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Covid-19 crisis: Industry welcomes investments in health care sector

They also said the industry also needed support in view of the headwinds it faced due to Covid-19 pandemic

Ayushman Bharat beneficiaries cross 10 mn-mark; PM congratulates nation

In September 2018, PM Modi had launched the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana-Ayushman Bharat

Ending quarantine for healthcare workers a 'non-scientific approach': AIIMS

Shortening quarantine duration and denying healthcare workers testing on day 5-7 after duty will be a deadly combination, may derail India's battle against pandemic, say AIIMS resident doctors

China's Covid-19 vaccine shows promising results in early trials: Report

The trial was conducted by researchers at several laboratories and included 108 participants aged 18-60

Financial uncertainty, health concerns and boredom: What's on India's mind

Many people are complaining of relapse of mental health conditions, financial uncertainties; experts fear this could be a crisis in the making

Collect nasal samples for Covid test before moving bodies to mortuary: ICMR

The body must be identified through the plastic bag, without opening the bag, and it must be done in the presence of law enforcing agencies

Covid-19 Factoid: India's case count doubled to 100,000 in just 12 days

The country had taken 96 days to reach the 50,000 mark; in another worrying sign, the death toll in India is doubling at a faster pace than in the 10 most affected nations

Herd immunity can work only when there is vaccination also: Medical experts

I do not know why many literate people are thinking we are immune to the virus. This approach is depressing, says Dr Chatterjee

E-learning to be new normal as govt plans TV channel for schoolkids

Infectious disease hospital blocks to come up in all districts; public health labs to manage pandemics

India coronavirus dispatch: Lessons for a future after the pandemic is over

Fighting the disease in communities, seven lessons for the world after the pandemic, and what it means for Covid-19 to never go away and become an endemic

Covid-19: Total 8 vaccine candidates are in clinical trial stage, says WHO

On Saturday, Chinese health official, Zhang Wenhong said a successful vaccine against the coronavirus can be administered to humans as early as March in 2021.

Covid-19 Factoid: India is now the third most-affected country in Asia

Brazil adds more than 15,000 cases in a day while Maharashtra has the highest infection rate in the country and India continues to have an upward trajectory

Govt issues advisory for managing health care workers in hospitals

The nodal officer will ensure that health care workers in different settings of hospital shall use PPEs appropriate to their risk profile as detailed in the guidelines issued by ministry

Uttar Pradesh govt seeks details of people buying medicines for fever, cold

They have also been instructed to update the information on the state's Health and Family Welfare Department website, every day by 5 pm

Roads plus health care

Build highways, but don't ignore medical infrastructure

India coronavirus dispatch: The search for a cure, and India's response

From the SARS-CoV-2 strain in India, to migrant workers in this lockdown, and whether ultraviolet light can help detect and kill coronavirus - read these and more in today's India dispatch

Hong Kong eases lockdown as no local Covid-19 transmission seen in 19 days

While gyms, beauty salons, bars, restaurants and other such public places have been reopened, saunas, karaoke lounges, party rooms and nightclubs would remain closed for at least another two weeks

India coronavirus dispatch: Can RWAs really stop maids from coming to work?

From Mumbai migrant workers' struggle to get home, to rethinking school education, and why the coronavirus test costs Rs 4,500 in India - read these and more in today's dispatch

Covid-19: Work places will have to follow these rules during Lockdown 3.0

According to the National Directives for Covid-19 Management, wearing of a face cover is compulsory at all work places

Covid-19 Lockdown 3.0: Check what is allowed in your area, and what is not

The Union Ministry of Home Affairs has issued detailed guidelines specifying the activities allowed and not allowed in the three zones