Tag: covid
Airlines Face Suspension If Passengers Violate Selfie Regulations
Be wary the next time you take a selfie inside an aircraft or at aerodrome or decide to take picture-perfect snaps of the landscape below during landings and takeoffs as airline authorities could take punitive action against those responsible for the violation.....
Himani Shivpuri Tests Positive For COVID-19
Actress Himani Shivpuri, a known face in films and on television, has tested positive for the novel coronavirus. ....
Delhi Government Orders Private Hospitals To Reserve 80% ICU Beds For Covid Patients
In view of the rising Covid-19 tally in the national capital, the Delhi government on Saturday ordered 33 private hospitals, including five fully Covid hospitals, to reserve 80 per cent of their bed capacity in ICU wards for corona patients with immediate effect. ....
Versatile Odia Film Actor Ajit Das Passes Away At 71
Veteran Odia film actor Ajit Das passed away while undergoing treatment at a private hospital here on Sunday. He was 71. ....
Chinese Whistleblower Virologist Claims She Has Scientific Proof COVID-19 Was Made In Wuhan Lab
Chinese whistleblower virologist Li-Meng Yan who was forced to flee the country after raising questions about the origin of the novel coronavirus, has once again said the Covid-19 virus was developed in a Chinese lab, a claim that has earlier been denied by both Beijing and the World Health Organisation (WHO). ....
20% Increase In People With Heart Complications Amid Coronavirus Pandemic: Report
There has been a 20 per cent rise in patients suffering from advanced cardiac complications as they are not visiting hospitals due to the fear of contracting Covid-19, a report by a city hospital revealed on Tuesday. ....
COVID-19 Battle Far From Over, Harsh Vardhan Tells Rajya Sabha
Sounding a note of caution, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Tuesday told the Rajya Sabha that the battle against Covid-19 is far from over, at a time when India's total tally has neared the five million-mark. ....
AHPI Mulls Legal Options Against Delhi Govt Order Reserving 80% ICU Beds For COVID Patients
The Association of Healthcare Providers of India (AHPI) would likely challenge in court the Delhi government's recent order where 33 private hospitals were directed to reserve 80 per cent of their total ICU bed capacity for COVID patients. The association expressed serious reservations against the latest order and called it "arbitrary in nature". ....
COVID-19 Test Camp To Come Up At Delhi HC From Wednesday
The Delhi High Court will set up a Covid-19 testing camp commencing from Wednesday for officials of the high court and law officers, who can get themselves tested via the Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) method. ....
Less Than 10% COVID-19 Cases, 0.2% Deaths Under Age 20: WHO Chief
Less than 10 per cent of globally reported COVID-19 cases and less than 0.2 per cent of deaths have been people under the age of 20, but more research is still needed on the risk of severe disease and death among children and adolescents, the chief of the World Health Organisation (WHO) said. ....
