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Synopsis Despite having sufficient infrastructure and equipped with machines and testing kits, many labs are closing themselves for three to four days citing overburden and shortage in manpower. Delhi is also witnessing a serious shortage in its oxygen capacity. A rapid rise in COVID-19 cases and exceeding requests for either RT-PCR or antigen tests has abruptly forced a majority of private laboratories to stop collecting swab samples even from testing centres for at least two days. As per a g...

KSB Pumps and Valves has launched an innovative online acceptance test procedure that no longer requires customers nor their engineering teams to be present when acceptance testing takes place. The service was initially implemented to curb expenses that are usually incurred through travel and ac ...

Vaccination Centre shifted to Govt. Ayurveda Panchakarma Hospital Mysore/Mysuru: With no let up in Corona positive cases, the District Administration has decided to convert Trauma Care Centre situated in the premises of PKTB Hospital on KRS Road in city as Covid Hospital from tomorrow.  Deputy Commissioner (DC) Rohini Sindhuri said that the Trauma Care Centre, which is under the control of Mysore Medical College and Research Institute (MMC&RI), will be used to treat Corona positive patients f...

The Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin has said that Parliament lacks the ability to independently examine budgetary information in such a short time frame available to the house for approval of the budget.

Psychosocial support given to 66 lakh Updated: Updated: ‘Ottakkalla Oppamundu’ in the wake of COVID-19 Share Article ‘Ottakkalla Oppamundu’ in the wake of COVID-19 Psychosocial support has been provided to 66 lakh people under the State Mental Health Programme as part of steps taken in the wake of COVID-19. Health Minister K.K. Shylaja, in a statement here on Wednesday, said 1,304 mental health providers had been arranged across the 14 districts as part of ‘Ottakkalla Oppamundu.’ ...

RETURNING students and staff at the University of Chester are all being tested for Covid at a newly repurposed campus facility as spring term gets under way. The majority of university students have not returned to the site in person, instead continuing their studies through online lectures. But some students, such as those on practical courses including the training of key workers such as health and social care, education and policing, are permitted to return. This has resulted in Ches...

•Oyo warns against managing patients in private facilities Igbawase Ukumba in Lafia No fewer than 15 medical doctors working with the Dalhatu Araf Specialist Hospital (DASH), Lafia, Nasarawa State, have tested positive for COVID-19, which is currently in its second wave with a new variant. Relatedly NCDC yesterday announces 1,585 new cases, total confirmed cases to 99,063. Discharged 79,417; death 1,350. Lagos maintained its top spot with 573, followed by FCT 182, Plateau 162, Gombe 81, Oyo 7...

Mysore/Mysuru: With a given target of 4,500 samples to be tested on daily basis, COVID-19 Testing Centres across the city are testing over 5,000 samples in a day. There are over 20 testing centres in city, 42 in rural places, 4-5 mobile testing teams in city and 4-5 in every taluk. While the Lab at Mysore Medical College and Research Institute (MMC&RI) is testing 3,000 to 4,000 samples per day, the CFTRI Testing Lab at Panchakarma Hospital on KRS Road is testing 1,000 samples a day, according ...

December 14, 2020 Keeping SA safe on the roads: Source: BizzCommunity Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula is expected to sign a ground-breaking partnership with alcoholic beverage producer Distell, that will further intensify road safety efforts. The Ministry and Department of Transport, together with the beverage company, will work together in this partnership to combat the carnage on South Africa’s roads for the 2020 festive and holiday period. The partnership, whose details have been formali...