Updated influenza vaccine advice targets protection of elderly and health workers
Sep 26, 2020, at 02:44 pm
New York: Amid a potential global shortage in influenza vaccines and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the UN health agency has advised countries to protect the elderly and health workers first.
Fight against COVID-19: Johnson & Johnson's vaccine shows strong immune response
Sep 26, 2020, at 02:21 pm
New Brunswick: US pharmaceutical major Johnson & Johnson's potential COVID-19 vaccine has shown development of a strong neutralizing antibody response in nearly all participants aged 18 years and older and was generally well-tolerated.
Covid-19 positive Manish Sisodia gets plasma therapy
Sep 26, 2020, at 01:30 am
New Delhi/UNI: Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia who is suffering from both Covid-19 and Dengue, was administered with plasma therapy on Friday.
India records 86,052 new COVID-19 cases in 24 hours
Sep 25, 2020, at 03:30 pm
New Delhi: India's COVID19 tally crossed 58 lakh as 86,052 new cases were recorded in the past 24 hours, as per the Ministry of Health data.
Chinese mainland reports no new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases
Sep 25, 2020, at 03:00 pm
Beijing/Xinhua: No new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases were reported Thursday across the Chinese mainland, the National Health Commission said Friday.
Pandemic shocks world, reinforces need for multilateralism, says Estonian President
Sep 25, 2020, at 02:55 pm
New York: The COVID-19 pandemic gave the world “a thorough shock” and taught several lessons on the realities of climate change, the President of Estonia said to the UN General Assembly on Thursday.
Deadly flooding adds new danger to communities fleeing Sahel violence
Sep 25, 2020, at 02:41 pm
New York: Humanitarians have stepped up assistance to communities “on the brink”, who have been affected by devastating flooding in Africa’s Sahel region, where several hundred thousand people have been displaced by seasonal rains.
UN chief and UK premier announce December climate summit
Sep 25, 2020, at 02:10 pm
New York: With the COVID-19 pandemic having disrupted plans to hold the annual international UN climate meeting - known as the COP - this year, the UN Secretary-General António Guterres and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom have announced that they will instead co-host a “landmark global event” on 12 December, the fifth anniversary of the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement.
India reports spike in Covid-19 daily cases, tally crosses 57 lakh
Sep 24, 2020, at 04:07 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: India, which has approximately 1.3 billion people, reported a spike in the daily cases of Covid-19 for the second consecutive day pushing the overall tally of infections to beyond 57 lakh.
Jammu and Kashmir: Govt sets up health club at Panchayat level to check COVID-19 spread
Sep 24, 2020, at 02:20 am
Srinagar: In order to keep a check on the COVID-19 spread in villages and towns of JK UT, the government is going to set- up health club at Panchayat level across the Jammu and Kashmir.
Himachal records 130 COVID-19 cases, two deaths
Sep 24, 2020, at 02:02 am
Shimla/UNI: Himachal Pradesh recorded 130 new COVID-19 cases and two more deaths from the virus, a senior health official said on Wednesday.
Residents of J&K benefit as Kashmir gets its first NAT-PCR facility
Sep 24, 2020, at 01:38 am
Srinagar: The Centre has added one more crown to the medical facilities present in Jammu and Kashmir by adding the Nucleic Acid Testing (NAT-PCR) in Srinagar's Government Medical College (GMC).
Predatory bacteria escape unharmed from prey cell using unique tool: Study
Sep 23, 2020, at 11:00 pm
London: Predatory bacteria, capable of invading and consuming harmful bugs such as E .coli and Salmonella, use a unique tool to help them escape the cell they have invaded without harming themselves, according to a new study.
Baby elephant rescued by villagers near Guwahati
Sep 23, 2020, at 10:48 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: A baby elephant, which was strayed out from an elephant herd, was rescued by villagers at Panbari area outskirts of Guwahati.
COVID-19: India registers 1085 new deaths
Sep 23, 2020, at 03:15 pm
New Delhi: India registered 83,347 new cases in the past 24 hours as the COVID-19 tally in the country now stands at 5,646,011.
Zimbabwe to open traditional Chinese medicine clinic
Sep 23, 2020, at 02:39 pm
Harare/Xinhua: Zimbabwe's largest referral hospital here has established a traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) clinic and is applying for an official license to open, according to the country's ministry of health and child care.
Beijing reports no new COVID-19 cases
Sep 23, 2020, at 02:32 pm
Beijing/Xinhua: No new locally transmitted confirmed, asymptomatic, or suspected cases of COVID-19 were reported in Beijing on Tuesday, the municipal health commission said Wednesday.
Around 2,500 volunteers have received 1st component of Russian COVID-19 vaccine : Gamaleya
Sep 22, 2020, at 10:54 pm
Moscow/Sputnik: Around 2,500 volunteers have received the first component of Russia's COVID-19 vaccine during the post-registration trials, and no significant complications have been registered, the head of the Gamaleya Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology said on Tuesday.
Millions of US citizens may have to pay for COVID-19 vaccine despite gov't Plans - Reports
Sep 22, 2020, at 10:46 pm
Moscow/Sputnik: Millions of people in the United States may have to pay for COVID-19 vaccination contrary to the plans of the authorities to make the shots free, as government-funded Medicare health insurance for the elderly does not cover the costs of drugs approved for emergency use, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) newspaper reported.
Medium intensity earthquake jolts Assam and other parts of NE
Sep 22, 2020, at 08:32 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: A medium intensity earthquake rocked Assam and other parts of the North Eastern region early on Tuesday.
Covid-19: India records over 1 lakh cured cases, recovery rate 80.86%
Sep 22, 2020, at 06:12 pm
New Delhi/UNI: India on Tuesday clocked a record number of cured or discharged cases in a single day amounting to over 1 lakh, the Health Ministry data said.
India adds 75,083 Covid-19 cases in 24 hours, tally crosses 55 lakh
Sep 22, 2020, at 04:19 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: India, which has been battered by the Novel Coronavirus pandemic despite months of lockdown, on Tuesday added 75,083 Covid-19 cases taking the tally of infections beyond 55 lakh.
Global solution to COVID-19 in sight, ‘we sink or we swim together’: WHO chief
Sep 22, 2020, at 03:45 pm
New York: COVID-19 is an “unprecedented global crisis that demands an unprecedented global response”, the chief of the UN health agency said on Monday, unveiling a plan to have two billion doses of coronavirus vaccine available by the end of 2021.
Emissions could add 15 inches to 2100 sea-level rise, NASA-led study finds
Sep 22, 2020, at 12:25 am
New York: An international effort that brought together more than 60 ice, ocean and atmosphere scientists from three dozen international institutions has generated new estimates of how much of an impact Earth’s melting ice sheets could have on global sea levels by 2100. If greenhouse gas emissions continue apace,
Bangladesh registers 1705 new COVID-19 cases, 40 fatalities
Sep 21, 2020, at 09:49 pm
Dhaka/UNI: The death toll from coronavirus has reached 4,979 as 40 more people died from the disease in the last 24 hours.
India reports more than 90,000 COVID-19 recoveries for the 3rd successive day
Sep 21, 2020, at 09:28 pm
New Delhi: India has crossed the significant landmark of more than 80% national Recovery Rate.
India reports over 86,000 Covid-19 cases, tally 54.87 lakh
Sep 21, 2020, at 05:02 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: India, the worst Covid-19-affected Asian country, on Monday reported over 86,000 fresh infections taking the tally to 54.87 lakh.
New Zealand relaxes COVID-19 restrictions
Sep 21, 2020, at 03:18 pm
Wellington/Xinhua: New Zealand's largest city Auckland will ease restrictions on gatherings at midnight Wednesday, moving down from COVID-19 Alert Level 2.5 to 2, with the rest of the country moving down from Alert Level 2 to Level 1 from midnight Monday.
DCGI approves Tata Group's low cost CRISPR Covid-19 test 'Feluda'
Sep 21, 2020, at 07:55 am
Delhi/IBNS: The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has given its approval for the commercial launch of India's first Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats (CRISPR), Covid-19 test 'Feluda' developed by the Tata Group and CSIR-IGIB (Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology).
106-yr-old woman beats coronavirus in Maharashtra
Sep 21, 2020, at 01:44 am
Thane/UNI: Maharashtra Tourism Minister Aaditya Thackeray on Sunday praised the Kalyan Dombivli Municipal Corporation(KDMC) for successfully curing a 106-year-old woman of COVID-19.