China: Seven locally transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases reported from Guangdong
Jun 06, 2021, at 11:00 pm
Beijing: Guangdong Province in China on Saturday registered seven locally transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases and three locally transmitted asymptomatic cases, media reports said on Sunday.
Delhi Covid cases fall below 500 in last 24 hrs
Jun 06, 2021, at 10:54 pm
Delhi/IBNS: Delhi registered 381 fresh cases of coronavirus in the last 24 hours, a record low in nearly three months.
COVID-19: India reports 1.14 lakh daily new cases, lowest in two months
Jun 06, 2021, at 10:28 pm
New Delhi: India has reported 1,14,460 new cases in the last 24 hours which is the lowest in the last two months.
India witnesses 1.14 lakh new Covid cases, 2667 deaths
Jun 06, 2021, at 05:27 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: India recorded 1.14 lakh new Covid cases and 2,667 deaths over the last 24 hours.
Two shots of COVID-19 vaccine administered to over 3 million people in Argentina
Jun 06, 2021, at 03:00 pm
Buenos Aires/Sputnik: More than 3 million people in Argentina have now received both shots of a coronavirus vaccine, according to updated information from the country's vaccine monitor.
Kashmir: ‘Everybody should go for vaccination’
Jun 05, 2021, at 11:23 pm
Srinagar/IBNS: The Composite Regional Centre (CRC) Srinagar today organized a webinar on ‘Covid appropriate behaviour and addressing vaccination misconceptions, a special focus on Persons with Disabilities’ here.
92 per cent COVID frontline warriors covered under vaccination programme in Srinagar
Jun 05, 2021, at 10:37 pm
Srinagar/IBNS: Among the COVID frontline health warriors in Srinagar, 92 per cent have been covered under the COVID vaccination programme.
India reports 1.20 lakh daily new cases in last 24 hours, lowest in nearly two months
Jun 05, 2021, at 10:18 pm
New Delhi: India has reported 1,20,529 daily new cases in the last 24 hours, its lowest in almost two months (last 58 days).
UN health agency urges nations to donate 250 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine
Jun 05, 2021, at 03:57 pm
New York: Some two billion doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been distributed globally but only 0.5 per cent have reached low-income countries where frontline health workers and the elderly have yet to receive a shot, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday.
India records 1.20 new COVID-19 cases, lowest in 58 days
Jun 05, 2021, at 03:13 pm
New Delhi: India recorded 1.20 lakh new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, the lowest daily count in the past 58 days, as per the Ministry of Health released data on Saturday.
G7 Health Ministers to strengthen cooperation against future pandemics
Jun 05, 2021, at 02:34 pm
London/Sputnik: The Group of Seven (G7) agreed on Friday to speed up cooperation on vaccine and therapeutic trials to tackle COVID-19 and future pandemics, the UK government has announced after hosting a two-day meeting of the bloc’s health ministers at the University of Oxford.
Brazilian watchdog recommends to vaccinate only healthy adults with Sputnik V, if approved
Jun 05, 2021, at 02:17 pm
Moscow/Sputnik: Experts at the Brazilian national sanitary inspection agency Anvisa recommended that the Russian coronavirus vaccine Sputnik V, if approved, be used only to vaccinate healthy adults, media reported on Friday.
Serum Institute gets preliminary approval to make Sputnik V vaccine
Jun 05, 2021, at 04:57 am
Pune/IBNS: Adar Poonawalla's Serum Institute of India (SII) has got preliminary permission from the country's drugs regulator to make the Russian COVID-19 vaccine Sputnik V, media reports said.
Homeopathic treatment protocol can treat Black Fungus attack, says homeopath Dr Samit Ghosh
Jun 05, 2021, at 02:59 am
Kolkata/IBNS: In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, Mucormycosis or the Black Fungus has also reared its ugly head.
Gap between two Covid vaccine doses should be reduced to combat Delta variant: Lancet study
Jun 05, 2021, at 02:30 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Amid the spread of the Delta variant of coronavirus, which is dominant in India, the gap between the two doses should be reduced and boosters must be provided to those whose immunity may not be high enough, The Lancet journal said in a new study.
Govt orders intensified Covid testing across rural Kashmir
Jun 05, 2021, at 01:53 am
With Kashmir’s rural areas continuing to have a rise in COVID19 cases, J&K Government has directed increased testing for earlier detection of cases and better containment.
SKIMS to organize blood donation camp today in Kashmir
Jun 05, 2021, at 12:32 am
Srinagar/IBNS: The department of Blood Transfusion and Immuno Haematology, SKIMS in collaboration with G.R Beigh Memorial Trust will organize a blood donation camp on Tuesday.
Jammu & Kashmir to get 6 lakh vaccine doses in June: Dulloo
Jun 05, 2021, at 12:06 am
Srinagar/IBNS: The J&K government on Monday said that over 6 lakh doses of vaccine were expected to be available in June and that vaccination would be expedited across age groups.
Risk of COVID-19 surge threatens Africa's health facilities
Jun 04, 2021, at 10:15 pm
New York: Critical health facilities across Africa risk being overwhelmed by surging COVID-19 infections, the UN health agency said on Thursday.
Japan to supply COVID-19 hit Taiwan with 1.24 million doses of AstraZeneca shots
Jun 04, 2021, at 09:42 pm
Tokyo: Japan might extend help to Taiwan by supplying 1.24 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Britain’s AstraZeneca PLC.
Over 1.93 cr COVID-19 vaccine doses still available with states: Health Ministry
Jun 04, 2021, at 08:27 pm
New Delhi, Jun 4 (UNI) More than 1.93 crore (1,93,95,287) of COVID-19 vaccine doses are still available with the states and Union Territories, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Affairs said on Friday.
Delta strain caused second wave of COVID-19 in India: Study
Jun 04, 2021, at 06:14 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The Delta strain, the coronavirus variant which was first found in India, led to the massive second wave of COVID-19 in the country, a government study has stated, media reports said.
India records 132364 new COVID-19 cases, 2713 deaths in past 24 hours
Jun 04, 2021, at 03:29 pm
New Delhi: India recorded 1,32,364 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, as per Ministry of Health released data.
Several vaccination centres in Pakistan' Rawalpindi faces Sinopharm vaccine shortage
Jun 03, 2021, at 11:12 pm
Rawalpindi: Shortage of Chinese Sinopharm vaccine has been reported from several vaccination centres in Pakistan's Rawalpindi city, media reports said on Thursday.
Kashmir: SKIMS to organise blood donation camp today
Jun 03, 2021, at 09:30 pm
The department of Blood Transfusion and Immuno Haematology, SKIMS in collaboration with G.R Beigh Memorial Trust will organize blood donation camp on Tuesday.
J&K to get 6 lakh vaccine doses in June: Govt
Jun 03, 2021, at 08:51 pm
J&K Government on Monday said that over 6 lakh doses of vaccine were expected to be available in June and that vaccination would be expedited across age groups.
Centre to buy 30 cr COVID-19 vaccine doses from Hyderabad-based firm
Jun 03, 2021, at 07:18 pm
New Delhi/UNI: The Centre will procure 30 crore units of COVID-19 vaccine from Hyderabad-based firm Biological-E, an official statement said here on Thursday.
Nepal to administer Sinopharm vaccine to people aged 60- 64 years
Jun 03, 2021, at 03:33 am
Around 800,000 Sinopharm vaccines that Nepal has received on Tuesday from China will be used to inoculate people aged between 60-64 years, Nepali officials have decided. China has promised to donate a million doses of Sinopharm vaccines to Nepal.
India's COVID-19 recovery rate further climbs to 92.48%
Jun 02, 2021, at 11:32 pm
New Delhi: As part of continued decline in the daily new cases, India has reported 1.32 lakh New Cases in the last 24 hours.1,32,788Daily New Cases were registered in the last 24 hours.
PakVac: Pakistan creates own COVID-19 vaccine with Chinese help
Jun 02, 2021, at 10:51 pm
Islamabad: Pakistan joined China's Cansino Bio to develop its own homemade COVID-19 vaccine named PakVac.