Maharashtra records highest daily rise in Covid cases with 25,833 fresh infections
Mar 19, 2021, at 03:35 am
Mumbai/IBNS: Maharashtra recorded 25,833 fresh cases of coronavirus over the last 24 hours, its highest since the pandemic hit the country last year.
Arvind Kejriwal asks Centre to ditch phased age-wise vaccination to curb Covid-19 surge
Mar 18, 2021, at 11:06 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today asked the Centre to ease the age restriction for Covid-19 vaccination and allow everyone above 18 to get inoculated. He also claimed his government could vaccinate entire Delhi within three months, if allowed.
COVID-19: India records over 35,000 cases, PM Modi warns of second wave
Mar 18, 2021, at 05:39 pm
New Delhi/UNI: India on Thursday recorded a whopping 35,871 new cases of COVID-19 during the past 24 hours, pushing the country's caseload to 1,14,74,605, while the death toll soared to 1,59,216 with 172 more fatalities making it the highest splurge in cases after 100 days.
Delhi reports over 500 Covid-19 cases in single day, highest since Jan 1
Mar 18, 2021, at 04:36 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The national capital recorded more than 500 coronavirus cases in a single day for the first time since Jan 1 on Wednesday, along with three deaths, amid a surge in COVID-19 infections in some parts of the country.
Maharashtra registers 23,179 new coronavirus cases, 84 deaths in last 24 hours
Mar 18, 2021, at 03:01 am
Mumbai/IBNS: Maharashtra registered 23,179 fresh coronavirus cases on Wednesday alone, nearly 30 per cent higher than the day before, amid a spike in COVID-19 infections in some parts of the country, which Prime Minister Narendra Modi described as an 'emerging second peak'.
COVID: Aurangabad to impose Sec 144 from Mar 19
Mar 17, 2021, at 11:05 pm
Aurangabad/UNI: As Aurangabad faces a surge in COVID cases, the district administration on Wednesday announced prohibitory orders, which will come into effect from March 19.
COVID mass vaccination may begin in Bhutan from March 18
Mar 17, 2021, at 09:50 pm
Bhutan is planning to start COVID-19 mass vaccination from March 18, according to the Ministry of Health (MoH), though the date is yet to be finalized.
Mar 17, 2021, at 09:43 pm
New Delhi: Maharashtra, Punjab, Karnataka, Gujarat andTamil Nadu continue to report a high number of daily new cases. They collectively account for 71.10% of the 28,903 new cases reported in the last 24 hours
China: Research group finds 24 previously unknown bat coronaviruses
Mar 17, 2021, at 09:18 pm
Beijing: A group of researchers have found 24 previously unknown bat coronaviruses – four of them related to the strain which causes Covid-19 – all within a radius of less than 4 km in southwestern China, media reports said.
Keep mothers and newborns together, new health research says
Mar 17, 2021, at 08:57 pm
New York: The UN World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday, highlighted the risks of separating newborns from mothers, with new research showing that up to 125,000 lives could be saved by keeping them together to ensure skin-to-skin contact.
India records 28,903 fresh COVID-19 infections in past 24 hours
Mar 17, 2021, at 03:37 pm
New Delhi: India witnessed the highest daily spike of COVID-19 cases in recent times as the country recorded 28,903 fresh infections in the past 24 hours, as per Ministry of Health released data on Wednesday.
Maharashtra at start of witnessing second COVID wave: Centre
Mar 17, 2021, at 02:54 pm
Mumbai/UNI: Maharashtra is in the beginning of a "second wave" of Covid-19, the Union Ministry of Health said in a letter to the state government on Tuesday.
Bangladesh top receiver of Made-in-India Covishield vaccines
Mar 17, 2021, at 05:10 am
Of the 70 countries that received India-manufactured vaccines, Bangladesh received the most Covid-19 vaccines manufactured in India, a minister stated in a written reply in the Indian parliament.
AstraZeneca Covid vaccine safe, works extremely well: Boris Johnson
Mar 17, 2021, at 02:42 am
New Delhi/IBNS: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday came out in support of AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine after several European countries temporarily halted the use of the shot, following reports of blood clots in people who received the vaccine from two batches.
WHO says experts will likely present report on COVID-19 origins next week
Mar 17, 2021, at 12:07 am
Geneva/Sputnik: Independent experts of the World Health Organization (WHO) who have recently been on a mission in China will most likely present their report about the origins of the coronavirus next week, WHO spokesman Christian Lindmeier said.
COVID-19: WHO and European Medicines Agency to meet on AstraZeneca vaccine
Mar 16, 2021, at 09:53 pm
New York: Health officials from the UN and the European Union will meet this week on the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine after several more countries suspended its use, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday.
Germany halts AstraZeneca rollout pending probe into blood clots in vaccinated patients
Mar 16, 2021, at 03:18 pm
Moscow/Sputnik: The German Health Ministry said Monday that the use of AstraZeneca was paused on the advice of the national vaccines agency after reports emerged of patients developing potentially deadly blood clots.
India records 24,492 new COVID-19 cases in 24 hours
Mar 16, 2021, at 03:12 pm
New Delhi: India recorded 24,492 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, as per Ministry of Health released data on Tuesday.
WHO to hold meeting on AstraZeneca Vaccine safety on Tuesday
Mar 16, 2021, at 02:42 pm
Geneva/Sputnik: The World Health Organization's (WHO) global advisory committee on vaccine safety will hold a meeting on Tuesday on the safety of the AstraZeneca vaccine, WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said.
Judges, teachers, lawyers, journalists in Ludhiana cleared for Covid vaccine shots
Mar 16, 2021, at 05:47 am
Chandigarh/IBNS: Judges, teachers, lawyers and journalists are now eligible to get coronavirus vaccines in Punjab's Ludhiana, the district administration said on Monday.
COVID-19: Jammu & Kashmir set to get high-end Roche's Cobas systems
Mar 15, 2021, at 11:01 pm
Srinagar: Amidst fears of another wave of viral respiratory infection across India, high-end fully-automatic equipment is arriving for the three medical colleges of J&K for increasing the speed and volume of testing.
Maharashtra: Thane register 1134 new Covid-19 cases
Mar 15, 2021, at 10:11 pm
Thane/UNI: With 1134 new cases in the last 24 hours, a tally has spiked to 2,76,586 in Thane district, an official said on Monday.
India records 26,291 new COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours, 118 deaths
Mar 15, 2021, at 03:28 pm
New Delhi: India continued to register an upsurge in daily case count as fresh 26,291 COVID-19 cases were registered in the past 24 hours, as per Ministry of health released data on Monday.
Pakistan witnessing third wave of COVID-surge: Lockdown to start in 7 cities
Mar 15, 2021, at 03:10 pm
Islamabad: Pakistan's Punjab region on Sunday recorded more than 1,600 Covid-19 cases for the first time since June 2020 as the country is witnessing a third wave of virus resurgence in recent times.
COVID-19: Maharashtra records 16,620 new cases
Mar 15, 2021, at 04:38 am
Mumbai/UNI:Maharashtra on Sunday recorded 16,620 fresh cases of corona positive, highest in the year, bringing the total number of infections in the state to 23,14,413, Health Department said.
Hong Kong registers 2 new deaths of old people vaccinated against COVID-19
Mar 15, 2021, at 02:21 am
Beijing/Sputnik: Hong Kong's Health Department has reported two fatalities among old people with chronic diseases who got inoculated with vaccine against the coronavirus in early March.
COVID-19: Nagaland detects no positive cases
Mar 15, 2021, at 01:43 am
Kohima/UNI: Nagaland had no new COVID-19 positive cases today and the total number of positive cases in the State now remained at 12, 225.
COVID-19: Jammu and Kashmir reports 105 new +ve cases
Mar 15, 2021, at 01:27 am
Jammu/UNI: Jammu and Kashmir Government on Sunday informed that 105 new positive cases of novel Corona virus (25 from Jammu division and 80 from Kashmir division), have been reported thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 127640.
India reports 25,320 fresh Covid-19 cases in last 24 hours, highest in 3 months
Mar 14, 2021, at 05:52 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: India reported 25,320 fresh cases of coronavirus in the last 24 hours, the highest daily rise in almost three months.
AstraZeneca Confirms Shortfall in Planned COVID-19 Vaccine Shipments to EU
Mar 14, 2021, at 01:30 am
Moscow/Sputnik: UK-Swedish multinational pharmaceutical and biotechnology company AstraZeneca has confirmed a shortfall in shipments of its COVID-19 vaccine to the European Union.