Overcoming vaccine hesitancy — the key to a successful Covid-19 inoculation drive
Please do come. There is no queue, it won’t take long,” Akash Kumar Jha says persuasively, as he speaks on the phone to a doctor...
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Daily Covid tally stays below 15k, Kerala reports 6.7k new cases
India reported fewer than 15,000 fresh Covid-19 cases for the second day running as the pandemic continued to recede in almost all states of the...
Vaccines for free or at open market prices? India’s got a big dilemma ahead of budget
The year 2020 will be known as the year of the pandemic and the year 2021 will be known as the year of the vaccination....
Individual, organisational capacity to change can reduce health care workforce burnout
Washington: During the pandemic, burnout among health care professionals is a pervasive public health concern as the health care professionals are required to work even...
Healthcare sector’s revenue expected to grow 20 per cent in 2021-22: Report
MUMBAI: Revenue growth of the healthcare sector, which was one of the worst impacted due to the pandemic as people delayed costly elective medical interventions,...
Access to Co-WIN will be restricted initially
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will flag off India’s Covid-19 vaccination drive at 10.30am on January 16 with 3,006 sites where the roll-out will...
Indians wish to prioritise eating healthy in 2021, says survey by Habbit
New Delhi: The age-old adage, ‘Health is Wealth’ couldn’t be more true in the Covid-19 era. An end of year survey conducted across metros in...
Serum Institute gets ‘Covishield’ purchase order from Centre
PUNE: The Serum Institute on India on Monday said it has received the purchase order from the Centre for the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. “We have...
Digital health in spotlight as pandemic shifts tech show focus
Washington: Digital health care is in the spotlight at the tech industry’s big event this week amid a pandemic that has highlighted the importance of...
New virus variant found in travellers from Brazil: Japan
Tokyo: A new coronavirus variant has been detected in four travellers from Brazil’s Amazonas state, Japan’s health ministry said on Sunday, in the latest instance...