A COVID-19 task force in Goa on Friday decided to train paediatricians and nurses on protocols as experts have predicted that a possible third wave could affect children, officials said.
For the 'Delta variant' of the coronavirus, there needs to be shorter gap between two doses of anti-Covid vaccines, says a Lancet study, as the contagious virus continues to evolve, infect people.
The Assam government on Friday extended the restrictions imposed due to the surge in COVID-19 positive cases and deaths till June 15 though it has increased the curfew relaxation by one hour. Chief Secretary Jishnu Baruah, in his capacity as the Chairperson of the State Disaster Management Authority, issued an order extending the restriction, which was scheduled to end at 5 a.m Saturday.
The Centre could soon take a action against former West Bengal Chief Secretary Alapan Bandopadhyay for skipping Prime Minister Narendra Modi's crucial meeting on May 28 in the state over Cyclone Yaas.
At least 205 people, including over 50 children tested positive for COVID-19 in Mizoram on Friday, pushing the tally in the state to 13,064, an official said. The COVID-19 death toll rose to 47 as a 44-year-old man succumbed to the infection at Zoram Medical College (ZMC) on Thursday night, he said.
The Central Railway has caught 2,018 passengers, who were found travelling in Mumbai suburban locals amid the pandemic by carrying fake identity cards, and collected from them Rs 10.09 lakh fine in a little over a month that ended May 31, an official has said.
The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Thursday directed the striking junior doctors in the state to resume their duties within 24 hours but the protesting medicos remained defiant and nearly 3,000 of them resigned from their posts and announced they will challenge the ruling.Republic Day 2024 : As India's 75th Republic Day Parade kicked off in the national capital, a 30-member band contingent and a marching c...
