HEALTH

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

COVID-19: Delhi records highest spike in cases in 67 days; death count 4,500

9:36 pm September 3, 2020

New Delhi: Delhi recorded 2,737 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, the city’s highest single-day spike in 67 days, taking the infection tally to over 1.82 lakh, while the death toll mounted to 4,500, authorities said. This is the third successive day in September in which over 2,000 new cases have been reported. According to the […]

Do you need mask if driving or cycling alone? Health Ministry official says no such guidelines

7:55 pm September 3, 2020

New Delhi: The Union Health Ministry has not issued any guidelines recommending wearing of a mask if someone is driving a car or cycling alone, a top government official said on Thursday. However, if someone is exercising, cycling or jogging in a group, they should wear masks and maintain social distancing so as not to infect each […]

Pulse polio drive in 13 Haryana districts

UN says new polio outbreak in Sudan caused by oral vaccine

6:23 pm September 2, 2020

London: The World Health Organisation says a new polio outbreak in Sudan is linked to an ongoing vaccine-sparked epidemic in Chad — a week after the UN health agency declared the African continent free of the wild polio virus. In a statement this week, WHO said two children in Sudan — one from South Darfur state and the other from Gedarif state, close to the border with Ethiopia and Eritrea — were paralysed in March […]

Men have 30 pc higher risk of dying from COVID-19 than women: Study

College students’ mental health worst-hit by COVID lockdown: Study

7:14 pm August 29, 2020

New Delhi: A mental health study done on over 8,000 individuals found that college students were the most affected by the novel coronavirus pandemic and the lockdown. Conducted by YourDost, an online mental health platform, the study found that the second worst-affected segment of people was working professionals. They were not affected at the beginning […]

UP: COVID-19 takes toll on mental health

3:31 pm August 29, 2020

Lucknow: At a village in Barabanki district, 37-year-old Vivek allegedly poisoned his wife and three children and then took his own life. And some 250 km away in Banda, migrant labourers Chutku and Rambabu killed themselves in their native villages. The three cases tell the stories of people unable to cope with the stress, often […]