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India reports 18,987 COVID-19 cases in 24 hours

Oct 14, 2021, at 04:41 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: India added 18,987 COVID-19 cases while the toll went up by 246 in the last 24 hours, the Union Health Ministry stated Thursday.

Chinese mainland reports 22 new imported Coronavirus cases

Oct 13, 2021, at 02:21 pm

Beijing/UNI/Xinhua: The Chinese mainland reported 22 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, all imported from outside the mainland, the National Health Commission said in its daily report on Wednesday.

India records 14,313 new COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours

Oct 12, 2021, at 03:29 pm

New Delhi: India, the nation which witnessed a massive surge in cases during the second wave of the pandemic in recent times, registered 14,313 new COVID-19 new cases in the last 24 hours, the lowest daily count in the past 224 days, as per the Ministry of Health website.

COVID-19: India’s recovery rate touches 98 percent for first time

Oct 11, 2021, at 07:24 pm

New Delhi/UNI: India has reported 18,132 COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, the lowest in 209 days as per the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

India records 18,132 new COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours

Oct 11, 2021, at 03:03 pm

New Delhi: India, the nation which witnessed a deadly COVID-19 outbreak earlier this year, recorded 18,132 new cases in the past 24 hours, as per the Ministry of Health released data on Monday.

Bangladesh registers 14 COVID-19 deaths in past 24 hours

Oct 11, 2021, at 02:00 am

Dhaka: Bangladesh, a nation which witnessed a deadly COVID-19 outbreak in recent times, registered 14 deaths due to the virus in the past 24 hours, media reports said.

India records 18,166 new Covid cases in last 24 hrs, lowest single-day rise in 7 months

Oct 10, 2021, at 03:56 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: India registered 18,166 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, the lowest single-day rise in nearly seven months, the Union Health Ministry said in its daily bulletin on Sunday.

UN health agency issues definition of post COVID-19 condition to aid treatment

Oct 09, 2021, at 09:13 pm

New York: The first official clinical definition of living with “post COVID” sickness, has been agreed upon following global consultation and released to help boost treatment for sufferers, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday.

Pandemic linked to rising rates of depressive and anxiety disorders: Study

Oct 09, 2021, at 03:46 pm

Queensland: Cases of major depressive disorder and anxiety disorders have increased by more than 25 per cent worldwide, according to a world-first study of the impact of COVID-19 on mental health.

India registers 19,740 new COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours

Oct 09, 2021, at 03:32 pm

New Delhi: India, a nation which witnessed a deadly second wave of COVID-19, recorded 19,740 new cases in the past 24 hours, as per the Ministry of Health released data on Saturday.

Bangladesh records single-digit COVID-19 deaths for first time in seven months

Oct 08, 2021, at 11:13 pm

Dhaka: Bangladesh recorded seven deaths due to COVID-19 for the past 24 hours, media reports said on Friday.

COVID-19: Global vaccine plan aims to end ‘two-track pandemic’

Oct 08, 2021, at 10:37 pm

New York: The UN World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday unveiled an $8 billion pathway out of the COVID-19 pandemic, in a bid to make vaccines accessible to everyone, everywhere.

Mizoram reports 7,799 COVID-19 cases in last 6 days

Oct 08, 2021, at 12:17 am

Guwahati/IBNS: The COVID-19 situation in Mizoram is still alarming as the virus tally has breached 1 lakh-mark and the positivity rate in the state is still high above 13 percent.

India ready to handle surge of upto 5 lakh COVID-19 cases daily: Govt

Oct 08, 2021, at 12:13 am

New Delhi/UNI: The Union Health Ministry stated on Thursday that India is fully prepared to manage a surge of 4.5 to 5 lakh cases of COVID-19 daily as healthcare facilities like oxygen plants, ICU beds and ventilators are being ramped up on a large scale.

India reports 22,431 COVID-19 cases in 24 hours

Oct 07, 2021, at 04:21 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: In a spike in daily count of COVID-19 cases, India reported 22,431 new infections while the toll went up by 318 in the last 24 hours, the Union Health Ministry said in a bulletin Thursday.

COVID-19 cases and deaths continue to decline: WHO

Oct 07, 2021, at 01:11 am

New Delhi: The number of COVID-19 cases and deaths has continued to decline globally, with  3.1 million new cases and just over 54,000 new deaths, reported over the last week, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).

India records 18,833 COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours

Oct 06, 2021, at 03:23 pm

New Delhi: India, the nation which witnessed a deadly second wave of the COVID-19, registered 18,833 new cases in the past 24 hours, as per data released by the Ministry of Health on Wednesday.

Pandemic impact ‘tip of the iceberg’ after years of neglecting child mental health

Oct 05, 2021, at 09:34 pm

New York: COVID-19 has taken a toll on the mental health of children and young people, and impacts could be felt for many years to come, UN children’s agency, UNICEF, warned on Tuesday.

India records 18,346 new COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours, lowest daily count in 209 days

Oct 05, 2021, at 03:01 pm

New Delhi: India, the nation which witnessed a deadly second wave of the COVID-19, registered 18,346 new cases in the last 24 hours, the lowest daily count in 209 days, as per data released by the Ministry of Health on Tuesday.

Two doses of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine are highly effective against COVID-19 hospitalizations for at least six months: Study

Oct 05, 2021, at 02:51 pm

New York: Two doses of Pfizer-BioNTech (BNT162b2) are 90% effective against COVID-19 hospitalizations for all variants, including delta, for at least six months, confirms a new study from Kaiser Permanente and Pfizer published in The Lancet.

India records 20,799 new COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours

Oct 04, 2021, at 03:05 pm

New Delhi: India, which is currently witnessing the festive season, reported  20,799 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, as per the Ministry of Health released data on Monday.

Bangladesh records 18 new deaths due to COVID-19 in past 24 hours

Oct 04, 2021, at 03:26 am

Dhaka: Bangladesh registered 18 new deaths due to COVID-19 infection in the past 24 hours, media reports said on Sunday.

India registers 22,842 new COVID infections in last 24 hrs, active cases lowest in more than 6 months

Oct 03, 2021, at 03:49 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: India, a country of 1.3 billion people, registered 22,842 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, the Union Health Ministry said in its daily bulletin on Sunday.

Coronavirus antiviral pill can halve risk of hospitalization

Oct 02, 2021, at 02:40 pm

New Jersey: Merck, known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics on Friday announced that molnupiravir, an investigational oral antiviral medicine, significantly reduced the risk of hospitalization or death at a planned interim analysis of the Phase 3 MOVe-OUT trial in at risk, non-hospitalized adult patients with mild-to-moderate COVID-19.

Covid-19 infections among children on rise in UK with reopening of schools: Reports

Oct 02, 2021, at 04:28 am

London/IBNS: The Covid-19 infections in children increased in the UK with the opening up of schools across the country, media reports said on Friday.

West Bengal: Like last year, no entry to Durga Puja pandals for visitors

Oct 01, 2021, at 09:03 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: Like last year, no visitor will be allowed inside the Durga Puja pandals in West Bengal in view of the COVID-19 pandemic, media reports said.

India reports 26,727 COVID-19 cases in 24 hours

Oct 01, 2021, at 05:03 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: In a spike, India reported 26,727 COVID-19 cases while the toll went up by 277 in the last 24 hours, the Union Health Ministry stated Friday.

New Zealand registers 19 new community cases of COVID-19 Delta variant

Oct 01, 2021, at 03:21 pm

Wellington/UNI/Xinhua: New Zealand reported 19 new Delta variant cases of COVID-19 in the community on Friday, bringing the total number of confirmed coronavirus infections in the country's community outbreak to 1,268.

Chinese mainland reports 24 imported COVID-19 cases

Oct 01, 2021, at 02:59 pm

Beijing/UNI/Xinhua: The Chinese mainland reported 24 imported COVID-19 cases and ten locally-transmitted infections on Thursday, the National Health Commission said in its daily report on Friday.

India reports 23,529 COVID-19 cases, 311 deaths in 24 hours

Sep 30, 2021, at 04:16 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: In a spike in daily coronavirus cases, India reported 23,529 new infections while the toll increased by 311 in the last 24 hours, the Union Health Ministry stated Thursday.