Millions of US citizens may have to pay for COVID-19 vaccine despite gov't Plans - Reports
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.
Covid-19: India records over 1 lakh cured cases, recovery rate 80.86%
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
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
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.
Bangladesh registers 1705 new COVID-19 cases, 40 fatalities
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
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
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
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'
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
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.
Covid-19: Bangladesh reports 1,544 fresh cases of nCoV, 26 deaths
Dhaka: Bangladesh recorded 1,544 new cases of coronavirus in the last 24 hours, taking the COVID tally to 3,48,916, the Directorate General of Health Services said in a statement on Sunday.
New Zealand reported 4 new cases of COVID-19
Wellington/Xinhua: New Zealand reported four new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, the Ministry of Health said in a statement.
COVID-19 pandemic situation in Europe worsening: WHO
Belgrade/UNI: The World Health Organization (WHO) has said that the epidemiological situation in Europe, particularly the Balkans is worsening due to the failure of the public to comply with the measures adopted against COVID-19.
Assam registers 2,595 fresh COVID-19 cases in last 24 hours
Guwahati/IBNS: Assam has registerd 2,595 fresh positive cases for COVID-19 in last 24 hours.
With 92,605 new coronavirus cases, India's tally crosses 54-lakh mark
New Delhi/IBNS: India has recorded more recoveries than the number of fresh cases of coronavirus for the second consecutive day, the Union Health Ministry bulletin informed on Sunday.