Mamata Banerjee announces free Covid-19 vaccine for every citizen in West Bengal
Jan 10, 2021, at 06:56 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday announced that the state government is arranging to make Covid-19 vaccines available to all its citizens at free of cost.
Jan 10, 2021, at 02:45 pm
Tel Aviv/Sputnik: Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu on Saturday received his second dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine live on national television.
Bird Flu scare: Four parks in Delhi closed for public
Jan 10, 2021, at 06:32 am
New Delhi/UNI: As a precautionary measure to prevent bird flu in Delhi, four parks in the national capital have been closed for public on Saturday.
Chinese expert says Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine is 'most unsafe in world' with 73 side effects
Jan 10, 2021, at 05:08 am
Beijing: A Chinese vaccine expert has claimed that the COVID-19 vaccine which has been rolled out by the nation as the 'most unsafe vaccine in the world'.
Vaccinating equitably ‘saves lives, stabilizes health systems’: WHO chief
Jan 10, 2021, at 12:17 am
New York: Two billion doses of “safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines” have been secured by the international equitable vaccine alliance COVAX, and they will be ready for distribution as soon they are delivered, the UN health agency chief said on Friday.
Bird Flu hits India: Hundreds of chicken dumped in the forest
Jan 09, 2021, at 11:53 pm
Chikkaballapur/UNI: Several poultry farmers have allegedly dumped their chicken in the forest on Saturday due to the bird flu scare.
Magnitude 3.3 earthquake hits Uttarkashi
Jan 09, 2021, at 09:42 pm
Dehradun/UNI: An earthquake of 3.3 magnitude on the Richter scale struck Uttarkashi district in Uttarakhand on Saturday morning, District Disaster Management Officer Devendra Patwal said.
Brazil's COVID-19 case tally tops 8 million
Jan 09, 2021, at 09:08 pm
Brasilia/Sputnik: The number of registered coronavirus cases in Brazil has topped 8 million, the country's Health Ministry said in a statement.
India registers 18,222 new COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours
Jan 09, 2021, at 03:43 pm
New Delhi: Maintaining the downward trend, India added 18,222 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, as per Ministry of Health data released on Saturday.
UP to conduct third covid vaccination dry run on Jan 11
Jan 09, 2021, at 04:23 am
Lucknow/IBNS: While the preparations for Covid-19 vaccination are in the final stages in the state, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has given instructions for a thorough review of the preparations of the third dry run on January 11.
De-notifying of COVID19 dedicated hospitals in Jammu and Kashmir
Jan 09, 2021, at 12:02 am
Srinagar: Financial Commissioner, Health and Medical Education, Atal Dulloo, today chaired an officers meeting to review de-notifying of COVID19 dedicated hospitals in Jammu and Kashmir.
Pfizer-funded research claims vaccine might be effective against new Coronavirus strains
Jan 08, 2021, at 08:50 pm
Moscow/Sputnik: The efficacy of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine (official name BNT162b2) might sustain against the newly-detected mutant strains from the United Kingdom and South Africa, a group of US scientists said in a research paper.
India's second Covid-19 vaccine dry run begins today
Jan 08, 2021, at 06:00 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The second dry run of Covid-19 vaccine across India began on Friday, as the vast country is gearing up for the mass inoculation continuing its fight against the deadly virus.
India records 18139 new COVID-19 cases, 234 deaths
Jan 08, 2021, at 03:33 pm
New Delhi: India recorded 18139 COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, as per Ministry of Health released data on Friday.
Protective immunity against SARS-CoV-2 could last eight months or more: Report
Jan 08, 2021, at 02:37 pm
New York: New data suggest that nearly all COVID-19 survivors have the immune cells necessary to fight re-infection.
Moderna Covid-19 vaccine likely to protect for 'couple of years': CEO Stephane Bancel
Jan 08, 2021, at 05:40 am
Paris/IBNS: Moderna's COVID-19 mRNA vaccine is expected to offer protection of up to a couple of years, the US biotech's chief executive said on Thursday.
Doctors' forum writes to Mamata Banerjee expressing concern over air pollution in Bengal
Jan 08, 2021, at 04:58 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Leading doctors and doctors' forum across Bengal have written to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee highlighting the health emergency situation due to air pollution and asking for urgent measures to be taken to fight against air pollution.
China's Shijiazhuang under lockdown, undergoing mass testing : Official
Jan 08, 2021, at 04:44 am
Moscow/Sputnik: The Chinese city of Shijiazhuang goes into virtual lockdown, a local official told reporters Thursday, as the total number of COVID-19 cases detected in the past five days has reached 234.
'Maintain strict vigil': Centre directs 4 states amid rise in Covid-19 cases
Jan 08, 2021, at 02:07 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan has written to four states-Maharashtra, Kerala, Chhattisgarh and West Bengal-urging them to maintain a 'strict vigil' in curbing the spike in Covid-19 cases.
Bharat Biotech announces completion of phase 3 clinical trials of Covid-19 vaccine
Jan 08, 2021, at 12:03 am
New Delhi/UNI: Bharat Biotech on Thursday announced that it has enrolled 25,800 volunteers for phase 3 clinical trials of its indigenously manufactured Covid-19 vaccine, 'Covaxin'.
No report of bird flu in J&K, eating poultry safe: Doctors Association Kashmir
Jan 07, 2021, at 09:08 pm
Srinagar/UNI: Urging people to not panic amid reports of bird blue in the neigbouring states, Jammu and Kashmir administration issued an advisory to all stakeholders, including poultry owners, dealers, retailers and consumers for prevention of ingress of the flu into the Union Territory (UT).
India reports over 20,000 Covid-19 cases, 222 deaths in 24 hours
Jan 07, 2021, at 07:52 pm
New Delhi/UNI: India registered 20,346 new Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours, taking the overall tally to 1,03,95,278, the Union Health Ministry update said on Thursday.
UK records over 1000 Covid deaths in single day, highest ever since April
Jan 07, 2021, at 05:27 am
London/IBNS: Britain on Wednesday recorded 1,041 new fatalities from the coronavirus.
Ahead of Covid-19 vaccine rollout, second dry run to be held on Friday
Jan 07, 2021, at 04:18 am
New Delhi/IBNS: A second dry run for the Covid-19 vaccination will be held in all states on Friday, media reports said.
Bangladesh records 978 new COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours
Jan 06, 2021, at 11:17 pm
Dhaka: Bangladesh recorded 978 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, media reports said.
Jan 06, 2021, at 11:04 pm
New Delhi: The Ministry of Health & Family Welfare on Wednesday said it has deployed multi-disciplinary teams to Avian Influenza affected Alappuzha and Kottayam districts in Kerala, and Panchkula District, Haryana.
Jan 06, 2021, at 10:15 pm
New Delhi: There is a steady decline in the number of daily deaths recorded in the country. Less than 300 new deaths are being recorded in the country from the last 12 days.
New Coronavirus strain: 13 more infected in India, tally jumps to 71
Jan 06, 2021, at 08:16 pm
New Delhi/UNI: With 13 more people testing positive for the new variant of Novel Coronavirus, the total number of such cases in the country rose to 71, the Union Health Ministry said here on Wednesday.
WHO chief begins 2021 with plea for ‘less politicking’ over health
Jan 06, 2021, at 03:54 pm
New York: In a race to “save lives, livelihoods and end this pandemic”, the head of the UN heath agency said on Tuesday that it was important to remember COVID-19 was just one of a number of major disease outbreaks facing communities across the world.
COVID-19: India registers 18,088 new cases in the past 24 hours
Jan 06, 2021, at 03:25 pm
New Delhi: India, the country badly hit by COVID-19 virus, has registered 18,088 new cases of the infection in the past 24 hours, as per data released by the Ministry of Health on Wednesday.