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As Covid-19 cases surge, telemedicine may address doctor shortage

Hospitals are also training doctors to become intensivists

Covid-19 Factoid: India overtakes Iran to have highest death toll in Asia

Maharashtra still has the highest growth rate among states; UP has the slowest growth rate in cases.

India Coronavirus Dispatch: Why are hospitals bent on testing all patients?

Roundup of news in Indian publications on how India is dealing with Covid-19--cases in South Asia rising at fastest rate, widespread facemask use prevents further wave of virus, Dharavi's war on virus

Delhi LG directs Chief Secretary to ensure all hospitals display availability of beds at entry point

The availability of beds, both COVID and non-COVID, and the charges for the same, including those for rooms or beds and details of the contact person for admission, should also be out on display

Irdai asks insurers, TPAs to disclose infra details of hospitals in network

Insurers and TPAs have been asked to provide details of medical infrastructure of hospitals

SAIL partners Apollo for healthcare services to employees, their families

Earlier, the company had also announced its partnership with Max Healthcare after some SAIL employees tested positive for the virus at the company's Headquarters

What are antibody therapies and who is developing them for Covid-19?

Eli Lilly is collaborating with Junshi and Canadian biotech firm AbCellera Biologics to develop different antibody treatments

Naresh Trehan, 15 others booked over Medicity land allotment in Gurgaon

The case was lodged at the Sadar police station on Friday and the accused have been booked under sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, Prevention of Corruption Act, according to the FIR.

Covid-19 Factoid: Pace of rise in global death toll is declining steadily

In India, Jharkhand is seeing a sudden spike in daily new cases. Almost half of all its 1,028 confirmed cases have come since May 29

Covid-19 Factoid: Other worst-hit hit nations flatten the curve, but India cases rise

Growth curve in the US is flattening; Brazil and Russia are also showing early signs of descent

Record single-day spike of 9,971 Covid-19 cases in last 24 hours in India

The number of active Covid-19 cases stands at 1,20,406, according to the Health Ministry

WHO finally endorses masks to prevent transmission

Since the beginning of the pandemic, surprisingly, the WHO had refused to endorse masks

Covid-19 opportunity for India to speed up Ayushman Bharat, says WHO chief

After India, Pakistan is the worst affected in South Asia with 89,249 Covid-19 cases, and 1,935 fatalities

Trump says India, China will have more Covid-19 cases with more tests

India has so far conducted over 4 million tests, according to the health ministry; Trump says number in US is 20 million

India coronavirus dispatch: Visualising a response moving forward

From patients struggling to find hospital beds, to the crisis moving to India's rural areas, and what a new study says about hydroxychloroquine - read these and more in today's India dispatch

BS Covid-19 tracker: A comparison of lockdowns in India and Sweden

The BS Covid-19 tracker charts the spread of the pandemic in India, its neighbourhood, and the rest of the world

Malaria drug Trump used to prevent Covid-19 found ineffective in major test

Hydroxychloroquine did not seem to cause serious harm but was no better than placebo pills, says medical journal.

Policymakers played catch-up, lacked effective strategy: Covid task force

The senior member also said that implementation of the lockdown, meant to contain the spread, was treated more as a law and order issue than a public health one

Max Healthcare says will become second largest healthcare chain by revenue

Max India completes merger of Radiant Life's hospital assets with self

Govt mulls ban on loose edible oil sales post Covid-19 over health concerns

The ban, if imposed, would affect the poor consumer who buys his requirement in rupee terms from his daily wages, not by weight