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Data story: India logs 25,920 new cases; active tally drops below 300,000

India has so far administered 1,746,499,461 vaccine doses. That is 4082.49 per cent of its total caseload, and 124.65 per cent of its population

G20 nations seek sustainable financing scheme for future pandemic response

Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman pointed out that low and middle-income countries do not have enough resources to deal with the pandemic and need global support.

Gulf healthcare market saturated; opportunity lies in India: Azad Moopen

Azad Moopen in an interview said "We have already reached 27% of our YTD Ebitda from India, and we aim to gradually bring it up to 35-40% as we move forward"

Data story: India logs 30,757 new cases; death toll rises to 510,413

India has so far administered 1,742,436,288 vaccine doses. That is 4075.46 per cent of its total caseload, and 124.36 per cent of its population

Data story: India logs 30,615 new cases; active tally drops below 400,000

India has so far administered 1,738,681,675 vaccine doses. That is 4069.6 per cent of its total caseload, and 124.09 per cent of its population

Azad Moopen on Aster's India expansion plans and more

In an interview with Business Standard's Sohini Das, Chairman and MD of Aster DM Healthcare, Azad Moopen, shares his expansion plan in India. It will soon open its sixth hospital in Kerala. Listen in

Data story: India logs 27,409 new cases; test positivity rate drops to 2.2%

India has so far administered 1,734,262,440 vaccine doses. That is 4062.17 per cent of its total caseload, and 123.78 per cent of its population

Puducherry Covid-19 update: 52 new coronavirus cases reported in 24 hours

Meanwhile, one more patient - a 71-year old man hailing from Puducherry - succumbed to the infection pushing the death toll to 1,958

Asia Healthcare Holdings raises $170 mn from Singapore's GIC

To date, Asia Healthcare Holdings has invested approximately $200 million across single specialty healthcare enterprises in oncology, mother and child care, and fertility.

Data story: India logs 34,113 new cases; active tally drops below 500,000

India has so far administered 1,729,587,490 vaccine doses. That is 4053.82 per cent of its total caseload, and 123.44 per cent of its population

Data story: India logs 44,877 new cases; death toll rises to 508,665

India has so far administered 1,728,149,447 vaccine doses. That is 4053.69 per cent of its total caseload, and 123.34 per cent of its population

Data story: India logs 50,407 new cases; test positivity rate drops to 3.5%

India has so far administered 1,722,947,688 vaccine doses. That is 4045.75 per cent of its total caseload, and 122.97 per cent of its population

Data story: India logs 58,077 new cases; active cases see steady decline

India has so far administered 1,717,951,432 vaccine doses. That is 4038.8 per cent of its total caseload, and 122.61 per cent of its population

Covid vaccination pace for 15-17 age group slows down further: Data

At the current pace, child vaccinations may only be complete by the end of the year. India has 83.3 million children in the 12-14 age group who are yet to be vaccinated

Data story: India logs 67,084 new cases; death toll rises to 506,520

India has so far administered 1,712,819,947 vaccine doses. That is 4032.24 per cent of its total caseload, and 122.25 per cent of its population

New Covid wave batters Afghanistan's crumbling health care

At Kabul's only Covid-19 treatment hospital, staff can only heat the building at night because of lack of fuel, even as winter temperatures drop below freezing during the day.

Data story: India logs 71,365 new cases; active cases drop below 900,000

India has so far administered 1,708,706,705 vaccine doses. That is 4028.92 per cent of its total caseload, and 121.95 per cent of its population

Covid-19 increases risk of heart conditions up to a year later: Study

People who have had COVID-19 are at increased risk of developing cardiovascular complications within the first month to a year after infection, according to a study conducted in the US.

Data story: India logs 67,597 cases; active cases drop below 1-mn mark

India has so far administered 1,702,172,615 vaccine doses. That is 4020.28 per cent of its total caseload, and 121.49 per cent of its population

Low-cost blood thinning drug may potentially treat, prevent Covid-19: Study

A widely available and affordable blood thinning drug, heparin, limits lung damage when inhaled by COVID-19 patients, and may also prevent infection from the SARS-CoV-2 virus