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.
Vietnam approves AstraZeneca vaccine against COVID-19
Jan 30, 2021, at 10:07 pm
Bangkok/Sputnik: The Vietnamese authorities have approved the use of the AtraZeneca/Oxford University vaccine against COVID-19, the government news portal reported on Saturday.
India reports 13,083 new Covid-19 cases, 137 more fatalities
Jan 30, 2021, at 07:04 pm
New Delhi/UNI: With the detection of 13,083 more cases of Covid-19, the total tally in the country has gone up to 1,07,33,131, the health ministry update said on Saturday.
WHO urges effective and fair use of COVID vaccines
Jan 30, 2021, at 04:27 pm
New York: With COVID-19 vaccines currently in scarce supply, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday pressed governments to prioritize inoculation of health workers and older persons, and to share excess doses with other nations.
West Bengal: India Vision Institute and partners try to bring good vision to Durgapur, Kolkata
Jan 30, 2021, at 06:44 am
Kolkata: India Vision Institute (IVI), a not-for-profit working across India on vision care, provided access to screening and free spectacles to underprivileged communities in several areas in West Bengal for two days.
Meghalaya Health Minister inaugurates Rangshken Health Sub-Centre
Jan 30, 2021, at 01:08 am
Shillong/IBNS: Meghalaya Health & Family Welfare Minister A L Hek on Friday inaugurated the Rangshken Health Sub-Centre under Mawphlang CHC in the presence of local MLA Samlin Malngiang and Dr. A Warr DHS (MI).
India records 18,855 new cases of coronavirus, 163 deaths
Jan 29, 2021, at 04:39 pm
New Delhi/UNI: India recorded 18,855 fresh cases of COVID-19 during the past 24 hours, pushing the country's overall caseload to 1.07 crore while the death toll soared to 1,54,010 with 163 fresh fatalities.
UN chief receives COVID-19 vaccine in New York
Jan 29, 2021, at 03:40 pm
New York: The UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, received his first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine on Thursday, at Adlai E. Stevenson High School in The Bronx, a few miles uptown from UN Headquarters in New York.
Three new COVID-19 variants circulate in 14 countries in the Americas - Health Agency
Jan 29, 2021, at 02:23 pm
Washington/Sputnik: Three coronavirus mutated strains now active in the Western Hemisphere pose a threat of heightened contagion and severity of COVID-19, the UN-affiliated Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) said.
India reports less than 12,000 Covid-19 cases in 24 hours
Jan 28, 2021, at 04:20 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Maintaining the steady decline in Novel Coronavirus infections, India on Thursday reported less than 12,000 Covid-19 cases besides 123 deaths.
India’s daily recoveries outnumber daily new cases since last 20 days
Jan 27, 2021, at 10:03 pm
New Delhi: The daily recovered cases in India continue to surpass the daily new cases. The daily recoveries have overtaken the daily new cases since last 20 days, the Ministry of Health said on Wednesday.
CK Birla Hospitals, Kolkata- CMRI & BMB administers Covishield to health workers
Jan 27, 2021, at 08:16 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: CK Birla Hospitals, Kolkata – CMRI & BMB has started dispensing and administering the first dose of Covid-19 vaccines from Jan 25.
UN health agency panel issues key guidance on second COVID vaccine doses
Jan 27, 2021, at 07:29 pm
New York: A World Health Organization (WHO) expert panel issued its first guidance on the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday, saying that it should ideally be given to people in two separate doses, 28 days apart. In exceptional circumstances this period could be extended to 42 days, said WHO’s advisory group of experts on immunization, SAGE, amid supply shortages affecting many countries.
Sikkim records six new Coronavirus cases
Jan 27, 2021, at 04:06 pm
Gangtok/UNI: Sikkim recorded six new Coronavirus positive cases in the last 24 hours, an official said here today.
India records 12689 COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours
Jan 27, 2021, at 03:12 pm
New Delhi: India registered 12,689 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, as per Ministry of Health released data on Wednesday.
More than 15,000 COVID19 vaccine inoculations done in Jammu and Kashmir
Jan 26, 2021, at 10:52 pm
Srinagar: Financial Commissioner Health and Medical Education, AtalDulloo Monday said that marching briskly towards its target of inoculating 1,12,893 healthcare workers, J&K had already inoculated about 15,403 workers in more than 100 sessions conducted across J&K.
India's COVID19 daily case count touches new low
Jan 26, 2021, at 10:03 pm
New Delhi: India's COVID-19 daily case count touched new low on Tuesday as the figure stood at 9,102.
Amidst surging COVID numbers, WHO chief urges: ‘take heart and take action’
Jan 26, 2021, at 04:00 pm
New York: The sheer scale of the numbers involved in the COVID-19 pandemic can “make us numb to what they represent”, the UN health agency chief said on Monday, reminding journalists in his latest briefing, that each one stands for “a person, a story”. As of late Monday, confirmed cases were nearing 99 million, and yet another grim milestone as 100 million cases looms.