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Pakistan’s state-run National Institute of Health (NIH) has managed to locally produce the first batch of China-made single-dose coronavirus vaccine CanSino. The locally-made Chinese vaccine has been named, PakVac and the first batch of vaccine would be available for administration by the end of this month, Arya News reported. Faisal …

Mucormycosis has become a great concern in India as the country has been witnessing a surge in cases of this fungal infection in the second wave of Covid-19 but recently AIIMS Director stated that the rise in cases is not because of its transmission from one person to another. AIIMS …

The Varanasi district administration, in collaboration with Deva Mental Healthcare, has started a free consultation service to help people overcome Covid fear and anxiety, as well as deal with other mental health issues. The helpline which became operational over the weekend, will offer free consultation on all working days. The …

Google Photos Reportedly, it is in testing mode and it has various filters which include videos, selfies, collages, animations, movies, creations, screenshots, archive and motion photos. A user can also add people to filters to get photos and videos. It is important to note that Google Photos already shows photos …

London: UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock warned that the coronavirus variant first detected in India can “spread like wildfire” among those who haven’t received a vaccine against the disease. The variant is “becoming the dominant strain in some parts of the country” such as Bolton and Blackburn, Xinhua news agency …

Thirteen Covid patients died at Goa’s apex government hospital, the Goa Medical College, in the early hours of Friday owing to oxygen mismanagement, even as the death toll of patients who died between 2 am and 6 am at the premier facility reached 75 in four days. Videos of chaos …

As the Covid wave gradually shifts to rural areas, several states are gearing up to check its spread through self-proclaimed lockdowns by Panchayati Raj institutions, creating a database of migrants and providing free online medical consultation to the sick. The initiatives have been taken by states in consultation with the …

By Dr Kishore Kumar(Founder Chairman & Neonatologist, Cloudnine Group of Hospitals, Bengaluru) India’s health care sector is battling a major crisis —inadequate infrastructure, oxygen supplies and human resources. But this is a reflection of multiple things – inadequate investment in public and preventive health over decades and also panic admissions …

Public procurement portal GeM has implemented several steps such as rapid onboarding of sellers of oxygen cylinders and concentrators, to enable easy buying of critical health equipment by government agencies in the wake of on-going second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic in the country, a senior official said on Monday. …

Amazon Amazon, Google and several Indian firms have jumped in to help the world’s second-biggest population battle coronavirus by pitching in with everything from airlifts of medical equipment and funding pledges to making medical oxygen. The event, offered only to members by Amazon, is typically held in July to boost sales. …