India's recovery rate increases to 95.43 per cent
Jun 14, 2021, at 09:49 pm
New Delhi: India continues to report a sustained slide in the daily new COVID cases. The country has reported 70,421 Daily New Cases in the last 24 hours.
Over 1.40 cr COVID-19 vaccine doses still available with states: Health Ministry
Jun 14, 2021, at 07:08 pm
New Delhi/UNI: More than 1.40 crore (1,40,70,224) COVID-19 vaccine doses are still available with the states and Union Territories, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Monday.
India sees another dip, records 70,421 new COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours
Jun 14, 2021, at 03:08 pm
New Delhi: India witnessed another dip in the daily counts as 70,421 new COVID-19 cases were recorded in the past 24 hours, the lowest figure in 72 days, showed the data released by the Ministry of Health on Monday.
Sputnik V to be available from Tuesday in Delhi's Indraprastha Apollo Hospital
Jun 14, 2021, at 03:59 am
Delhi/IBNS: Russian-made coronavirus vaccine Sputnik V will be available in Delhi's Indraprastha Apollo Hospital from Tuesday onwards.
Bharat Biotech to conduct clinical trials for Covaxin in US, Canada
Jun 14, 2021, at 02:31 am
Hyderabad/IBNS: Bharat Biotech will conduct clinical trials for Covaxin in United States and Canada as its US partner Ocugen has said that it will apply for a full licence in the United States for the India-made vaccine.
Bangladesh records 47 COVID-19 deaths in past 24 hours
Jun 14, 2021, at 02:07 am
Dhaka: Bangladesh recorded 47 deaths due to COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, the highest count in the past four weeks, media reports said on Sunday.
Nagaland: Full coverage of vaccination launched at Yali village in Tuensang
Jun 14, 2021, at 01:16 am
Kohima: Yali village, one of the Chang villages under Tuensang district in Nagaland, came forward with a determination to vaccinate all its eligible citizens with the COVID-19 vaccine.
India fights COVID-19: Recovery rate increases to 95.26 percent
Jun 13, 2021, at 11:17 pm
New Delhi: India has reported 80,834 Daily New Cases in the last 24 hours. The country has recorded less than 1 lakh Daily New Cases for 6 continuous days now.
Coronavirus: Delhi reports 255 cases, 23 deaths
Jun 13, 2021, at 10:09 pm
New Delhi/UNI: The National Capital on Sunday reported 255 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours along with 23 related deaths.
Covid19: Bikaner becomes first city in India to launch door-to-door vaccination
Jun 13, 2021, at 02:45 am
Bikaner/IBNS: Rajasthan's Bikaner is all set to become the first city in the country to launch door-to-door coronavirus vaccination, said media reports.
Covaxin: Bharat Biotech shares full data of all research studies
Jun 12, 2021, at 11:14 pm
Hyderabad/UNI: Demonstrating its scientific commitment to data generation and data transparency, Bharat Biotech shared full data of all research studies of its Covaxin, India’s first indigenous COVID-19 vaccine.
Chinese researchers say they found new batch of coronavirus in bats
Jun 12, 2021, at 10:52 pm
Beijing: Chinese researchers have claimed that they have found a new batch of coronavirus in bats, media reports said.
India clocks 84332 new COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours
Jun 12, 2021, at 03:16 pm
New Delhi: India recorded 84,332 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, the lowest daily count in the last 70 days, data released by the Ministry of Health revealed on Saturday.
Himachal Pradesh: 128 more on Covid ventilator, 2 dead in Kangra
Jun 12, 2021, at 01:36 am
Dharamshala/UNI: Two males including one senior citizen died in Kangra district on Friday due to the lethal novel Coronavirus taking the death toll to 997.
Jun 12, 2021, at 12:26 am
Itanagar: Jairampur Battalion of HQ IGAR (North) under Spear Corps organised a free medical checkup camp cum COVID-19 Awareness and Vaccination Drive in coordination with CHC, Jairampur for the residents of Kovin and Hankap Villages, Changlang District, Arunachal Pradesh.
UN experts to G7: Production of safe COVID-19 vaccines must outweigh profit
Jun 11, 2021, at 03:27 pm
New York: A group of UN independent human rights experts called on Wednesday for the leaders of the world’s largest economies to ensure equal access to COVID-19 vaccines for people in the Global South, urging them not to allow the profit motive to undermine global health and equity.
India records 91,702 new COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours
Jun 11, 2021, at 03:23 pm
New Delhi: India recorded 91,702 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, marking the fourth straight day when the daily count remained below 1 lakh, as per Ministry of Health released data on Friday.
CEO says Pfizer vaccine is effective against all existing COVID-19 variants
Jun 11, 2021, at 02:23 pm
Washington/Sputnik: No COVID-19 variant has escaped the protection of Pfizer's vaccine, but the company continues to monitor and test it against emerging strains around the world, CEO Albert Bourla said on Thursday.
Jun 11, 2021, at 07:41 am
New Delhi/IBNS: A group of public health experts that include doctors from AIIMS and the national task force on covid-19 members have warned against indiscriminate and incomplete vaccination, saying that it could trigger the emergence of mutant strains and advised against inoculating people already sickened by coronavirus.
India reports highest COVID-19 deaths in 24 hours
Jun 10, 2021, at 06:17 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: India, which is slowly recovering from the second wave of coronavirus, on Thursday witnessed a big jump in daily COVID-19 toll as it recorded the highest number of deaths due to the contagion in the last 24 hours.
Suga says all Japanese will receive vaccine shots by winter
Jun 10, 2021, at 02:54 am
Tokyo/Sputnik: Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said the country planned to wrap up its vaccination campaign by the end of the fall.
Delhi receives major supply of Covishied, Covaxin doses
Jun 10, 2021, at 02:00 am
Delhi/IBNS: Amid shortage of vaccines that reportedly forced the Delhi government to stop inoculation drive for 18-44 age group, major supplies of both Covishield and Covaxin reached the national capital Wednesday.
Delta variant of Covid can infect even after Covishield, Covaxin jabs: AIIMS study
Jun 09, 2021, at 10:19 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The 'delta' variant of COVID-19, the version first detected in India in October last year, can infect people even after they have received both jabs of the Covaxin or Covishield vaccines, new studies, done separately by AIIMS (Delhi) and the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), revealed.
Pfizer to start testing COVID-19 vaccine in large group of children aged below 12
Jun 09, 2021, at 03:43 pm
Pfizer on Tuesday said it will begin testing its COVID-19 vaccine on a larger group of children under the age of 12.
India records 92,596 new COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours
Jun 09, 2021, at 03:14 pm
New Delhi: India reported 92,596 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours as per Ministry of Health released data on Wednesday.
Chinese mainland reports 8 new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases
Jun 09, 2021, at 02:46 pm
Beijing/Xinhua: The Chinese mainland on Tuesday reported eight new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, all in Guangdong Province, the National Health Commission said in its daily report on Wednesday.
New coronavirus strain found by virologists in Pune : Report
Jun 09, 2021, at 08:26 am
Pune/IBNS: A new coronavirus variant has been detected by National Institute of Virology (NIV) in Pune in two people travelling from Brazil.
Centre caps max amount pvt hosps can charge for Covishield, Covaxin and Sputnik shots
Jun 09, 2021, at 05:05 am
New Delhi/IBNS Amid allegations of profiteering by private vaccination centres, the government on Tuesday fixed the maximum price that can be charged by these entities for Covid vaccines.
44 Cr of COVID-19 vaccine doses ordered after change in vaccination policy
Jun 09, 2021, at 03:06 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Forty four crore doses of Covid-19 vaccine will be made available to the country from August this year, including 25 crore doses of Covishield and 19 crore doses of crore doses of Covaxin, to achieve universalization of vaccination, the Union Health Ministry said Tuesday.
About 300,000 people fail to get second vaccine dose in Pakistan
Jun 09, 2021, at 02:52 am
Around 300,000 people who got their first dose of vaccines earlier in Pakistan have not turned up for the second dose vaccines since the vaccination drive started in the country on 2 February this year.