Feb 09, 2021, at 08:24 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: The West Bengal government, under the National Program for Elimination of Lymphatic Filariasis, will undertake Mass Drug Administration (MDA) from Feb 8 to 13.
Nepal completes first phase of Covid-19 vaccination drive
Feb 08, 2021, at 11:58 pm
Kathmandu: Nepal has completed the first phase of the COVID-19 vaccination drive.
Feb 08, 2021, at 11:26 pm
New York: Weekly COVID-19 testing, coupled with a two-week isolation period for positive cases, may be the most cost-effective strategy to tackle the spread of SARS-CoV-2 in the USA when transmission is high until vaccines are widely available, a modelling study published in The Lancet Public Health journal suggests.
India records less than 150 deaths due to COVID-19 for last 10 days
Feb 08, 2021, at 09:14 pm
New Delhi: In a significant achievement, India has been recording less than 150 daily deaths continuously for the last 10 days. Only 84 deaths were reported in the last 24 hours, the Indian government said on Monday.
WHO: Japan backs Taiwan’s quest for observer status
Feb 08, 2021, at 04:00 pm
Taipei: Japan seems to be backing Taiwan's fight to join World Health Organization (WHO) as the nation said the region should not continue to be excluded from the organization at this time of COVID-19 pandemic.
India records 11,831 new COVID-19, 84 deaths
Feb 08, 2021, at 03:30 pm
New Delhi: India recorded 11,831 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, as per Ministry of Health released data on Monday.
UK vaccine Minister says not planning vaccine passports
Feb 08, 2021, at 05:10 am
Moscow/Sputnik: The United Kingdom does not plan to introduce vaccine passports that would potentially allow people to travel, a minister in charge of COVID-19 vaccine deployment said Sunday.
AstraZeneca COVID jab 'less effective against South Africa variant': Reports
Feb 08, 2021, at 12:04 am
Johannesburg/UNI: According to reports the COVID-19 vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford offers only limited protection against the South African variant of the coronavirus, a spokesman for the British drugmaker said here on Sunday.
India is now 3rd topmost country with highest doses of Covid-19 vaccine administered: Centre
Feb 07, 2021, at 06:02 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: India has become the third topmost country in the world in terms of the number of Covid-19 vaccine doses administered. Only the United States and the United Kingdom remain ahead of India.
AstraZeneca Vaccine almost powerless against South African coronavirus strain: Study
Feb 07, 2021, at 04:05 pm
London/Sputnik: The Oxford/AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine only offers limited protection against the South African strain of the coronavirus, a study due to be released on Monday shows.
Myanmar approves Russia's Sputnik V Vaccine - Source
Feb 07, 2021, at 06:40 am
Moscow/Sputnik: The authorities of Myanmar have approved Russia's Sputnik V vaccine against COVID-19 for emergency use, a military and diplomatic source told Sputnik.
Covid-19: India reports less than 100 fatalities in nine months
Feb 06, 2021, at 06:22 pm
New Delhi/UNI: India on Saturday recorded 11,713 new cases of Covid-19 in the past 24 hours, pushing the country caseload to 1,08,14,304, while the death toll soared to 1,54,918 with 97 more fatalities.
Unless COVID is suppressed everywhere, we’ll be ‘back at square one’, Tedros warns
Feb 06, 2021, at 04:25 pm
New York: The number of people who have received a COVID-19 vaccination now exceeds those reportedly infected, the head of the UN’s health agency said on Friday, while warning that after inoculating their own health workers and older people, countries must share doses with others, to eradicate the deadly coronavirus.
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.