Follow the science: UN plans for a stronger pandemic recovery
Jan 30, 2021, at 04:24 pm
Funders responsible for more than $100 million of annual global research investments joined the deputy UN chief Amina Mohammed on Friday to discuss how to unify research efforts, and use science to recover effectively from the COVID-19 pandemic.
West Bengal: India Vision Institute and partners try to bring good vision to Durgapur, Kolkata
Jan 30, 2021, at 06:44 am
Kolkata: India Vision Institute (IVI), a not-for-profit working across India on vision care, provided access to screening and free spectacles to underprivileged communities in several areas in West Bengal for two days.
Meghalaya Health Minister inaugurates Rangshken Health Sub-Centre
Jan 30, 2021, at 01:08 am
Shillong/IBNS: Meghalaya Health & Family Welfare Minister A L Hek on Friday inaugurated the Rangshken Health Sub-Centre under Mawphlang CHC in the presence of local MLA Samlin Malngiang and Dr. A Warr DHS (MI).
India records 18,855 new cases of coronavirus, 163 deaths
Jan 29, 2021, at 04:39 pm
New Delhi/UNI: India recorded 18,855 fresh cases of COVID-19 during the past 24 hours, pushing the country's overall caseload to 1.07 crore while the death toll soared to 1,54,010 with 163 fresh fatalities.
UN chief receives COVID-19 vaccine in New York
Jan 29, 2021, at 03:40 pm
New York: The UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, received his first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine on Thursday, at Adlai E. Stevenson High School in The Bronx, a few miles uptown from UN Headquarters in New York.
Three new COVID-19 variants circulate in 14 countries in the Americas - Health Agency
Jan 29, 2021, at 02:23 pm
Washington/Sputnik: Three coronavirus mutated strains now active in the Western Hemisphere pose a threat of heightened contagion and severity of COVID-19, the UN-affiliated Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) said.
India reports less than 12,000 Covid-19 cases in 24 hours
Jan 28, 2021, at 04:20 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Maintaining the steady decline in Novel Coronavirus infections, India on Thursday reported less than 12,000 Covid-19 cases besides 123 deaths.
India’s daily recoveries outnumber daily new cases since last 20 days
Jan 27, 2021, at 10:03 pm
New Delhi: The daily recovered cases in India continue to surpass the daily new cases. The daily recoveries have overtaken the daily new cases since last 20 days, the Ministry of Health said on Wednesday.
CK Birla Hospitals, Kolkata- CMRI & BMB administers Covishield to health workers
Jan 27, 2021, at 08:16 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: CK Birla Hospitals, Kolkata – CMRI & BMB has started dispensing and administering the first dose of Covid-19 vaccines from Jan 25.
Climate litigation spikes, giving courts an ‘essential role’ in addressing climate crisis
Jan 27, 2021, at 07:38 pm
New York: A rise in climate litigation cases has made courtrooms increasingly important as a venue for addressing climate change around the world, according to a report released on Tuesday by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP).
UN health agency panel issues key guidance on second COVID vaccine doses
Jan 27, 2021, at 07:29 pm
New York: A World Health Organization (WHO) expert panel issued its first guidance on the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday, saying that it should ideally be given to people in two separate doses, 28 days apart. In exceptional circumstances this period could be extended to 42 days, said WHO’s advisory group of experts on immunization, SAGE, amid supply shortages affecting many countries.
Sikkim records six new Coronavirus cases
Jan 27, 2021, at 04:06 pm
Gangtok/UNI: Sikkim recorded six new Coronavirus positive cases in the last 24 hours, an official said here today.
India records 12689 COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours
Jan 27, 2021, at 03:12 pm
New Delhi: India registered 12,689 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, as per Ministry of Health released data on Wednesday.
More than 15,000 COVID19 vaccine inoculations done in Jammu and Kashmir
Jan 26, 2021, at 10:52 pm
Srinagar: Financial Commissioner Health and Medical Education, AtalDulloo Monday said that marching briskly towards its target of inoculating 1,12,893 healthcare workers, J&K had already inoculated about 15,403 workers in more than 100 sessions conducted across J&K.
India's COVID19 daily case count touches new low
Jan 26, 2021, at 10:03 pm
New Delhi: India's COVID-19 daily case count touched new low on Tuesday as the figure stood at 9,102.
Amidst surging COVID numbers, WHO chief urges: ‘take heart and take action’
Jan 26, 2021, at 04:00 pm
New York: The sheer scale of the numbers involved in the COVID-19 pandemic can “make us numb to what they represent”, the UN health agency chief said on Monday, reminding journalists in his latest briefing, that each one stands for “a person, a story”. As of late Monday, confirmed cases were nearing 99 million, and yet another grim milestone as 100 million cases looms.
New COVID-19 strains ‘poised to unleash’ more severe infections – Security Council hear
Jan 26, 2021, at 03:40 pm
New York: Since September, the devastation wrought by the COVID-19 pandemic has deepened, infecting close to 100 million people, costing more than $3 trillion in lost wages and intensifying obstacles for peace and security around the world, the UN political chief told the Security Council on Monday.
India registers 9102 daily COVID-19 cases, lowest since June
Jan 26, 2021, at 03:27 pm
New Delhi: India recorded the lowest daily count of COVID-19 cases since June as the country witnessed 9,102 fresh cases in the past 24 hours, as per the Ministry of Health released data on Tuesday.
Scale up funding for climate adaptation programmes, Guterres urges
Jan 26, 2021, at 03:07 pm
New York: The UN Secretary-General on Monday called for urgent scaling up of funds for climate change adaptation and resilience building programmes, so they can offer real and lasting protection against the impact of major events such as droughts, floods and rising sea-levels.
India steadily sustains its trajectory of very low Active Cases: Ministry of Health
Jan 25, 2021, at 10:54 pm
New Delhi: India’s active caseload has fallen to 1.84 lakh (1,84,182), as per data released by the Ministry of Health on Monday.
Eight addiction treatment facilities in pipeline for Jammu & Kashmir
Jan 25, 2021, at 10:13 pm
Srinagar: In order to contain the growing substance abuse in J&K, the UT Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with AIIMS New Delhi for setting up Addiction Treatment Facilities (ATF) across eight districts.
Better post-surgical care would boost cancer survival chances: Study
Jan 25, 2021, at 09:45 pm
London: Patients’ chances of survival after cancer surgery is strongly linked with the standard of post-operation hospital care, a major international study suggests.
India registers 13,203 new COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours
Jan 25, 2021, at 03:22 pm
New Delhi: India reported 13,203 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, taking the number of cases registered in the country to 1,06,67,736.
Newborns still without approved COVID-19 treatment: Russian Health Ministry Guidelines
Jan 25, 2021, at 03:10 pm
Moscow/Sputnik: There is still no treatment against the coronavirus infection for newborns, according to recommendations for pregnant women released by the Russian Health Ministry.
COVID-19 more prevalent among pregnant women than in general population: Russian Health Ministry
Jan 25, 2021, at 02:35 pm
Moscow/Sputnik: Pregnant women suffer from the coronavirus infection more often than the general population as a whole, according to recommendations released by the Russian Health Ministry.
Bangladesh registers 20 COVID-19 deaths in past 24 hours
Jan 25, 2021, at 01:29 am
Dhaka: Bangladesh registered 20 COVID-19 related deaths in the past 24 hours, media reports said on Sunday.
India’s active caseload further contracts to 1.84 lakhs
Jan 24, 2021, at 10:20 pm
New Delhi: India continues on its steady trajectory of reporting a sustained downfall in the daily new cases and consequential decline in the active cases, as per Ministry of Health data released on Sunday.
COVID-19: Death toll in Bangladesh crosses 8000
Jan 24, 2021, at 12:08 am
Dhaka: The total number of deaths due to COVID-19 virus in Bangladesh has now crossed 8000-mark, media reports said.
Hong Kong locks down nearly 10,000 people in Coronavirus-hit district: Reports
Jan 23, 2021, at 10:31 pm
Moscow/Sputnik: Hong Kong authorities on Saturday issued a two-day lockdown on some 10,000 residents of the densely populated Yau Tsim Mong district, seeking to stem a spike in COVID-19 transmissions, media reported.
India's active COVID-19 caseload drops to 1.85 lakh
Jan 23, 2021, at 09:55 pm
New Delhi: India’s total Active Caseload continues to manifest sustained downward movement. It has dropped to 1.85 lakh (1,85,662) on Saturday, as per government released data.