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Read more about Brazil health secretaries call for lockdown as coronavirus cases soar on Business Standard. Brazil's health secretaries called for lockdowns and curfews in many parts of the country because hospitals are running short of intensive care unit beds as Covid daily kills more than 1,000 people
Read more about World won't finish with Covid-19 by end-2021: World Health Organisation on Business Standard. The World Health Organization (WHO) said that it is "unrealistic" to expect the Covid-19 pandemic to be over by the end of 2021
Updated: Utilise 100% capacities of private hospitals, States/UTs told Share Article AAA A medical staff seen holding a vaccine dose for vaccinating, in New Delhi. File | Photo Credit: R.V. Moorthy Utilise 100% capacities of private hospitals, States/UTs told The Health Ministry urged States/UTs to utilise 100% capacities of private hospitals functioning as COVID Vaccination Centres (CVCs) and said private hospitals not under the Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Aarogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY), the Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS) and the State Insurance Schemes can also be utilised as...
Central team in Bengaluru to review situation In the wake of the emergence of cluster outbreaks in the city and a few other places, a team of officials from the Union government has asked the State to tighten vigilance at the Kerala and Maharashtra borders and also step up contact tracing. The Central team comprising a Joint Secretary from the Health and Family Welfare Ministry and two doctors arrived in the city on Monday to review the COVID-19 safety precautions and control measures in the city. Team visits The team that had visited the testing facility at the Kempegowda International Airp...
Read more about Global Covid cases top 114 million, death toll at 2.53 min: Johns Hopkins on Business Standard. The total number of global Covid-19 cases has topped 114 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 2.53 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University