Coronavirus News

Speaking at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Health Ministers' meeting, Dr Harsha Vardhan expressed his deepest condolences at the loss of lives across the world

While no COVID-19 vaccine has been approved for sale yet, more than 150 are in development globally with an aim to help end the global pandemic that has claimed over 600,000 lives.  

Rajya Sabha MP Kirodi Lal Meena has tested positive for coronavirus and is undergoing treatment at the Mahatma Gandhi Hospital in Jaipur  

 The first phase of human clinical trials of COVAXIN, India’s first indigenous vaccine begins at AIMS, New Delhi  

Seven councillors of Thiruvananthapuram Municipal Corporation have tested positive for COVID-19 following which corporation mayor went into self-quarantine

If you go to the Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru, don’t be surprised if you are feeling warmer than usual as the temperature has been raised by 2 degrees to tackle coronavirus  

 Manipal Hospital bill of Rs 9.25 lakh for 10 days in ICU left a family of three shocked as they breathed their last in span of 4 days  

According to an Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) advisory of June 19 every person who was to be tested for COVID-19 has to provide a government-issued identity proof and should have a valid phone number for tracing and tracking the individual and his/her contacts.

 "Whilst speed is important, it cannot be at the cost of compromising on the safety or the efficacy standards that one is setting for oneself," WHO chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan said

Earlier, the health ministry had issued an advisory, asking health workers coming in contact with COVID-19 patients to wear N-95 masks, while recommending others to wear homemade cloth masks.