Page 3 - Communicable Diseases

Delhi L-G forms panel to suggest steps to tackle Covid-19 outbreak in city

The six-member panel also includes two members of the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) and AIIMS Director Randeep Guleria

Substandard sanitisers available in mkt in fight against Covid-19: Research

Researchers discourage the public from buying hand sanitisers from unknown or unreliable e-commerce sites

Covid-19: India does not have community transmission, says ICMR chief

Less than 1% infected, urban slums at higher risk, says India's first serosurvey

Coronavirus pandemic: India surpasses UK, now 4th worst-hit country

India is now at the fourth spot, only behind the US (2,076,495 cases), Brazil (787,489) and Russia (502,436), as per Worldometer figures

High chances of child labour increasing in aftermath of Covid-19: CRY

CRY organised an e-consultation to underscore how the Covid-19 pandemic will affect the situation of child and adolescent labour in India

Sabarimala temple to remain closed for devotees this month: Kerala govt

The government had last week allowed reopening of temples and other places of worship for devotees from Tuesday, over 75 days after they remained out of bounds for them since March 24

As Covid-19 cases rise, Delhi govt races to arrange 15,000 beds by end-June

A senior doctor in a private hospital said that the government had hired a lot of junior doctors which had added numbers, but had not solved the problem

Delhi added 10,000 coronavirus cases in eight days from June 1

Delhi reported its first case on March 1, when a businessman in East Delhi was diagnosed with Covid-19 after returning from Italy

Chennai-based start-up developing Covid-19 remedy, plans to test in US

Patent application filed in India, firm hopes to bring product out in three years

Finance Ministry releases Rs 6,195 cr revenue deficit grant to 14 states

The grant released includes Rs 1,276.91 crore to Kerala, Rs 638 crore to Punjab, and Rs 417.75 crore to West Bengal

Bed sheets to immunity herbs and spices: Amazon helps Indian cos go global

Amazon's Global Selling programme is clocking more than $1 bn in cumulative exports currently, is expected to generate $10 bn in cumulative sales by 2025 for Indian exporters

Spread of coronavirus from people without symptoms is 'rare': WHO

Van Kerkhove said many of them turn out to have mild disease, or unusual symptoms

Sterlite tech says manufacturing capacities now close to pre-Covid levels

The company, which designs and deploys high-capacity converged fibre and wireless networks, said it is taking all precautions to ensure safety of workers at its sites

Over 55 NSG personnel have tested Covid-19 positive; combat commandos safe

Some among them have recovered while some personnel among the positive cases were asymptomatic and detected only after contact tracing and testing, they said

Focus on house-to-house survey, prompt testing: Health min to civic bodies

In terms of infrastructure and human resource management for containment of Covid-19, the Health Ministry said proper planning for health infrastructure should be taken up

Religious places gear up to reopen from June 8 amid uptick in Covid cases

Prasad, flowers and other items of rituals will be banned, thermal guns will be used to screen people

5 staff test Covid-19 positive at Health Ministry; sanitisation on Jun 6-7

The ministry has issued another office memorandum on June 3 advising all staff to follow precautionary measures strictly in order to contain the spread of the disease.

India records highest single day jump of 9,304 coronavirus cases

India is seventh among the countries worst hit by the Covid-19 pandemic after the US, Brazil, Russia, the UK, Spain and Italy

Steep death graph, no peak yet: Why India is behind the curve on Covid-19

While the mortality rate seems to be plateauing in UK , Spain and Italy after peaking, in India he bad news is that it hasn't reached the high point after which it can start tapering off

Land usage changes may lead to spread of new diseases like Covid-19: Study

This can alter the behaviour of the flying mammals, reduce their biodiversity, and compromise the ecosystem functions they offer, the scientists said