Four international travellers test COVID positive in Tamil Nadu
Chennai: Four international travellers who returned from China and Dubai have tested COVID positive at the Madurai and Chennai international airports on Wednesday.
IBNS•Dec 28, 2022
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UN chief issues global ‘wake-up call’ on Day of Epidemic Preparedness
New York: Three years ago this month, the virus that causes COVID-19 was first detected, the UN chief reminded on Tuesday, the International Day of Epidemic Preparedness.
IBNS•Dec 28, 2022
2022 Year In health: New Ebola and cholera outbreaks, mpox emergency, COVID-19 ‘not over’
New York: The UN warned that the COVID-19 pandemic is still a cause for global concern, and outbreaks of cholera, Ebola and Monkeypox (now renamed mpox) led to the mobilization of health and aid workers to contain life-threatening illnesses.
IBNS•Dec 28, 2022
Assam: Health Department conducts Covid-19 mock drill in Government and Private Health Institutions
Guwahati: In line with the Covid-19 mock drill held all over the country, the Health Department, Assam has successfully conducted the mock drill in the state.
IBNS•Dec 27, 2022
Japan govt imposing mandatory Covid-19 testing for arrivals from China: Reports
Tokyo: Mandatory testing for COVID-19 is being introduced by the Japanese government from December 30 upon arrival for travelers from China due to an increase in the number of confirmed cases there, Japanese media reported on Tuesday.
IBNS•Dec 27, 2022
India fully prepared to deal with any Covid-19 eventuality: Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya
New Delhi/UNI: Union health minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Tuesday said the country was fully prepared to deal with any eventuality, if the Covid-19 cases spike once again in the country.
IBNS•Dec 27, 2022
Covid-19: Hospitals across country to hold mock drills to tackle any spike
New Delhi/IBNS: Hospitals across the country will be holding mock drills on Tuesday to assess their preparedness to tackle any Covid-19 spike, media reports said.
IBNS•Dec 27, 2022
Philippines floods: Death toll touches 13
Manila: The death toll from heavy rain and floods triggered by shear lines in the Philippines has climbed to 13, said the government's disaster agency on Tuesday.
IBNS•Dec 27, 2022
Death toll due to heavy winter storm across US rises to 50
Washington: At least 50 people had died in the United States by Monday morning as a result of heavy winter storm-related incidents, media reported.
IBNS•Dec 27, 2022
Four foreigners found Corona positive in Bihar
Gaya: Four foreigners were found Corona positive in Bodh Gaya of Bihar who had come to participate in Kalchakra puja and discourse of Tibetan religious head Dalai Lama.
IBNS•Dec 26, 2022
Kolkata: Suspected COVID-19 British national sent to isolation ward
Kolkata: A British national, who was on his way to Gaya via Kolkata, was on Monday taken to a city hospital after being detected with Coronavirus-19 during a random check at the airport, official sources confirmed.
IBNS•Dec 26, 2022
Hetero’s Covid-19 oral drug 'Paxlovid' to receive WHO prequalification
Hyderabad: Hetero, a pharmaceutical company, on Monday announced the receipt of World Health Organization Prequalification of Medicines Program (WHO PQ) approval for its generic version of COVID-19 oral antiviral treatment candidate nirmatrelvir.
IBNS•Dec 26, 2022
Leaked document shows Chinese health officials estimate 248 million people contracted COVID-19 infection in December:Report
Beijing: China might have witnessed 248 million people, or nearly 18 percent of the total population, contracting COVID-19 during the first 20 days of December, a leaked document has shown.
IBNS•Dec 25, 2022
Agra: China-returnee tests COVID-19 positive, sample sent for genome sequencing
Agra: A man, who returned from China on Friday, has tested positive for COVID-19 in Agra, media reports said.
IBNS•Dec 25, 2022
Centre asks states to hold mock drills at health facilities amid Covid spike in China
New Delhi/IBNS: As the Covid-19 cases are on a spike in China setting off an alarm, the Centre has asked states to hold mock drills at health facilities to ensure swift response if Covid cases in the country surge again.
IBNS•Dec 25, 2022
Centre focuses on oxygen supply, ventilators in fresh advisory to states on Covid management
New Delhi/IBNS: The Centre has asked the states and Union Territories to focus on reliable medical oxygen supply in its fresh guidelines for pandemic management amid a massive surge in Covid-19 cases in China.
IBNS•Dec 24, 2022
WMO releases ‘tell-tale signs’ of extreme weather conditions around the world
New York: From extreme floods to heat and drought, weather and climate-related disasters have affected millions and cost billions this year, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Friday, describing the “tell-tale signs and impacts” of intensified climate change.
IBNS•Dec 24, 2022
Toronto surpasses target for 2020 Greenhouse Gas Emissions, calls for ambitious future targets
Toronto/IBNS: 2020 Sector-based Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions Inventory, which tracks Toronto’s progress towards its GHG reduction targets has been released showing the city's community-wide emissions in 2020 was 43 per cent lower than in 1990, which exceeds the 2020 target of a 30 per cent reduction.
IBNS•Dec 23, 2022
Millions of Afghan children inoculated against measles, polio in 1st Statewide drive since 2021 transition
New York: Millions of Afghan children have been vaccinated during the first nationwide integrated measles and polio campaign in Afghanistan since the Taliban took power in August 2021, the UN health agency said on Thursday.
IBNS•Dec 23, 2022
India is doing fine at the moment but China will see lots and lots of infections, says virologist on current COVD-19 situation
New Delhi: Virologist Gagandeep Kang on Friday said India is currently doing fine but China, which is witnessing a surge in COVID-19 cases, will experience 'lots and lots of infections'.
IBNS•Dec 23, 2022
WHO’s Tedros recaps challenging year, appeals for more information on COVID spread in China
New York: The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) expressed concern on Wednesday over the evolving COVID-19 situation in China, saying the UN agency continued to receive increasing reports of severe continuous disease across the country.
IBNS•Dec 23, 2022
Govt approved Bharat Biotech's nasal anti-Covid vaccine: Reports
New Delhi/IBNS/UNI: The central government has approved Bharat Biotech's nasal vaccine against Covid-19 amid the fresh scare of a surge in infections, media reports said.
IBNS•Dec 23, 2022
Coronavirus, drug overdose deaths push US life expectancy to lowest since 1996
Los Angeles: The increase in Covid-19 and drug overdose deaths have pushed US life expectancy to the lowest level since 1996, according to a new report released by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
IBNS•Dec 23, 2022
Bharat Biotech's nasal Covid vaccine to be introduced as booster dose
New Delhi/IBNS: Bharat Biotech’s nasal Covid vaccine, iNCOVACC, will be introduced as a booster dose as the government gears up to avert a fresh wave of coronavirus, media reports said.
IBNS•Dec 22, 2022
'Covid not over yet': PM Modi warns against complacency in Covid review meeting
New Delhi/IBNS: Amid growing cases of Covid-19 in China, Prime Minister Narendra Modi while chairing a review meeting on the Covid-19 situation in the country Thursday urged people to wear masks though his government did not make it mandatory.
IBNS•Dec 22, 2022
Karnataka to make masks mandatory indoors amid rising Covid cases in China
Bengaluru/IBNS: Amid the rising number of cases in China, the Karnataka government Thursday announced making face masks mandatory indoors, especially in closed places and air-conditioned rooms.
IBNS•Dec 22, 2022
Covid-19: PM Modi holds meeting with top officials and ministers; Centre may ask states to stress on masks and social distancing
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is holding a meeting to review the Covid situation with top officials and ministers in the wake of the infection surge in China driven by the BF.7 variant.
IBNS•Dec 22, 2022
Random sampling of international arrivals for Covid test already started: Govt tells Parliament
New Delhi/IBNS: Random sampling for the Covid test has been already started for incoming international passengers, the government told parliament on Thursday.
IBNS•Dec 22, 2022
Covid-19: Bengaluru airport to start screening international passengers
Bengaluru/IBNS: Amid a rise in coronavirus cases in China, the US and Japan, the Karnataka government will start screening international passengers to contain the spread of the infection, media reports said.
IBNS•Dec 21, 2022
Four cases of Covid variant responsible for surge in China detected in India
New Delhi/ IBNS: Four cases of BF.7 sub-variant of Omicron, which is responsible for the huge Covid-19 surge in China, have been found in the Indian states of Gujarat and Odisha.
IBNS•Dec 21, 2022
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