HEALTH & BEAUTY

LONDON: Many poorer countries lack Covid-19 vaccine doses to continue with their inoculation programmes, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said. WHO senior adviser Dr Bruce Aylward said the Covax programme — the international vaccine-sharing initiative — had delivered 90 million doses to 131 countries, but it is nowhere near ...

MUMBAI: Actress-entrepreneur Shilpa Shetty Kundra says the one thing she has learnt from the ups and downs of her life is that positivity has to be a choice. Shilpa posted a picture on Instagram on Tuesday featuring a yoga pose with a quote by Aristotle Onassis, to drive home her ...

CHANDIGARH: After rapid declining in COVID cases, Medical Education and Research Minister Punjab OP Soni today ordered to start MBBS, BDS and BAMS classes physically in medical colleges from June 28, 2021 onwards. Divulging details, the Cabinet Minister OP Soni said that this decision has been taken after comprehensive deliberation ...

WASHINGTON: The overall global Covid-19 caseload has topped 178.6 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 3.87 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University. In its latest update on Tuesday morning, the University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed that the current global caseload and death ...

MUMBAI: Sounding fresh alarm bells, at least 21 cases of the dreaded Delta Plus variant of Covid-19 have been reported in Maharashtra, Health Minister Rakesh Tope has said. “So far, we have found 21 cases of Delta Plus variant in the state,” a grim Minister Tope said here late on ...

NEW DELHI: India recorded 42,640 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, the lowest since March 23, according to data released by the Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry on Tuesday. As it continued with a declining trend of coronavirus infection, the country reported 1,167 deaths. This is the ...

NEW YORK: India will get a share of the 16 million doses of the Covid-19 vaccines that US President Joe Biden is earmarking for Asia in the latest donations to COVAX, the international outfit for jab distribution to developing countries, according to the White House. The White House did not ...

CHANDIGARH: On the occasion of ‘International Yoga Day’, Punjab Government today recruited 166 Up-Vedayas on a regular basis in Directorate of Ayurveda. While issuing the appointment letters to the newly selected Up-Vedyas, Health & Family Welfare Minister, Punjab Mr. Balbir Singh Sidhu urged the newly appointed staff to perform their ...

NEW DELHI: The Centre has told the Supreme Court that any death resulting from Covid-19 infection should have to be certified as Covid death, and if not done so, the certifying doctor will face action. The Ministry of Home Affairs, in an affidavit, said: “It is mandated that any death ...

KAPURTHALA: The work of covid vaccination is in full swing, in district Kapurthla in which more than 1 lakh 71 thousand people have been vaccinated so far. a total of 1,71,738 people have been vaccinated in the district out of which 83,413 are senior citizens so far. the highest number ...