Category: Deccan Herald

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Saturday urged countries in the South-East Asia Region to urgently scale-up public health and social measures as well as vaccinations to curtail further spread … Read More

With the number of Omicron cases crossing 100-mark in India, top health officials on Friday appealed to people not to undertake “non-essential travel” and follow “Covid-appropriate behaviour” even during the … Read More

BJP leader Ashish Shelar on Thursday sought to know from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) whether a Maharashtra minister was also present at a dinner party held at Bollywood director-producer … Read More

The Pretoria-based doctor Dr Angelique Coetzee, who had alerted the authorities on the new variant Omicron, has said that the risks it poses worldwide might be that it is fast-spreading … Read More

Women accounted for 48.7 per cent of the beneficiaries who received at least one dose of a Covid-19 vaccine in the country till December 8, the government informed Parliament on … Read More

Manchester United suffered an outbreak of Covid-19 among players and staff on Sunday, jeopardising their next Premier League game against Brentford.

Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry Tamilisai Soundararajan said compulsory vaccination against Covid-19 became mandatory from Sunday and asked the people to carry with them the certificates of vaccination as there would … Read More

More than seven lakh workers came back from six Gulf countries under the Vande Bharat Mission, the Centre said on Friday, asserting that the Indian missions are pursuing with these … Read More

India was in 17th position in terms of proportion of population fully vaccinated against Covid-19 as on October 31, Union Minister of State for Health Bharati Pravin Pawar told the … Read More

The World Health Organization’s vaccine advisory panel recommends that people who are immunocompromised or received an inactivated vaccine should receive a booster dose of a Covid-19 shot, the head of … Read More