Karnataka govt starts mandatory COVID tests for ILI, SARI patients, advises people to wear masks indoors

Dec 22, 2022

In view of the increase in COVID cases in several countries and the discovery of new variants, the Karnataka government on Thursday decided to...

Monitor Influenza-like and Severe Acute Respiratory Illness district-wise: Health Ministry to States, UTs

Dec 23, 2022

Taking cognizance of a sudden spurt of Covid cases in Japan, US, the Republic of Korea, Brazil and China, the health ministry has directed...

Karnataka govt issues notice to 18 hospitals for 'denying' admission to patient who later died

Jul 02, 2020

Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], July 2 : Karnataka government has issued a show-cause notice to 18 private hospitals for refusing to admit a 52-year-old patient...

Influenza-causing respiratory illness reported among people across Pakistan

Jan 03, 2024

A subtype H3N2 Influenza, a virus causing severe respiratory illness, has been reported in people across Pakistan, ARY News reported on Wednesday, citing the...

J-K govt directs all private clinics to report positive, suspected COVID-19 cases to health dept

Aug 28, 2020

Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Aug 28 : The Jammu and Kashmir government on Thursday directed all private hospitals to report all positive COVID-19,...

Telangana government issues alert to all hospitals on JN.1 Covid sub-variant

Dec 19, 2023

"JN.1 is a subvariant of Omicron. There were many cases in Kerala. Our state government has issued an alert to all hospitals in the...