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Medical staff administers a booster dose of COVID vaccine to a woman at Chinnawaltair in Visakhapatnam. (DC Image)

3.5 cr people to get Covid booster dose free of cost

The govt plans to administer booster dose to 3.44 crore people in the age group of 18 to 59 years, on a war-footing in...

15 July 2022 11:59 PM IST

In all, 103 samples from the GHMC limits were sent for genome testing of which 90 were found to be Omicron cases, while 13 were that of the Delta variant of the Coronavirus. (DC file photo)

Experts call for more Covid tests to check spread of Omicronâ€™s sub...

The experts say BA.2.75 has alarming mutations in the key spike protein

7 July 2022 2:15 AM IST

A health worker prepare a dose of the Covid-19 Corbevax vaccine during a vaccination drive for people in the 12-14 age group at a school in Chennai. (Arun SANKAR / AFP)

Union minister hails AP efforts to check Covid spread

The minister said 50 lakh families are being benefited from the central government schemes in AP

13 Jun 2022 3:15 AM IST

Karnataka imposes night curfew from Dec 24 (Representational image: PTI)

AP lifts night curfew after dip in Covid cases

The number of daily Covid positive cases came down to 18,929 against 1,00,622 last week in the state

15 Feb 2022 12:11 AM IST

A health worker collecting swab from a woman for COVID test at Tummalapalli Kalakshetram in Vijayawada (C. Narayana Rao/DC)

AP yet to enhance RT-PCR tests to check Covid-19

Currently, the state is on an average carrying out only 30,000 tests per day against the required one lakh tests to help...

20 Jan 2022 1:55 AM IST

A student takes a selfie as a health worker administers a COVID-19 vaccine to teenagers in Thane, Monday, Jan. 3, 2022. (PTI)

Andhra Pradesh moots gap reduction for Covid precaution dose

CM Jagan advised officials to write to the Centre seeking a reduced time-gap between the Covid second dose and the...

18 Jan 2022 12:31 AM IST

A medical staff works inside a newly created Covid-19 coronavirus oxygen support isolation ward at a government hospital in Chennai. (Photo: AFP)

Spurt in Covid and dengue cases causes alarm

Cases of scrubtyphus too are being detected in Nellore district, causing worry among doctors

12 Jan 2022 2:45 AM IST

In virtual mode, chief minister Jagan Mohan Reddy inaugurated 144 Pressure Swing Absorption (PSA) Oxygen Plants at various government hospitals across the state and dedicated them to the nation. (DC Image)

Andhra Pradesh government hospitals get 144 oxygen plants

A genome sequencing lab has been set up in Vijayawada, which is the second in the country, next to Kerala

10 Jan 2022 11:55 PM IST

A health worker sorts vials at a COVID-19 testing site amid concern over a third wave of the coronavirus pandemic in India, in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Pharma app helps detect 1,495 Covid cases in Andhra Pradesh

As many as 25,956 pharmacies uploaded information of 15,70,298 persons showing symptoms and purchasing medicines in the...

9 Jan 2022 1:05 AM IST

Air China flight crew members in hazmat suits walk through the arrivals area at Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2021. Brazil and Japan joined the rapidly widening circle of countries to report cases of the omicron variant Tuesday. (AP/Jae C. Hong)

Omicron scare: AP health experts suggest quarantine of international...

They suggested that the international arrivals be quarantined at airports and seaports for a period ranging from seven...

4 Jan 2022 12:21 AM IST

A health worker administers a dose of COVID-19 vaccine to a beneficiary during a mobile vaccination drive amid fear of spread of a new variant of COVID-19 in Bengaluru. (Photo: PTI)

AP teenagers to start getting jabs from today

Senior citizens with co-morbidities would be given booster doses from January 10 under medical advice

3 Jan 2022 12:29 AM IST

The airport authorities say Rapid PCR test facility will help them carry out the test and get the result in 15 to 30 minutes. (Representational Image/PTI)

AP health officials scramble to collect samples

The administration in the districts in the region and medical teams have to wait at least for three days to get a...

1 Jan 2022 6:58 AM IST