London: Scientists from the University of Oxford are starting a first-of-its-kind study to see whether available drugs can help keep older, more vulnerable people with mild cases of Covid-19 from becoming severely ill. More than 500 U.K. doctors’ offices are recruiting for the trial of drugs that are already approved for other purposes, such as […]
Melbourne/Mumbai: As the pandemic spreads around the world, doctors are beginning to scope the coronavirus’s damage. Seen initially as a cause of viral pneumonia during the chaos of an explosion of cases in China, it’s now emerging as an enigmatic pathogen capable of harming the body in a myriad of unexpected, and sometimes lethal, ways. Clinical […]
The Delhi government has sought suggestions from different stakeholders including students, teachers and principals about the roadmap for reopening schools post COVID-19 lockdown. An online suggestion form has been put up on the website of the Directorate of Education, where students, their teachers, principals and parents can give their inputs, an official statement said. “Respondents […]
The 270 kilometer Srinagar-Jammu National Highway was disrupted Monday due to landslides and shooting stones leaving hundreds of vehicles stranded for the whole day. The stranded vehicles included buses ferrying hundreds of passengers to the Valley after completion of their 14-day quarantine period at Lakhanpur, officials said. The vehicles carrying travellers from outside states by […]
NEW DELHI : Maruti Suzuki India Ltd will have shorter shifts at its factories and strict safety plans for office workers, vendors and dealerships as the country’s largest carmaker prepares to restart operations on Tuesday after more than a month’s halt due to the covid-19 pandemic. While Maruti offices would not have more than half of […]
NEW DELHI : India is set to announce measures to further open up its economy based on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s interaction with chief ministers on Monday as the 54-day national lockdown nears its end on 17 May. Balancing efforts to contain covid-19 with the need to help revive the economy, the government will further ease […]
Any user whose demographic data is stored with the government through the Aarogya Setu app can now request for its deletion, the Centre said on Monday as it issued a set of protocols to regulate the definition, collection, processing and storage of data by the contact-tracing app. Data about the user’s name, mobile number, age, […]
Srinagar, May 11 (KNS): Jammu Kashmir Apni Party (JKAP) President Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari on Monday urged the government of India to operate direct flights from UAE and Saudi Arabia to Srinagar in order to shift the stranded residents of J&K to their homes. In a statement issued to Kashmir News Service (KNS), Bukhari said […]
New Delhi: The chief ministers of several states, including Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal, have urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi not to restart train services as planned from Tuesday, owing to continuing fears over the spread of Covid-19. The fifth video conference meeting between PM Modi and the CMs since the lockdown […]
A two-week course of an antiviral therapy, started within seven days of experiencing COVID-19 symptoms, may improve clinical recovery of patients and reduce their hospital stay duration, according to the first randomised trial of this triple drug combination. The study, published in the journal The Lancet, involved 127 adults from six public hospitals in Hong […]