HEALTH

Costa Rica seeks unity for COVID fight as WHO assembly looms

WHO welcomes joint efforts with India to fight COVID-19

2:49 pm April 16, 2020

United Nations: WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has welcomed the world health body’s cooperation with India to leverage strategies that helped the country win its war against polio into the response to COVID-19 outbreak, saying such joint efforts will help defeat the pandemic. The World Health Organization (WHO) has said it will work with India’s […]

Would have had 8.2L cases by April 15 without lockdown: Govt

9:29 pm April 11, 2020

New Delhi: Stressing the role of lockdown and other containment steps in limiting coronavirus infection, the Union Health Ministry said, here on Saturday, without measures in place Covid-19 cases could have spiralled to 8.2 lakh by April 15. Without these steps, Covid-19 cases could have registered a 41 per cent cumulative increase to in 8.2 […]

Govt considers request to extend lockdown by 2 weeks more

9:16 pm April 11, 2020

New Delhi: The Centre is considering a request made by most states to extend the ongoing nationwide lockdown by two weeks beyond April 14, the government said on Saturday after Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacted with chief ministers and told them the focus should be now on ensuring health as well as prosperity of the […]

Health ministry's telemedicine service eSanjeevani completes 9 lakh consultations

What’s basis for Ayurveda treatment on COVID-19 patients? GFP

12:50 am April 10, 2020

Panaji: Hours after Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant claimed that COVID-19 patients in the state were being treated with Ayurveda, Goa Forward Party (GFP) president Vijai Sardesai sough to know whether some kind of experiment was being done on the patients. The former minister sought to know what line of Ayurveda treatment was being administered […]

US to donate ventilators to India to fight coronavirus: Trump

Trump thanks India on HCQ decision, says will not be forgotten

2:35 am April 9, 2020

Washington: US President Donald Trump on Wednesday thanked India for Prime Minister Narendra Modi‘s decision to allow the export of malaria drug Hydroxychloroquine to the United States. Extraordinary times require even closer cooperation between friends. Thank you India and the Indian people for the decision on HCQ. Will not be forgotten! Trump said in a […]