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LONDON: Vaccinated travellers can enter Britain without taking any coronavirus tests starting Friday, after the government scrapped one of the final restrictions imposed over the past two years in response to Covid-19. British residents and visitors who have had at least two doses of an approved coronavirus vaccine now only …

The Delhi High Court on Thursday issued notice to the Centre and National Medical Council (NMC) on a plea moved by students seeking directions to NMC to allow physical training in India of Indian students studying medicine in China, who are stuck in their home country India, due to COVID-19 …

Researchers in Canada have developed a computer model that simulates many variables affecting the transmission of COVID-19 to suggest the best ways to slow the spread of variants. The model created by researchers at the University of Waterloo takes raw data already in use to forecast case numbers and hospitalisations, …

New Delhi: As India completed two years into the COVID pandemic, healthcare was amongst the most important segments demanding an increase in expenditure and digitalization to improve access in the Union Budget 2022-23. While the positive impact of the introduced changes will only be visible in the coming fiscal year, …

Ahmedabad: The Gujarat high court issued notice to the state government over a petition filed by in-service doctors seeking implementation of reservation for them in postgraduate (PG) courses from the 2021-22 academic year. By a resolution passed on January 10, the state authorities decided to implement 10% reservation in PG …

Bhubaneswar: The state government on Thursday issued phone numbers of skilled mental health professionals for extending psychological first aid and other support to Covid-19 positive/recovered patients and those suffering from mental illness. The government will provide this service under the district mental health programme with the help of mental health …

NEW DELHI: New and emerging technologies are being developed at 25 innovation hubs, which have been set up across the country under the National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems (NM-ICPS), to provide solutions to people-centric problems. Several such technologies and technology platforms have turned fruitful in several sectors, including the …

Warning that the Covid-19 pandemic is far from over and Omicron would not be the last variant, global health experts on Monday said a lot would depend on transmissibility and severity of the next mutants of the deadly virus. Speaking at a session on Covid-19 on the first day of …

NOIDA: While hospitalisation among children testing positive for Covid has remained low, medical experts said that minors are exhibiting more symptoms, like high-grade fever, sore throat and body ache, in the current wave of the pandemic compared to last year when fewer kids were symptomatic. Associate director of the department …

The demand for reopening of schools in Maharashtra will be considered after the next 10-15 days as there is a low incidence of coronavirus infection in children and students are suffering education loss, state Health Minister Rajesh Tope said on Sunday. He said the final decision will be taken by …