India's fresh 78,357 Covid-19 cases push tally close to 38 lakh, 1,045 deaths in last 24 hours
Sep 02, 2020, at 04:04 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: India, which has been adding the biggest daily spike in Novel Coronavirus cases, reported 78,357 new infections in the last 24 hours pushing the overall tally to close to 38 lakh.
Afghanistan reports 31 fresh nCoV cases
Sep 01, 2020, at 10:30 pm
Kabul/UNI: The Afghan Ministry of Public Health on Tuesday reported 31 new Coronavirus cases, taking the total number of infected people to 38,200.
COVID-19: India registers recoveries of 65,081 people in the last 24 hours
Sep 01, 2020, at 09:09 pm
New Delhi: Continuing the streak of posting more than 60,000 recoveries each day since the past five days, India has registered 65,081 recoveries in the last 24 hours.
India records 69,921 new COVID-19 cases
Sep 01, 2020, at 03:38 pm
New Delhi: India on Tuesday recorded 69,921 new COVID-19 cases and 819 deaths, the Ministry of Health released data revealed.
Vaccine by the end of 2020 possible, says Union health minister
Aug 31, 2020, at 10:47 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Union health and family welfare minister Dr Harshvardhan said on Monday that a vaccine might be ready in the country by the end of this year, said media report.
New Zealand reports 9 new cases of COVID-19 as Auckland relaxes restrictions
Aug 31, 2020, at 05:26 pm
Wellington/Xinhua: New Zealand reported nine new cases of COVID-19 on Monday as the largest city Auckland relaxed restrictions but required mask wearing on public transport.
India registers over 78,000 new COVID19 cases in 24 hours
Aug 31, 2020, at 03:29 pm
New Delhi: India registered 78,512 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, as per government data released on Monday.
COVID-19: Afghanistan reports fresh 22 cases
Aug 31, 2020, at 03:32 am
Kabul/UNI: Afghanistan reported 22 more cases of COVID-19 on Sunday taking the country's cumalative total of cases to 38,165 said the country's Ministry of Public Health.
US drug agency says COVID-19 vaccine may be authorized before end of phase 3 trials
Aug 31, 2020, at 03:09 am
Washington/Sputnik: The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is ready to authorize a vaccine against COVID-19 before the end of phase three clinical trials if such a move proves to bring more benefits than risks, Stephen Hahn, the head of the FDA, told the Financial Times (FT) in an interview, which was published on Sunday.
Saudi-led coalition says intercepts bomb-laden Houthi drone
Aug 31, 2020, at 03:05 am
Riyadh/Xinhua: The Saudi-led coalition announced on Sunday its interception of a bomb-laden drone launched by Yemen's Houthi rebels toward the southern Saudi region, the Saudi Press Agency reported.
Nepal records 1,221 nCoV cases in single day
Aug 31, 2020, at 03:01 am
Kathmandu/UNI; Nepal's Ministry of Health and Population on Sunday reported 1,221 new cases of coronavirus infection taking the nationwide COVID count to 38,561.
Bangladesh registers 42 new COVID-19 deaths
Aug 31, 2020, at 12:19 am
Dhaka: In the past 24 hours, Bangladesh recorded 42 more COVID-19 related deaths, media reports said.
COVID-19: India crosses another landmark, records highest ever tests in a single day
Aug 30, 2020, at 10:46 pm
New Delhi: India has crossed a crucial milestone in the fight against COVID-19. For the first time, a record number of more than 10.5 lakh COVID tests have been conducted in a single day.
Total recoveries from COVID-19 in India crosses 27 lakh-mark
Aug 30, 2020, at 10:31 pm
New Delhi|: With more patients recovering and being discharged from hospitals and home isolation (in case of mild and moderate cases), India's COVID-19 total recoveries have crossed 27 lakh today.
Aug 30, 2020, at 10:00 pm
Dhaka: Beximco Pharmaceuticals Limited, the fast-growing manufacturer of generic pharmaceutical products and active pharmaceutical ingredients, and the Serum Institute of India Pvt. Ltd (SII), the world’s largest vaccine producer,on Sunday announced an agreement in principle for a cooperation and distribution agreement to develop a COVID-19 vaccine, for which Beximco will be the exclusive supplier in Bangladesh.
India's Covid-19 cases surpass 35 lakhs with biggest single-day surge of 78,751 new infections
Aug 30, 2020, at 04:40 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: India recorded the biggest single-day jump with 78,761 fresh coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours which took the country's tally to 35,42,733, the Union Health Ministry said on Sunday.
Blood test may point to patients at higher risk for COVID-19 deterioration, death
Aug 30, 2020, at 04:44 am
George Washington University (GW) researchers found five biomarkers, medical indicators found in the blood, associated with higher odds of clinical deterioration and death in COVID-19 patients. Published in Future Medicine, these findings will help physicians better predict outcomes for COVID-19 patients in the U.S.
Estrogen may lessen severity of COVID-19 symptoms in women, says study
Aug 30, 2020, at 04:18 am
Why are men at greater risk than women for more severe symptoms and worse outcomes from COVID-19 regardless of age?
Bangladesh records 2,131 new COVID-19 cases
Aug 29, 2020, at 11:57 pm
Dhaka: Bangladesh registered 2,131 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, media reports said on Saturday.
Total COVID-19 recoveries in India surpass 26 lakh
Aug 29, 2020, at 10:56 pm
New Delhi: The COVID-19 recoveries have crossed 26 lakh today, the Indian government said on Saturday.
Shanghai reports 3 new imported COVID-19 cases
Aug 29, 2020, at 03:29 pm
Shanghai/Xinhua: Shanghai reported three new imported COVID-19 cases and no increase in domestically-transmitted cases on Friday, the municipal health commission said Saturday.
India records 76472 new COVID-19 cases, 1021 deaths in 24 hours
Aug 29, 2020, at 03:24 pm
New Delhi: India witnessed another day of massive spike in COVID-19 cases as the country registered 76,472 new cases in the past 24 hours, as per Ministry of Health data released on Saturday.
Assam reports 2036 new COVID-19 cases
Aug 28, 2020, at 10:52 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: Assam registered 2036 fresh positive cases for COVID-19 in last 24 hours and with the new cases that state tally has surged to 98,807.
‘Widespread’ COVID-19 transmission, limited testing, deepen Syria’s humanitarian woes
Aug 28, 2020, at 10:12 pm
New York: COVID-19 is having a dramatic impact on health services in Syria, where limited testing is obscuring the real extent of the pandemic, the UN’s Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator said on Thursday.
COVID-19: India tests more than 9 lakh samples each day, two days in a row
Aug 28, 2020, at 10:10 pm
India has already created a capacity of doing 10 lakh tests per day. 9,01,338 samples were tested in the last 24 hours, the government said on Friday.
Bangladesh registers 47 new COVID-19 deaths in past 24 hours
Aug 28, 2020, at 09:57 pm
Dhaka: Bangladesh recorded 47 new COVID-19 deaths in the past 24 hours, taking the toll due to the highly infectious disease in the country to 4,174.
India COVID-19 active cases currently stands at 22 pct
Aug 28, 2020, at 09:37 pm
New Delhi: With more patients recovering and being discharged from home isolation (in case of mild and moderate cases) and hospitals (severe and critical cases), India's COVID-19 recoveries is nearing 26 lakh.
Togo overcomes ‘sleeping sickness’ as a public health problem
Aug 28, 2020, at 09:13 pm
New York: The West African nation of Togo has eliminated human African trypanosomiasis or “sleeping sickness” as a public health problem, becoming the first in the continent to achieve the milestone, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) has said.
India reports biggest single-day Covid-19 spike with over 77,000 cases, toll crosses 61,000
Aug 28, 2020, at 04:28 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: India, which has been battling Novel Coronavirus since late January, on Friday witnessed the biggest spike in Covid-19 cases with the report of over 77,000 cases in the last 24 hours.
West Bengal's COVID-19 death toll surpasses 3000-mark, tally reaches 1,50,772
Aug 28, 2020, at 02:26 am
Kolkata/IBNS: With 2,997 fresh infections and 53 coronavirus related fatalities reported in the last 24 hours, the total number of confirmed cases of Covid-19 in West Bengal has mounted to 1,50,772, including 26,709 active ones, 3,017 deaths and 1,21,046 active cases, reports said on Thursday.