New Delhi, May 20, 2021: The second wave of COVID-19 has seen a huge rise in the demand for supplemental oxygen. Member (Health), NITI Aayog, Dr. V. K. Paul has observed that, breathlessness has been the most common symptom in this wave, leading in turn to a greater need for oxygen. Dr. Arvind Kumar, Chairman, […]
Black fungus or Mucormycosis, a fungal infection, is being reported in a few COVID-19 patients during or post recovery. As per a statement given by the Health Minister of Maharashtra two days ago, more than 2000 people had already been affected by black fungus infection in the state; 10 people had even succumbed to it. […]
New Delhi, May 15, 2021: Building upon the national drive of free distribution of AYUSH 64 and KabasuraKudineer, the Ministry of Ayush has widened its network of distribution outlets in the National capital. Its main collaborator in the campaign, Sewa Bharti, has started distributing AYUSH 64 at 17 locations in Delhi from Friday. In two days’ […]
New Delhi, May 13, 2021: The National Regulator of the country, the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI), after careful examination, has accepted the recommendation of Subject Expert Committee (SEC) and accorded permission to conduct the Phase II/III clinical trial of Covaxin (COVID vaccine) in the age group 2 to 18 years, to its manufacturer Bharat […]
New Delhi, May 11, 2021: Department of Telecommunications (DoT) and the Ministry of Communications have taken serious note of the several misleading messages that are being circulated on various social media platforms claiming that the second wave of coronavirus has been caused by the testing of the 5G mobile towers. As per a press statement […]
New Delhi, May 8, 2021: In order to provide uninterrupted passage for tankers and containers carrying Liquid Medical Oxygen (LMO) across National Highways, the user fee for such vehicles at Toll Plazas has been exempted, Ministry of Road Transport & Highways said today. Further the Ministry said: Keeping in view the current unprecedented demand of […]
New Delhi, May 7, 2021: Described by experts as a ray of hope in the time of the pandemic, the polyherbal drug Ayush 64 which was originally developed in 1980 for treatment of malaria, has now been repurposed for Covid 19. The Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS), a research institution under the […]
New Delhi, May 3, 2021: Following is the statement of the scientists working on the SUTRA model: We, the scientists working on the SUTRA model for charting the trajectory of COVID-19, would like to clearly point out some facts related to predictions of our mathematical model, especially since some of these have been misunderstood and […]
New Delhi, April 30, 2021: The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay has come up with a creative and ingenious solution to addressing the medical oxygen shortage needed for the treatment of COVID-19 patients in the country. The pilot project which has been tested successfully relies on a simple technological hack: conversion of PSA (Pressure […]
New Delhi, April 27, 2021: The Ministry of Railways is meeting the State Governments’ demand for the facility of Covid Care beds in the coaches during the current raging second spell of the Covid pandemic with its fleet of 4000 coaches (retrofitted as isolation units) with a capacity of 64000 beds. Ministry of Railways stated yesterday […]
