that our immunity levels will go up, but not 100 per cent," said Medical Superintendent Dr VK Nagpal. The New Year started on a healthy note, with only 35 new Covid positive cases […]
Chaos as Indian shuttlers in Bangkok go through Covid scare, later cleared to play
According to the BWF, the Thailand Public Health Ministry’s six-member “working group” of doctors initially determined that Nehwal and Prannoy, and a German player, had “tested positive on the PCR test”. But they also said that the players’ “antibody IgG was positive”. IT WAS a harrowing day for Indian shuttlers at the Super 1000 in […]
Bengaluru receives first Covishield vaccine consignment of 6.47 lakh doses
The vaccine will be first administered to the registered 6.6 lakh healthcare workers apart from other frontline workers Karnataka on Tuesday finally received its first consignment of COVID-19 vaccine. The consignment comprising 54 boxes of 6.47 lakh doses of Covishield vaccine reached Bengaluru airport by Spicejet airlines around 11.40 a.m. The vaccine consignment weighing 1,728 […]
SC cites Tablighi event, asks whether protesting farmers safe from Covid
The Supreme Court on Thursday cited a large congregation at the Tablighi Jamaat’s headquarters in Delhi in March that was blamed for a sharp increase in Covid-19 infections and asked the Centre what guidelines had been put in place to prevent a similar situation at the farmers’ protest sites on the Capital’s borders. It issued […]
BJP lawmaker takes part in Covaxin trial in Patna
Ruling Bharatiya Janata Party lawmaker Sanjiv Chaurasia participated in the phase III trials of Covaxin, Bharat Biotech International Limited’s locally developed vaccine for Covid-19, at Patna’s All India Institute of Medical Sciences on Tuesday. He will be administered the second trial dose after 28 days, said Dr CM Singh, principal investigator of the trial. Chaurasia […]
Anthony Fauci: US could soon give 1 million vaccinations a day
It's an optimistic prediction considering the logistical hurdles facing states and counties as they struggle to administer rationed vaccine supplies amid rising COVID-19 hospitalisations. The US could soon be giving at least a million COVID-19 vaccinations a day despite the sluggish start, Dr Anthony Fauci has said, even as he warned of a dangerous next […]
L-G adviser reviews arrangements for vaccination in J&K
Adviser to Lieutenant Governor Rajeev Rai Bhatnagar on Monday reviewed arrangements for smooth implementation of Covid-19 vaccination plan across Jammu and Kashmir at a high-level meeting. The meeting was attended by financial commissioner health and medical education Atal Dulloo, National Health Mission director for J&K Bhupinder Kumar, JK Medical Supplies Corporation managing director Dr Yashpal […]
Consultation meetings on reopening of schools to be held till Jan 8, Minister says
After the consultation meetings, the Chief Minister will hold a discussion with the School Education Department and Health Department and take a decision on reopening of schools, School Education Minister K.A. Sengottaiyan said Consultation meetings with parents, students and educationalists on the reopening of schools will be held from January 4 to 8 after which […]
Only 28% Pune schools submit Covid precautionary report ahead of reopening
Till Saturday, only 28 per cent schools in the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) limits have submitted comprehensive precautionary details ahead of school reopening from January 4. Moreover, only 32 per cent of parents have given consent letters to send their children to school from January 4. The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) stands firm on their […]