Indian Army innovate the conversion of liquid oxygen to low-pressure oxygen for COVID patients | Source: Ministry of Defence As India is inflicted with the second wave of COVID-19, demand for oxygen surged throughout the country. The majority of oxygen is transported in liquid form in cryogenic tanks, quick conversion of liquid oxygen to oxygen … Read more
Family members outside a mortuary in New Delhi. EPA India’s deadly second wave is continuing to worsen, with daily new cases consistently exceeding 300,000 and deaths now having surpassed 3,000 a day. Hospitals are running out of intensive care beds and many are critically short of oxygen for treating patients. Alarmingly, a lack of high-quality real-time … Read more
Bleeding and clotting cases following COVID vaccination in India are minuscule and in line with the expected number of diagnoses of these conditions in the country, a report submitted by the National AEFI (Adverse Event Following Immunization) Committee to the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare said. Alerts have been raised in some countries on … Read more
Shri Rajnath Singh unveils DRDO developed anti-COVID drug | Source: Ministry of Defence The first batch of the adjunct COVID therapy anti-COVID drug, 2-deoxy-D-glucose (2-DG), was released by Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh and handed over to Minister for Health & Family Welfare, Science & Tech and Earth Sciences Dr Harsh Vardhan in New Delhi … Read more
PM chaired a high-level meeting to discuss the Covid and vaccination related situation in the country. Officials briefed the PM on the current Covid related situation in the country. PM was briefed that testing has gone up rapidly in the country, from around 50 lakh tests per week in early March to around 1.3 crore … Read more
A 100-bed make-shift COVID treatment centre opened today at BPCL’s Kochi Refinery operated school, adjacent to its premises, in Ambalamugal, Kerala. Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL), a ‘Maharatna’ PSU under the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Government of India, will provide free Oxygen, power and water to the Centre. The oxygen will be supplied … Read more
Shutterstock This week we’ve seen reports of an infection called mucormycosis, often termed “black fungus”, in patients with COVID, or who are recovering from COVID, in India. Fungal infections can be devastating. And in this case, mucormycosis is adding to the burden of suffering in a country already in a deep COVID crisis. As of … Read more
It has been noticed in some instances that citizens that had booked their appointment for COVID vaccination through the CoWIN portal but did not actually go for vaccination on the scheduled date, have received notification through SMS that a vaccine dose has been administered to them. Upon examination, it has been found to occur … Read more
Source: Department of Atomic Energy Dr Jitendra Singh today said that Bhabha Atomic Centre and the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) are supplementing the country’s fight against the pandemic by providing COVID related equipment and technology. In an online review meeting with senior officials of the Department, the Minister lauded the initiatives for public welfare … Read more
PM Modi today undertook a review of the public health response to Covid-19 in the country. He was given a detailed picture of the Covid outbreak in various states and districts. He was informed about the 12 states which have more than 1 lakh active cases. PM was also apprised about the districts with high … Read more
Many hospitals ran out of oxygen. Idrees Mohammed/EPA India finds itself in the throes of a humanitarian disaster. Until March 2021, case numbers were low in most parts of the country, leading many to think that the worst was over. Much like in Brazil though, jingoism, overconfidence and false reassurance from the political elite negated hard-won … Read more
The second covid vaccination camp, open for all above 18 years, has been organised at Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport (LGBI) Guwahati. The camp started on 3rd May 2021 and the vaccination is going on in the camp. Over 2000 people have been vaccinated and more are likely to get vaccinated tomorrow. Airports Authority of … Read more
A lab technician holds the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) treatment drug “Remdesivir” at Eva Pharma Facility in Cairo. © Reuters Union Minister of Chemicals & Fertilisers Shri D.V Sadananda Gowda chaired a meeting to review the availability of drugs for covid treatment and other essential drugs. The Meeting was attended by Ms S. Aparna, Secretary (Pharma), … Read more
Isolation Railway Coaches Set-Up in Bhopal to Address Bed Crunch in Hospitals | Source: News18 In the relentless fight against Covid, the Ministry of Railways are taking rapid action to swiftly move Isolation Coaches to places of demand (made by respective states) mobilising workforce and material for this task. The Railways has made available a … Read more
Isolation Railway Coaches Set-Up in Bhopal to Address Bed Crunch in Hospitals | Source: News18 Strengthening the capabilities of the nation in the united fight against Covid, the Ministry of Railways has, amongst its multi-pronged initiatives, deployed nearly 4000 Isolation coaches with almost 64000 beds. To work concurrently with the States and in a bid … Read more