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Over 55 NSG personnel have tested Covid-19 positive; combat commandos safe

Some among them have recovered while some personnel among the positive cases were asymptomatic and detected only after contact tracing and testing, they said

Focus on house-to-house survey, prompt testing: Health min to civic bodies

In terms of infrastructure and human resource management for containment of Covid-19, the Health Ministry said proper planning for health infrastructure should be taken up

Religious places gear up to reopen from June 8 amid uptick in Covid cases

Prasad, flowers and other items of rituals will be banned, thermal guns will be used to screen people

Few pvt Delhi hospitals doing 'black marketing of Covid-19 beds': Kejriwal

The government is talking to the owners of private hospitals to determine their problems in reserving 20 per cent of their beds for Covid-19 patients, he said

Tamil Nadu govt caps coronavirus treatment charges in private hospitals

The per day charges for treatment in Intensive Care Units shall not exceed Rs 15,000

Serum Institute risks making Covid vaccine before trial at new $100 mn unit

AstraZeneca deal with SII is for supply of a billion doses, with a commitment to provide 400 mn before 2020-end. If all goes well, India could have its first set of Covid-19 vaccines by end of year

India records highest single day jump of 9,304 coronavirus cases

India is seventh among the countries worst hit by the Covid-19 pandemic after the US, Brazil, Russia, the UK, Spain and Italy

Covid-positive man dies after being 'denied' treatment at Delhi hospital

Authorities at LNJP Hospital, a dedicated Covid-19 facility, denied the charge, and said the patient was 'brought dead'

Steep death graph, no peak yet: Why India is behind the curve on Covid-19

While the mortality rate seems to be plateauing in UK , Spain and Italy after peaking, in India he bad news is that it hasn't reached the high point after which it can start tapering off

Air India makes it mandatory for crew to check pre-flight Covid-19 results

An Air India flight from Delhi to Moscow with no passenger on-board was asked to return midway on Saturday after its ground staff realised that one of the pilots of the plane had tested positive

Coronavirus: 99% of Mumbai's ICU beds are occupied, says civic body

Seventy-two per cent of 373 ventilators in the city were in use

71% think govt's stimulus package will lead to economic recovery: Study

Even though a majority support the economic package, fewer than half see it benefitting them personally

ICMR asks states to revise cost of Covid-19 test; material cost may reduce

India has reported a total number of 1,51,767 cases of coronavirus, of which 64,425 have been cured/discharged while 4,337 have lost their lives

India cancels orders for Chinese Covid-19 test kits, says won't lose money

States must stop using rapid antibody test kits procured from Guangzhou Wondfo Biotech and Zhuhai Livzon Diagnostics, said ICMR

PM 'low key', cannot be seen now that lockdown has failed: Rahul Gandhi

Demands to know govt's plan after May 31; fears the pandemic will spread manifold in a "non-lockdown situation"

Covid-19: Hamdard Labs to conduct clinical trials of immunity booster

The Ministry of AYUSH has invited inputs from Ayush practitioners and institutions including colleges, universities, hospitals, research institutes

Home healthcare sees larger role amid Covid-19, seeks insurance coverage

Covid-19 has expanded the market for home healthcare providers, enabling them to provide both at-home healthcare and remote healthcare, apart from reaching out to corporates

India reports 6,977 new Covid-19 cases in a day, death toll crosses 4,000

Summer heat not enough to kill coronavirus as cases mount over the past few days

'Treat citizens' wealth as national resource': Economists for tough steps in Covid-19 fight

Yogendra Yadav later clarified that the suggestion to treat all private assets as national resources had been wrongly interpreted as nationalisation of private property

Lancet study finds no benefit for hydroxychloroquine in Covid-19 patients

The scientists said these drugs should not be used to treat Covid-19 patients outside of clinical trials until results from randomised clinical trials are available to confirm their safety