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Tamil Nadu government has not woken up despite the fact that the doctors have gone on a fast thrice. AP Photo

Duty doctors found missing in Covid wards of Kurnool GGH

Another patient said toilets in the male ward are not being maintained properly

23 April 2021 11:41 PM IST

Goutham Reddy had on Thursday attended a meeting to review oxygen supply across the state Representational image/DC

Andhra Pradesh minister Goutham Reddy tests positive for Covid-19

Reddy played a crucial role in supplying 2.200 Remdesivir injections for critically ill Covid-19 patients in Nellore...

23 April 2021 11:35 PM IST

Elderly people wait for their turn to receive the dose of Covishield vaccine against the Covid-19 coronavirus at a government high school in Hyderabad on April 5, 2021. (Noah SEELAM / AFP)

Delay in tests and results spreading Covid virus faster in Adilabad

Several people with symptoms complained about the huge delay in tests at PHCs and in giving the results

23 April 2021 11:30 PM IST

A relative of a Covid-19 victim (2L) pays his respect before a cremation at Nigambodh Ghat Crematorium on the banks of the Yamuna river in New Delhi in the early hour of April 22, 2021. (AFP)

COVID-19: Over 3.32 lakh fresh cases in India in single day, record...

Country's total tally surge to 1,62,63,695, while active cases cross the 24-lakh mark

23 April 2021 11:32 AM IST

Modi said the nation is looking to build a natural gas pipeline grid to boost usage of the environment-friendly fuel that would help cut carbon emissions. (Photo:PTI)

Modi calls for quick action to save world at Leaders' Summit on...

Modi said that humanity is battling a pandemic and that it is a timely reminder that the grave threat of climate change...

23 April 2021 8:00 AM IST

Sanitation worker S. Krishnamma becomes the first person to get the vaccine in Telangana state, in the presence of Union minister of state G. Kishan Reddy, health minister Etala Rajendar and Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar at Gandhi Hospital, Hyderabad, on Saturday. (DC Photo: S Surender Reddy)

Hyderabad hospitals stare at oxygen shortage

Oxygen supply falls short by 120 tonnes, Etala blames Centre

23 April 2021 7:39 AM IST

A health worker inspects COVID-19 patients undergoing treatment at Shehnai Banquet Hall, converted into an isolation centre amid surge in coronavirus cases, near LNJP Hospital in New Delhi. (PTI)

INSIDE THE WAR ROOM: Stressed doctors, nurses and other Covid Warriors

Many doctors, nurses and other medical staff have lost their lives while treating the patients

23 April 2021 7:15 AM IST

Visitors wait at the Gandhi Hospital gate in Hyderabad. P Surendra photo

Gandhi Hospital runs out of ventilator beds

While the hospital has beds equipped with oxygen lines vacant, the ICU beds were all filled up

23 April 2021 1:03 AM IST

Now, the cases heard by the Supreme Court have anywhere between two and 30 parties. Who decides who will be unmuted? (PTI)

It's a national health emergency, says Supreme Court

SC has sought Centre's response on supply of oxygen, essential drugs, method and manner of vaccination and the power to...

23 April 2021 12:59 AM IST

Devotees on their way to the holy cave shrine of Amarnath. (AP File)

Amarnath pilgrims' registration suspended in view of grim Covid-19...

The registration of the pilgrims had opened through 446 designated branches of PNB, Jammu and Kashmir Bank and YES Bank

23 April 2021 12:47 AM IST

Speaking to media after the GoM meeting, Srinivas asked people not to panic as the strategy drawn for meeting the shortage is being placed before Chief Minister Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy for his final approval. (Photo: Facebook @Alla Nani)

AP mobilising oxygen, drugs, beds for Covid patients

Currently, the state requires 360 metric tonnes of oxygen and there is no short supply in government hospitals

23 April 2021 12:00 AM IST

A file photo of the doctors from Osmania General Hospital who were vaccinated ( Image Source: DC Image)

AP to get 4,500 house surgeons for Covid duty

There are 30 government and private medical colleges in the state with an intake of 4,660 students

23 April 2021 12:00 AM IST