COVID-19 patients can end home isolation after 17 days: revised guidelines
New Delhi: Coronavirus infected patients can end home isolation after 17 days of onset of symptoms or date of sampling and if they have no fever for 10 days without getting tested again for COVID-19, according to revised guidelines for home isolation of very mild/pre-symptomatic cases. The revised guidelines released by the health ministry reiterated […]
ICMR issues guidance for appropriate recording of COVID-19 deaths to create robust data
New Delhi: COVID-19 would be recorded as an “underlying cause of death” when leading to pneumonia, cardiac injury and clotting in the bloodstream, among others, according to the guidance issued by ICMR for appropriate recording of deaths due to the disease in India. Explaining the public health significance of recording the cause of death in […]
No invasive techniques be adopted for autopsy of COVID-19 patients: ICMR document
New Delhi: Invasive techniques should not be adopted for forensic autopsy in COVID-19 death cases as doctors and other mortuary staff are exposed to potentially dangerous health risks due to organ fluids and secretions, the ICMR has said in a draft document. According to the final draft ‘Standard Guidelines for Medico-legal autopsy in COVID-19 deaths […]
States to ensure unhindered movement of doctors, paramedics: MHA
New Delhi: The Centre has asked states to ensure uninterrupted movement of doctors and other healthcare workers during the ongoing lockdown, saying curbs on them can lead to severe constraints in rendering COVID and non-COVID medical services. There have been reports of health care services being affected in some places including in the national capital […]
In record 24-hour jump, COVID-19 cases rise to 67,152; death toll 2,206
India registered a record jump of 4,213 COVID-19 cases in 24 hours, pushing the country’s tally to 67,152 on Monday and the death toll due to the disease rose to 2,206 with 97 fresh fatalities, according to the Union health ministry. The number of active COVID-19 cases stood at 44,029 in the country. While 20,916 […]
No COVID-19 case reported in 10 states, UTs in last 24 hours: Vardhan
New Delhi: No COVID-19 case has been reported in 10 states and Union territories in the last 24 hours and the recovery rate has increased to over 30 per cent, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Sunday, asserting that India was moving fast on the path of success in the fight against the pandemic. […]
7,740 dedicated COVID-19 health facilities in 483 districts identified: Health Ministry
New Delhi: A total of 7,740 dedicated COVID-19 facilities in 483 districts have been identified, the Union health ministry said on Sunday, asserting that adequate health infrastructure is in place to fight the pandemic. The public health facilities dedicated to COVID-19 management are categorised into three categories — Dedicated COVID Hospital (DCH), Dedicated COVID Health […]
National Institute of Virology develops 1st indigenous antibody detection kit for COVID: Vardhan
New Delhi: The National Institute of Virology in Pune has successfully developed the first indigenous antibody detection kit for COVID-19 that will play a critical role in surveillance for coronavirus infection, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Sunday. The test kit has the advantage of testing 90 samples together in a single run of […]
Five Air India pilots test positive for coronavirus
Mumbai: Five pilots of Air India have tested positive for coronavirus, airline sources said on Sunday. Air India, which is operating flights to evacuate Indians stranded in foreign countries, have asked its pilots to undertake coronavirus? test before they operate such flights, the sources said. “Five Air India pilots have tested positive for coronavirus. These […]
IIT, Singapore medical school develop alternative model to assess COVID-19 situation in states
New Delhi: Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati and Singapore’s Duke-NUS Medical School have come up with an alternative model to analyse and predict the number of COVID-19 infected people in 30 days in different states of India. The data-science model, developed by the team, is a combination of all three different models […]
