COVID-19
- India
39 international travellers test COVID-19 positive at airports across country
New Delhi: After the Centre re-started random testing of incoming passengers amid the rising scare of COVID-19 in several countries, a total of 39 international travellers have been found COVID-19 positive across…
- Andhra Pradesh
AP seeks over Rs 10k cr ad hoc payment from Centre for Polavaram project
Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Wednesday sought Rs 10,485.38 crore from the Centre as ad hoc payment for Polavaram irrigation project besides clearing Rs 2,937.92 crore pending…
- Telangana
Telangana govt sets up ICU beds for emergency, COVID-19 cases
Hyderabad: The Government of Telangana has equipped the Golconda Area Hospital with ICU beds for COVID-19 and other emergencies. The hospital officials say that they are ready to face any calamity. An…
- India
Air India express issues covid guidelines for travellers from UAE to India
Kochi: Air India Express on Tuesday issued guidelines for the maintenance of Covid-appropriate behaviour by travellers travelling from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to India. The recommendation advises that all visitors should…
- Photos
Mock drill for COVID-19 preparedness in Bengaluru
Bengaluru: A health worker collects the sample for Covid-19 test during a mock drill for COVID-19 preparedness at C V Raman Government hospital in Bengaluru, Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2022. (PTI Photo/Shailendra Bhojak)…
- Hyderabad
Bharat Biotech’s intranasal COVID-19 vaccine priced at Rs 800
Hyderabad: Vaccine maker Bharat Biotech’s intranasal vaccine for COVID-19, the first in the world, is scheduled to be introduced in the country as a booster dose shortly. The vaccine, iNCOVACC (BBV154), is…
- Middle East
Israel’s overnight tourist stays in November hit highest in 3 years
Jerusalem: The number of overnight tourist stays in Israeli hotels reached 922,300 in November, the highest monthly figure since December 2019, showed the data issued by the country’s Central Bureau of Statistics.…
- Hyderabad
Is Hyderabad witnessing rise in COVID cases again?
Hyderabad: Hyderabad on Monday reported a rise in the daily count of COVID cases. The count increased by four-fold in seven days. As per the official bulletin on COVID status in Telangana,…
- Hyderabad
Hetero’s COVID-19 oral drug gets WHO pre-qualification
Hyderabad: Leading pharmaceutical company Hetero on Monday announced that it has received the World Health Organization Prequalification of Medicines Programme (WHO PQ) approval for its generic version of COVID-19 oral antiviral treatment…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Hospital conducts COVID mock drill
Hyderabad: In an initiative to prevent a shortage of oxygen, the Telangana government established oxygen production plants with a capacity of 324 tonnes in a government hospital in Hyderabad. A Golconda area…
- World
China will reopen borders, abandon Covid quarantine from Jan 8
Hong Kong: China will reopen borders and abandon quarantine after it downgrades its treatment of Covid-19 on January 8, media reports said on Monday. The decision is the country’s last step in…
- Delhi
Delhi govt approves Rs 104 cr for state-run hospitals ahead of any Covid emergency
New Delhi: Following the surge in Covid cases globally, the Delhi government has alerted all its hospitals and directed them to ramp up the preparations for potential Covid cases that might be…
- Bangalore
Covid fear: Masks made mandatory in Karnataka, new guidelines released
Belagavi: The Karnataka government on Monday made wearing of masks in public places compulsory as a preventive method to tackle the evolving Covid situation in the state. It also has also released…
- Hyderabad
Vaccination centers in Hyderabad see sudden rush amid COVID fears
Hyderabad: Amid growing concerns over COVID-19, people are seen rushing to vaccination centers in Hyderabad. Precautionary doses are in high demand in the city as most people are already vaccinated with doses…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad NGO launches campaign on COVID-19 vaccine ‘apartheid’
Hyderabad: City-based NGO Association for Economic Empowerment of the Marginalised (ASEEM) on Sunday organised a campaign against vaccine apartheid. The organisation also highlighted the issue of major pharma companies exercising monopolies over…