The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Wednesday approved a home-based rapid antigen testing (RAT) kit for COVID-19. The name of the kit is CoviSelfTM(PathoCatch) COVID-19 OTC Antigen LF device. ICMR said that this kit should be used only on symptomatic individuals or on immediate contacts of laboratory-confirmed positive cases. “Home testing by RAT […]
Vaccination for coronavirus can be taken three months after recovery, the Centre said today. The second dose of Covid vaccine should also be delayed by three months for anyone contracting the disease after the first dose. So far, there was no fixed gap for taking a vaccine in such situations. Individual physicians recommended a gap […]
The idea of vaccine tourism is gaining momentum in the country where Indians are considering going abroad for doses of Covid-19 vaccine. Travel agents are finally picking up their business after a lull due to the pandemic and the customers looking to make a two-in-one vacation and vaccination trip with the destination being Russia. A […]
Cyclone Tauktae that intensified into an ‘extremely severe cyclonic storm’ made a landfall on Gujarat coast late on Monday evening with windspeed between 150kmph and 160kmph, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said, leaving a trail of destruction behind. Tauktae (pronounced Tau’te) means “gecko” in Burmese. Gecko is a highly vocal lizard in Burmese dialect. The […]
Chandigarh health department has capped the charges for CT scan for private diagnostic centres in city at Rs 2,000, including GST and other taxes. No separate tax should be added. The order was issued by health secretary Arun Kumar Gupta. Instructions have also been given to strictly follow the order. If any diagnostic centre charges […]
Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson Becker scored a historic goal against West Brom on Sunday to help the side win 3 points at The Hawthorns. This is first time in Liverpool’s 129 years’ history that a goalkeeper scored a goal for the side. And this was just not any other goal, it was a winning header from […]
The Union health ministry said that the number of blood clot cases in people who received AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine (called Covishield) in India was “minuscule”. Covishield – one of three shots granted emergency approval in India – is the most widely used in the country and is manufactured by Pune-based Serum Institute (SII). A report […]
Long working hours led to 7,45,000 deaths from stroke and ischemic (restriction in blood supply to tissues) heart disease in 2016, a 29% increase since 2000, according to the latest estimates by the World Health Organization and the International Labour Organization published in Environment International on Monday. In a first global analysis of the loss […]
The use of convalescent plasma has been dropped from the recommended treatment guidelines for COVID-19, according to late Monday advisory from the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR). The decision comes a day after members of ICMR’s National Task Force suggested that the plasma therapy lacked effectiveness and was used inappropriately in several cases. The […]
