Dispatch of millions of COVID-19 vaccines to Africa expected to start in February: WHO
Feb 06, 2021, at 03:02 pm
New York: The joint UN-led COVAX initiative aims to start shipping about 90 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines to Africa in February, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday. The immunization roll out will be the continent’s largest ever mass vaccination campaign.
Bangladesh records 435 new COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours
Feb 05, 2021, at 11:42 pm
Dhaka: Bangladesh recorded 435 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, taking the number of instances registered in the country so far to 537,465.
India's active cases slide further down to 1.51 lakh
Feb 05, 2021, at 10:43 pm
New Delhi: The total Active Cases have dropped to 1.51 lakh (1,51,460) today. It is less than total deaths recorded (1,54,823) till today.
Third of world population to receive COVID-19 shots by 2028 at current vaccination rate
Feb 05, 2021, at 10:23 pm
Moscow/Sputnik: With some countries making better progress in immunizing their citizens against COVID-19 than others, the Bloomberg news agency has estimated that it would take around seven years to vaccinate 75 percent of the world population at the current pace.
Pfizer withdraws emergency use request for its Covid-19 vaccine in India
Feb 05, 2021, at 09:33 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Drug manufacturer Pfizer has withdrawn application for emergency use of its coronavirus vaccine in India to provide additional information sought by the drug regulator of India.
Brazilian strain of Coronavirus found in 3 Peruvian regions – Health Minister
Feb 05, 2021, at 02:27 pm
Lima/Sputnik: The Brazilian strain of the coronavirus has been detected in three regions of Peru: Loreto, Huanuco and Lima, Health Minister Pilar Mazzetti said.
African nations to receive 90mln doses of vaccines against COVID-19 in February: WHO
Feb 05, 2021, at 02:13 pm
Moscow/Sputnik: African countries are set to receive 90 million doses of vaccines against the novel coronavirus in February through the COVAX facility, the World Health Organization said.
Key workers in 145 countries to receive COVID vaccines under UN-backed initiative
Feb 05, 2021, at 02:04 am
New York: Key workers and other vulnerable people in 145 countries should receive COVID-19 vaccines in the first half of this year, under the joint UN-led COVAX initiative for fair access to coronavirus-beating jabs, it’s been confirmed.
India reports close to 13,000 Covid-19 cases, 107 deaths in 24 hours
Feb 04, 2021, at 04:34 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: India, which is steadily recovering from the Novel Coronavirus pandemic, on Thursday reported close to 13,000 fresh Covid-19 cases.
Covid 19: All 30 districts in Odisha turn into green zone, active cases below 1000
Feb 04, 2021, at 01:32 am
Bhubaneswar/UNI: All the 30 districts in Odisha are now in the green zone while the active covid cases have reduced to less than 1000.
India's COVID19 caseload dips below 1.5% of the total cases
Feb 03, 2021, at 10:28 pm
New Delhi: India's active cases have declined further to 1,60,057 in the last 24 hours.
Impact of COVID-19 on cancer care has been ‘profound’, warns UN health agency
Feb 03, 2021, at 06:08 pm
New York: The COVID-19 pandemic has had a “profound” impact on the diagnosis and treatment of cancer around the world, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday, before highlighting that breast cancer has become the most common type of the disease.
More people die from COVID-19 in UK now than during 1st wave: Reports
Feb 03, 2021, at 03:51 pm
Moscow/Sputnik: The current death toll from COVID-19 in the United Kingdom has outnumbered the death toll recorded last spring and summer, Sky News reported, citing its own analysis of figures provided by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
India registers 11,039 new COVID19 cases, 110 deaths
Feb 03, 2021, at 03:32 pm
New Delhi: India registered 11,039 new COVID19 cases in the past 24 hours, as per data released by the Ministry of Health on Wednesday.
Haryana: Second phase of Covid-19 vaccination from Feb 3
Feb 03, 2021, at 01:16 am
Chandigarh/UNI: Haryana is all set to start the second phase of the COVID-19 vaccine roll out from Feb 3 after the successful implementation of its first phase.
Jammu and Kashmir: VMS organises medical cum rehab camp at Pattan
Feb 02, 2021, at 11:52 pm
Srinagar: Voluntary Medicare Society (VMS) organised a free medical-cum-rehabilitation camp at Pattan old hospital in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Saturday.
Feb 02, 2021, at 09:52 pm
New Delhi: A fifth serological survey conducted in New Delhi has found that more than 56 percent of residents in Delhi have been exposed to the coronavirus and they have developed antibodies for the infection, government revealed on Tuesday.
Consecutive drop in new COVID-19 cases ‘encouraging news’: WHO
Feb 02, 2021, at 06:45 pm
New York: The number of new COVID-19 cases globally has fallen for the third week in a row, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported on Monday, though urging countries not to let up efforts to defeat the disease.
India records 8,635 COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours
Feb 02, 2021, at 04:02 pm
New Delhi: India registered yet another day of decline in the number of daily COVID-19 cases as 8,635 new cases were recorded in the past 24 hours, as per the Ministry of Health released data on Tuesday.
Brazil's COVID-19 death toll tops 225,000: Ministry of Health
Feb 02, 2021, at 02:31 pm
Moscow/Sputnik: The coronavirus death toll in Brazil increased by 595 in the past day to top 225,000, the country's Ministry of Health said in a statement.
Delhi records 3 Covid-19 deaths in last 24 hrs, lowest in 10 months
Feb 02, 2021, at 05:23 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The national capital has reported 121 cases of Covid-19 and just thee deaths in the last 24 hours, which is the lowest in the last 10 months.
COVID-19: India’s Recovery Rate touches 97%
Feb 01, 2021, at 11:01 pm
New Delhi: With a consistent rise in cumulative recoveries, India’s Recovery Rate has reached 97%, one of the highest globally. India’s total Active Caseload has dropped to 1.68 lakh (1,68,235) on Monday.
France wants restaurants defying Coronavirus restrictions to be suspended from state aid
Feb 01, 2021, at 10:47 pm
Moscow/Sputnik: French restaurants that decided to resume operations on Monday despite a state-backed closure order will be sanctioned by the suspension of state aid payments from the solidarity fund, French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said on the RTL broadcaster on Monday.
India registers 11,427 new COVID-19 cases in 24 hours
Feb 01, 2021, at 03:40 pm
New Delhi: India registered 11,427 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, as per data released by the Ministry of Health on Monday.
Study finds COVID-19 virus triggers antibodies from previous coronavirus infections
Feb 01, 2021, at 04:06 am
New York: The results of a study led by Northern Arizona University and the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), an affiliate of City of Hope, suggest the immune systems of people infected with COVID-19 may rely on antibodies created during infections from earlier coronaviruses to help fight the disease.
COVID-19 Situation: China suspends entry of foreigners travelling from Canada temporarily
Jan 31, 2021, at 10:18 pm
Ottawa/UNI: China has temporarily barred foreign nationals travelling from Canada, the Consulate General of The People's Republic of China in Toronto said.
Five new cases of UK Coronavirus strain registered in Japan : Reports
Jan 31, 2021, at 09:19 pm
Moscow/Sputnik: Japan’s Ministry of Health has registered five new cases of the UK coronavirus variant, three of them reported among residents of Saitama Prefecture, The Nikkei reports.
One in three adults feel anxious, depressed due to COVID-19 pandemic: Study
Jan 31, 2021, at 12:08 am
Singapore: One in three adults, particularly women, younger adults, and those of lower socioeconomic status, are experiencing psychological distress related to COVID-19, researchers at Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, reported in the journal PLOS ONE.
WHO expert team visits Wuhan hospital involved in treating first COVID-19 cases
Jan 30, 2021, at 10:41 pm
Moscow/Sputnik: The international team of the World Health Organization (WHO), tasked with investigating the origins of COVID-19, has visited a hospital in the Chinese city of Wuhan, where the first COVID-19 patients were treated, WHO team member and virologist Marion Koopmans said on Saturday.
India’s COVID-19 active cases drops to less than 1.7 lakh today
Jan 30, 2021, at 10:27 pm
New Delhi: India’s total Active Caseload has dropped to less than 1.7 lakh (1,69,824) on Saturday.