Punjab Biotechnology Incubator under Department of Science, Technology and Environment Govt of Punjab, having an NABL accredited analytical facility in Food, Water, Agriculture and Environment sectors with strength in RT-PCR based Molecular Diagnostics was...

Countering the surge in Covid cases upfront, Punjab Government has upgraded the viral testing of COVID-19 in the State to 20, 000 tests per day, informed Mr.O.P Soni, Medical Education & Research Minister Punjab after inaugurating Corona labs at Punjab Biotechnology...

In view of the increasing cases of Coronavirus infection across the district, the Civil Surgeon Dr. Manjit Singh again appealed to the people not to panic over this deadly disease but to take all necessary precautions. He said that one of the main reasons...

Covid Care Center Meritorious School Patiala has so far cured and discharged more than 400 patients under Mission Fateh as a significant contribution in the fight against Covid.Disclosing this here today, Covid Care Incharge and  Additional Deputy Commissioner...

Third Eye Anti Crime Team, formed to help the poor people in the society, has emerged as the messiah for the people of the villages in this difficult time. The members of the organization are doing sanitation work in different villages of Bishnah block and...

Sehat Skin and Hair Clinic was founded in 1997 in with specific focus to treat Hair, Scalp and Skin problems.Its main goal is providing holistic health service by helping people with these problems in a natural way, by utilizing all the ancient herbal remedies...

The Government on Monday informed that 470 new positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19), 102 from Jammu division and 368 from Kashmir division, have been reported today thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 25367....

India, the third-worst COVID-hit country globally, recorded a single-day spike of 64,399 coronavirus cases, pushing its total tally to 21,53,011.Out of the total 21,53,011 cases, 6,28,747 are active cases, 14,80,884 have recovered from the deadly virus while...

The Government on Sunday informed that 507 new positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19), 129 from Jammu division and 378 from Kashmir division, have been reported today thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 24897....

A total of 61,537 new coronavirus cases were reported in the last 24 hours in India, which took the overall caseload to 20,88,611, while the death toll increased to 42,518 with 933 fresh fatalities, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Saturday.The...

The Government on Saturday informed that 463 new positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19), 81 from Jammu division and 382 from Kashmir division, have been  reported today thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to...

The Bacille Calmette-Guerin or BCG vaccine, originally made against tuberculosis, has a general stimulating effect on the immune system and is therefore effective against  Covid-19, say researchers.The study, published in the journal Cell Reports Medicine,...

Serum Institute of India (SII), the worlds largest vaccine manufacturer by volume, has entered into a new landmark partnership with Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance and the Bill &  Melinda Gates Foundation, to accelerate the manufacture and delivery of...

The Serum Institute of India would introduce candidate vaccines from AstraZeneca and Novavax for COVID-19 at less than Rs 250 per dose in India. The Pune-based institute would offer up to 100 million doses at a price capped at $3 for 92 low and middle-income...

The Government on Friday informed that 473 new positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19), 128 from Jammu division and 345 from Kashmir division, have been reported today thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 23927....

A total of 50 more patients including 12 from local civil hospital, 15 from Covid Care Centre in Government Meritorious School, 18 from BSF Hospital and five from other private hospitals today were cured and discharged.Now in Jalandhar, 1955 patients so...

The Government on Thursday informed that 499 new positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19), 73 from Jammu division and 426 from Kashmir division, have been reported today thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 23454....

Six major states in India have recorded more than one lakh coronavirus cases each since the outbreak of the pandemic, with the country logging over 19 lakh cases and nearly 40,000 deaths so far.Maharashtra has the highest number of cases, followed by Tamil...

The Government on Wednesday informed that 559 new positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19),96 from Jammu division and 463 from Kashmir division, have been reported today thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 22955....

Drug firm Zydus Cadila on Wednesday announced that its plasmid DNA vaccine to prevent COVID-19 -- ZyCoV-D -- was found to be safe and well tolerated in the phase I clinical trial. The company will now commence phase II clinical trials from August 6.The company...

A Covid-19 vaccine developed by US-based Novavax elicited robust antibody responses and appeared to be safe in a Phase-I human trial, the company has said.No serious adverse events were reported and safety follow-up continues, Novavax said on Tuesday,...

Hyderabad-based Zenara Pharma on Wednesday announced that it has received approval from the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) to manufacture and sell Favipiravir tablets as a treatment option for patients with mild to moderate symptoms of Covid-19.The tablet,...

The Russian Ministry of Defence has said that a Covid-19 vaccine that it developed in partnership with the Gamaleya Scientific Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology appears to be safe.On August 3, a "final medical examination" of participants...

As many as 73 more persons infected with Covid-19 were discharged today after recovery and now the tally of those recovered in the district is 1869.The 73 discharged patients include 26 from Civil Hospital, 22 from Covid Care Centre, 12 from Military Hospital,...

The Government on Tuesday informed that 390 new positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19),152 from Jammu division and 238 from Kashmir division, have been reported today thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 22396....

Jindal Steel and Power Limited, being an employee-first organisation, today felicitated twenty-five of its outstanding COVID-19 Warriors, who worked  round the clock to see that every infected JSPL employee was back in the best of health in the shortest...

Jubilant Life Sciences Ltd on Monday announced that its subsidiary, Jubilant Generics,has launched remdesivir for injection, under the brand name 'JUBI-R', in the Indian market at a price of Rs 4,700 per vial of 100 mg.The company said it will make the drug available...

Mumbai-headquartered pharmaceutical company Wockhardt on Monday announced that it has entered into an agreement with the UK government to fill-finish millions of doses of Covid-19 vaccines.As per the terms of the agreement, the company has reserved manufacturing capacity...

The Government on Monday informed that 590 new positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19),157 from Jammu division and 433 from Kashmir division, have been reported today thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 22006. Also...

The Government on Sunday informed that 444 new positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19), 206 from Jammu division and 238 from Kashmir division, have been reported today thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 21416....

With 54,735 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, India on Sunday crossed the 17 lakh mark with an overall 17,50,723 cases, fresh data from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare revealed.A totol of 853 deaths were also reported in this period.Out...

India's COVID-19 recovery difference compared to active cases has increased from 1,573 to 5,77,899 in just 52 days amid a spike in new infections, a signal for those under observation to shed the stigma of the disease.On June 10, for the first time, the latest...

The Government on Saturday informed that 613 new positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19), 145 from Jammu division and 468 from Kashmir division, have been reported today thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 20972....

India witnessed a record daily jump of 57,117 new Coronavirus cases on Saturday apart from 764 deaths, even as its total tally neared 17 lakh. So far, 16,95,988 corona cases have been reported in India, of which 36,511 patients have succumbed, the Ministry...

As many as 5,881 persons tested positive for coronavirus in Tamil Nadu over the past 24 hours, taking the state's total tally to 245,859, the state Health Department said on Friday.In a statement, the department also said that 5,778 persons were discharged...

Maharashtra's new Covid-19 cases breached the 10,000-level for the third time in July on Friday while Pune's total cases shot past the 1 lakh mark.Besides, the number of active cases in the state zoomed above 1.50 lakh of which the lion's share belongs to Pune and...

The Government on Friday informed that 490 new positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19), 143 from Jammu division and 347 from Kashmir division, have been reported today thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 20359....

In order to improve the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and tier-3 facilities considerably for the Covid-19 patients in Shaheed Babu Labh Singh Civil Hospital, a committee set up on the directions of state health advisor Dr KK Talwar, visited the hospital on...

The Government on Thursday informed that 450 new positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19), 83 from Jammu division and 367 from Kashmir division, have been reported today thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 19869....

The European Commission said that it has signed a 63 million-euro contract with American pharmaceutical company Gilead to secure doses of Veklury, the brand name for Remdesivir, for the treatment of COVID-19.The Commission said in a statement on Wednesday...

A total of 52,123 cases of Covid infection across India was reported in the last 24 hours, stated the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Thursday pointing out that more than 70 per cent of deaths are "due to comorbidities".Till date, a total...

Pharmaceutical company Moderna's Covid-19 vaccine, which is currently in clinical trials, has shown successful results in monkeys.Two doses of an experimental vaccine known as mRNA-1273 induced robust immune responses and rapidly controlled the Covid-19 in the upper...

The Government on Wednesday informed that 540 new positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19), 151 from Jammu division and 389 from Kashmir division, have been reported today thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 19419....

Telangana has over 1,000 COVID-19 containment zones, a majority of them in Mahabubnagar and Rangareddy districts, officials said on Tuesday.For the first time since the  outbreak of COVID-19, the state health authorities came out with a complete list of containment...

US-based Pfizer and German biotech firm BioNTech have announced the start of a late stage clinical trial of a Covid-19 vaccine jointly developed by the two companies.The  Phase 2/3 study will involve up to 30,000 participants between 18 and 85 years of age,...

Pharmaceutical company Moderna has begun a phase-3 clinical trial to evaluate an investigational vaccine known as mRNA-1273 designed to protect against Covid-19 virus.The  trial, which will be conducted at the US clinical research sites, will include 30,000 participants...

India on Tuesday registered 47,703 fresh novel coronavirus cases taking the total tally to over 14.83 lakh cases while with 654 new deaths, total fatalities crossed 33,425, the  Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare stated.According to the latest...

The Government on Tuesday informed that 489 new positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19), 134 from Jammu division and 355 from Kashmir division, have been reported today thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 18879....

The human clinical trial of India's first possible anti-Covid vaccine 'Covaxin' began at an institute here on Monday, an official said.The human trial of the coronavirus vaccine has begun at the Institute of Medical Sciences and SUM Hospital in Bhubaneswar.Covaxin...

In a significant achievement by district administration in its battle against novel coronavirus on Monday, a total of 109 Covid-19 patients were cured and discharged from different hospitals and some completed their home isolation period, the tally of those...

Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Jalandhar Rural Navjot Singh Mahal who got infected with novel coronavirus on the line of duty as frontline corona warrior on July 9, resumed his duty on Monday after a gap of 18-days. On his arrival at SSP office complex,...

India on Monday registered the highest single-day spike of almost 50,000 (49,931) fresh novel coronavirus cases taking the total tally to over 14.35 lakh cases while with 708 new deaths, total fatalities crossed 32,771, the Union Ministry of Health and Family...

The Government on Monday informed that 470 new positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19), 161 from Jammu division and 309 from Kashmir division, have been reported today thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 18390....

As the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in India crossed 13.8 lakh on Sunday, over 36,000 patients were cured in the last 24 hours, a record so far. As per the latest data from Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW), the highest ever recoveries...

A total of 54 more patients including four from local civil hospital, 19 from Covid Care Centre in Government Meritorious School, two from Military Hospital, six from BSF Hospital today were cured and discharged besides 23 completed their home isolation...

The Government on Sunday informed that 615 new positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19), 136 from Jammu division and 479 from Kashmir division, have been reported today thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 17920....

Even as India races to develope a cure for the Covid-19 virus, and despite all safety protocalls in place for the last four months to contain the pandemic outbreak, the number of infectees are increasing drastically each day. A total of 48,916 fresh cases...

The Government on Thursday informed that 353 new positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19), 129 from Jammu division and 224 from Kashmir division, have been reported today thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 16782....

Jammu & Kashmir Medical Supplies Corporation Limited – JKMSCL, a fully owned company of J&K Government, is leading the fight against Covid 19 pandemic at the forefront by providing uninterrupted key medical supplies in the form of equipment, safety...

India on Friday recorded the highest single day spike of almost 50,000 fresh Covid-19 cases in 24 hours taking the total tally to 12,87,945, with the death toll also crossing 30,000 mark, the Union Health Ministry data revealed.India recorded 49,310 fresh...