New Delhi, May 20 The Union Health Ministry has urged states and union territories to make black fungus or mucormycosis a notifiable disease under the Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897, stating that the infection is leading to prolonged morbidity and mortality amongst Covid-19 patients. The ministry, in a letter, said thatRead More

In Peel Region, which has been hit harder by COVID-19 than almost any other part of Ontario, essential workers — many of whom live in close quarters with several family members — have borne the brunt of the pandemic. There have been more than 500 outbreaks of COVID-19 in workplacesRead More

Sonepat (Haryana), May 19 Two farmers from Punjab, who were part of the group protesting here against the new farm laws, passed away with one of them found Covid positive, officials said on Wednesday. The two farmers – Balbir Singh (50) and Mahender Singh (70) – residents of Patiala andRead More

Chandigarh, May 18 While Covid cases have started to decline in Punjab, the high rate of deaths remains a concern for the authorities. Record 231 daily deaths in Punjab The state reported 231 deaths on Tuesday, which is the highest-ever single day toll. The previous single-day highest toll was 217,Read More

London, May 19 There is increasing confidence that the vaccines currently being administered in the UK to protect against Covid-19 are effective against all variants of the deadly virus, including the B1.617.2 variant first identified in India, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday. During his weekly Prime Minister’s QuestionsRead More

New Delhi, May 19 The double mutant B.1.617 variant of SARS-CoV2 is further mutating and one of its sub-lineages, the B.1.617.2, reported in India, is more infectious than its parent and fast increasing its footprint, Rakesh Mishra, former Director of the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, said on Wednesday.Read More

Ahmedabad, May 19 Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday approved assistance Rs 1,000 crore for “immediate relief activities” in Gujarat after conducting an aerial survey of areas hit by cyclone Tauktae in the state, an official release said. He also announced ex-gratia compensation of Rs 2 lakh for the kinRead More

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he found out about the investigation into Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin, who had been the public face of the vaccine distribution drive, a few weeks ago, but not the details of the sexual misconduct allegations. Fortin left the post on Friday after an allegation of sexualRead More

Chandigarh, May 18 Punjab on Tuesday registered a record 231 deaths due to COVID-19, pushing the toll to 12,317, while 7,143 fresh cases took the tally to 5,11,652, according to a medical bulletin. The state’s single-day recoveries, which were registered at 8,174, again surpassed the single-day infections of 7,143. TheRead More

Chandigarh, May 18 Villages achieving cent per cent COVID vaccination target in Punjab will get Rs 10 lakh as a special development grant, Chief Minister Amarinder Singh said here on Tuesday. The idea behind this grant is to incentivise villages to give up vaccine hesitancy, he said while interacting onlineRead More