Karnataka Health Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao (File Image | IANS)

Elderly, people having Covid symptoms, comorbidities must wear masks: Karnataka health minister

Kodagu | After Covid-19 sub-variant was detected in a woman in neighbouring Kerala, Karnataka Health Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao on Monday said that people who are having Covid symptoms, co-morbidities and above 60 years of age must wear masks, and an order related to this will be issued soon. Addressing reporters in Kushalnagar town, Minister […]

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Keep all preparedness for Covid-19 management, Centre to states

New Delhi | Alarmed by the resurgence of Covid-19, Union Health Minister Dr Mansukh Mandaviya on Friday chaired a meeting of health ministers of all states and Union Territories and advised them to keep all preparedness for Covid management. Continuing the rising trend, Covid cases crossed 6k-mark this morning, the Union Health Ministry data showed. “The […]

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China says 80% of population have had Covid-19

Beijing | Eight in 10 people in China have now been infected with Covid-19, a prominent government scientist has claimed. Wu Zunyou, the chief epidemiologist of China’s Center for Disease Control and Prevention, said that the present “wave of epidemic has already infected about 80 per cent of the people” in the country of 1.4 billion […]