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22 Jun

NEWS | Apollo Hospital, Guwahati has informed that all Doctors, Nurses and Support Staff employed there have tested Negative for COVID-19.

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GUWAHATI: After a doctor from Apollo Hospitals Guwahati tested positive for COVID-19 on June 19, contact tracing of the patient was done and all contacts were tested and quarantined as per guidelines.The hospital has now informed that all Doctors, Nurses and Support Staff employed there have tested Negative for COVID-19.Apollo Hospital Guwahati is now practicing strict screening processes for all visitors to the hospital Apollo hospitals also assured people that all hospital facilities are open 24x7 for regular patients and the hospital is fully functional. The hospital has been following utmost hygiene with the use of PPE, social distancing, frequent sanitation…

21 Jun

International Yoga Day 2020: See In Pics How It Is Being Observed

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International Yoga Day 2020: "Yoga at Home and Yoga with Family", is the focus this year as experts advised people to stay home due to the COVID-19 pandemic The sixth International Yoga Day is being observed across the world. “Yoga unites, spreads brotherhood,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who played an instrumental role in popularizing yoga in the world after coming to power in 2014, said in his message today. Since 2015, International Yoga Day, is a United Nations designated day. Yoga at Home and Yoga with Family, is the focus this year as experts advised people to stay home due…

20 Jun

Glenmark launches Covid-19 drug

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Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd said on Friday it had received an approval from India's drugs regulator to make and sell oral antiviral drug favipiravir for treating mild-to-moderate COVID-19 patients in the country. The Mumbai-based drugmaker said the approval was part of government's accelerated approval process and the drug would be for "restricted emergency use" in the country. Favipiravir is made under the brand name Avigan by Japan's Fujifilm Holdings Corp and was approved for use as an anti-flu drug there in 2014. FabiFlu is the first oral Favipiravir-approved medication for the treatment of Covid-19, the company said in a statement. “This…

20 Jun

International Yoga Day 2020

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New Delhi: The world is all set to mark the sixth International Yoga Day on June 21. International Yoga Day is celebrated since 2015 after it was proposed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his speech at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in 2014. The idea behind the date was explained by PM and he said that the day is the longest day of the year in the northern hemisphere, having special significance in many parts of the world. The objective of the celebration of Yoga Day is to raise awareness of the many benefits of practising yoga. The theme…

19 Jun

Amid surge in COVID-19 cases

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New Delhi: Amid the increasing pace of coronavirus cases, the recovery rate in the country is also improving day by day. With 10,386 patients being recovered from the deadly COVID-19 during the last 24 hours, the total number of recovered patients in the country crossed the 2 lakh-mark to reach 2,04,710 on Friday. With this the recovery rate in the country also improved to 53.79 per cent from 52.96 per cent. The Health Ministry said in a release that the trend in daily numbers shows an increasing rate of recovery and an increasing gap between active and recovered cases. The health…

19 Jun

Glenmark Gets Approval For Favipiravir As COVID-19 Treatment

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Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd said on Friday it had received an approval from India's drugs regulator to make and sell oral antiviral drug favipiravir for treating mild-to-moderate COVID-19 patients in the country. The Mumbai-based drugmaker said the approval was part of government's accelerated approval process and the drug would be for "restricted emergency use" in the country. Favipiravir is made under the brand name Avigan by Japan's Fujifilm Holdings Corp and was approved for use as an anti-flu drug there in 2014.

19 Jun

Over 15k samples collected in 24 hours for testing Covid-19

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Over 15,000 samples were collected for testing coronavirus in the national capital within a 24-hour span, a senior official said on Friday. A total of 7,040 samples were collected for rapid antigen test and 7,972 samples were collected for the RT-PCR test for coronavirus on Thursday, the official said. The Delhi government commenced Covid-19 testing through rapid antigen methodology at 193 centres on Thursday. A total of 7,040 samples were collected and out of them, 456 people were found to be positive. In the initial phase, those residing in containment zones are being tested. The Delhi government has also capped…

19 Jun

Odisha’s Covid-19 tally nears 5,000; 165 new cases reported

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165 more Covid-19 cases have been reported from Odisha in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of coronavirus cases in the state to 4,677, informed the state Health Department on Friday. Of these, the number of active cases stands at 1,519. “165 new cases of #COVID19 recorded in Odisha in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of cases to 4677 out of which 1519 cases are active,” the state Health Department tweeted.Enter your email to get

19 Jun

Delhi health minister Satyendar Jain’s condition worsens

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The condition of Delhi health minister Satyendar Jain, who has tested positive for the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), deteriorated on Friday and he is being shifted to another hospital in the Capital, officials said. Satyendar Jain had tweeted on Wednesday that he has tested positive for the coronavirus disease. He was admitted to the Rajiv Gandhi Super Speciality Hospital (RGSSH) on Tuesday after he developed high fever and his oxygen saturation levels dropped. Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) legislator Atishi and two other leaders of the party have also contracted the respiratory disease. Akshay Marathe, an advisor to CM Arvind Kejriwal, and…

19 Jun

NEWS | Over 13,000 new cases have been reported across India in the last 24 hours with more than 300 deaths recorded in a day.

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GUWAHATI: Assam recorded 210 new cases as per health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma’s latest tweet at 11.40 pm on June 18. With this rise in numbers, the state has a total of 4,904 coronavirus positive cases of which 2,044 are active. While 2,848 persons have been cured and discharged, 9 persons have passed away so far. Coronavirus cases in India stand at 3,80,532 with 1,63,248 active cases and 12,573 deaths across the country so far, as per latest data released by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. Over 13,000 new cases have been reported across the country over the last 24…