New Delhi, Feb 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Centre on Thursday asked the states to accelerate completion of projects under ECRP-II for strengthening healthcare infrastructure across the country, so that subsequent installment of funds can be released…
Sydney, Feb 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) The highly contagious Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2, has significantly increased the number of people reinfected with Covid, unlike previous variants, experts contended in an article on Nature. A recent study by…
Sydney, Feb 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) Although Omicron is touted as mild compared to previous variants, it is widely known to be more contagious than previous Covid strains. However, a team of researchers at University of New…
Beijing, Feb 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) A booster dose of China’s first ever mRNA-based Covid vaccine may be potent against Omicron, according to a study. However, two doses of the vaccine called ARCoV has seen a significant…
Chandigarh, Feb 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research here on Thursday said it has started the ‘human milk bank’ service for inborn neonates. The human milk is collected from eligible mothers…
New Delhi, Feb 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) A Delhi lawyer has approached the Delhi High Court against overcrowding in jails in the country, contending that prisons in the national capital having 80 per cent more inmates than…
New Delhi, Feb 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) Union Health Ministry on Thursday said that reports claiming that Covid-19 mortality is higher than the official counts are ill informed and speculative. “There have been some media reports based…
London, Feb 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) After several delays, health regulators in England have approved a low-dose Covid vaccine for children aged between five and 11 in April. According to scientists on the Joint Committee on Vaccination…
New Delhi, Feb 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) Shanghai kept up with the level of advanced countries and regions in terms of its residents’ life expectancy, infant and maternal mortality rates in 2021, Shanghai health authority, Global Times…
Washington, Feb 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is reviewing its mask guidance, shifting its focus to Covid-19 hospitalizations as a key measure of the severity of the outbreak and…
New York, Feb 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) A US woman has reportedly been cured of HIV disease after undergoing stem cell transplant. The woman dubbed as the New York patient is also the third person in the…
New York, Feb 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) Small coronavirus respiratory particles can remain moist and airborne for a longer time and at greater distance than scientists have thought so far. Scientists at the US Department of Energy’s…
New Delhi, Feb 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) Google on Thursday celebrated the 94th birth anniversary of Japanese virologist Dr Michiaki Takahashi, who developed the world’s first vaccine against chickenpox with a Doodle. The lifesaving vaccine developed by…
New Delhi, Feb 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) India reported 30,757 fresh Covid cases and 541 deaths in the past 24 hours, Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Thursday. With the fresh fatalities, the death…
Lucknow, Feb 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) Over 75 per cent of the adult population in 43 districts of Uttar Pradesh is now fully vaccinated, according to data from the state health department. The state had achieved the…
Washington, Feb 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) The global coronavirus caseload has topped 417.4 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 5.84 million and vaccinations to over 10.25 billion, according to Johns Hopkins University. In its…
Jakarta, Feb 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) Indonesia on Wednesday confirmed 64,718 new Covid-19 cases, raising its tally of infections to 4,966,046, the country’s Health Ministry said. The death toll from Covid-19 in the country rose by 167…
Singapore, Feb 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) Singapore reported 16,883 new confirmed cases of Covid-19 on Wednesday, bringing the total tally to 514,880. Of the new cases, 4,116 cases were detected through PCR (polymerase chain reaction) tests and…
Bengaluru, Feb 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) Karnataka logged 1,849 new Covid cases against 5,418 discharges and 24 deaths on Wednesday. The number of total active Covid cases in the state stood at 23,284. The positivity rate for…
New Delhi, Feb 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) Delhi on Wednesday reported a marginal rise in Covid cases in last 24 hours at 776, against 756 reported on previous day, as well as five more deaths, the Health…