India reports 5 new UK Coronavirus strain, tally increases to 25
Dec 31, 2020, at 06:23 pm
New Delhi/UNI/IBNS: With five more people detected with the new Coronavirus strain, which was first found in Britain, the total number of such cases in India rose to 25, the Union Health Ministry update said on Thursday.
India adds over 21,000 Covid-19 cases, 299 deaths in 24 hours
Dec 31, 2020, at 04:19 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Amid the fear over UK Coronavirus strain, India on Thursday added more than 21,000 Covid-19 cases from across 36 states and union territories.
Jammu and Kashmir: 15 lakh register for free health scheme SEHAT
Dec 31, 2020, at 05:15 am
Srinagar: After being launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, SEHAT – universal health coverage for all residents of Jammu and Kashmir – is getting good response with over 15 lakh people applying to get enrolled in the free health insurance scheme.
US nurse tests positive for Covid-19 a week after receiving Pfizer vaccine: Report
Dec 31, 2020, at 05:13 am
California/IBNS: A 45-year-old nurse from United States' California tested positive for Covid-19 more than a week after receiving Pfizer Inc's coronavirus vaccine, media reports said on Wednesday.
UK virus strain reaches India: 14 more people test positive, 20 cases recorded so far
Dec 30, 2020, at 10:26 pm
New Delhi: The Indian government on Wednesday said 20 COVID-19 positive people have been found to be infected by the new strain of the virus.
UAE registers first cases of coronavirus variant linked to UK: Gov’t Spokesman
Dec 30, 2020, at 10:02 pm
Doha/Sputnik: The United Arab Emirates has confirmed the first cases of coronavirus variant linked to the United Kingdom on its soil, Omar al-Hammadi, a spokesman of the UAE government, said on Tuesday.
UK approves Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID vaccine
Dec 30, 2020, at 09:51 pm
London/UNI: The United Kingdom on Wednesday approved a coronavirus vaccine developed by Oxford University and AstraZeneca, becoming the first country in the world to authorize the vaccine against the highly contagious virus.
West Bengal on high alert after first case of new UK coronavirus strain reported in Kolkata
Dec 30, 2020, at 07:25 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: The West Bengal health department has put its machineries on high alert after the first case of the new UK strain of Coronavirus, which is reportedly 70 per cent more contagious than the existing one, was confirmed in Kolkata, sources said.
Colorado confirms first known US case of COVID-19 variant detected in UK : Governor
Dec 30, 2020, at 03:12 pm
Washington/Sputnik: Colorado has detected the first known US case of the mutated novel coronavirus (COVD-19) variant originally found in the United Kingdom, Governor Jared Polis said in a statement.
India registers 20,550 new COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours, 286 deaths
Dec 30, 2020, at 03:06 pm
New Delhi: India registered 20,550 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, as per Ministry of Health data released on Wednesday.
Dec 30, 2020, at 02:57 pm
London: The new coronavirus straint does not appear to cause severe disease or mortality, according to the British Public Health England website.
Dec 30, 2020, at 03:50 am
New Delhi/IBNS: India will be conducting genome sequencing on all international passengers who were symptomatic and tested positive for coronavirus in the last 14 days from Dec 9 to 22, the Centre said after six people tested positive for the UK mutant strain of the virus on Tuesday.
New coronavirus mutant strain case detected in Andhra Pradesh
Dec 30, 2020, at 01:25 am
Vijayawada/UNI: The new coronavirus mutant strain case was detected in Andhra Pradesh's Rajamahendravaram.
Dec 29, 2020, at 11:46 pm
Hyderabad/UNI: CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) has said that the new variant of the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 that causes COVID-19, B.1.1.7 is believed to be 71 per cent more transmittable than the other variants.
Dec 29, 2020, at 11:30 pm
New Delhi: India’s principal scientific adviser Vijay Raghavan on Tuesday confirmed that there is no evidence that the current vaccines will not work against the new coronavirus variant.
J&K to get 60 new critical care ambulances soon
Dec 29, 2020, at 10:58 pm
Srinagar: Government is set to procure 60 critical care ambulances for augmenting the emergency and critical care services across the peripheries in J&K.
Pakistan registers new coronavirus strain
Dec 29, 2020, at 10:49 pm
Islamabad: Pakistan has confirmed a case of the new coronavirus mutant strain that was first detected in the UK, media reports said.
There will be set backs & new challenges in 2021: WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
Dec 29, 2020, at 09:34 pm
Geneva: World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Tuesday reminded people that 2021 might witness new challenges like the emergence of the new Coronavirus strain.
India clocks fresh spike of 16,432 Covid-19 cases, recovery rate now 95.92%
Dec 29, 2020, at 07:15 pm
New Delhi/UNI: India with the continuing downward trend in the daily spike of Novel Coronavirus cases on Tuesday clocked a fresh rise of 16,432 new infections during the past 24 hours, the Union Health Ministry update said here.
Vaccination no guarantee of virus eradication, more serious pandemic spreading: WHO officials
Dec 29, 2020, at 06:41 pm
New York: In the final World Health Organization (WHO) COVID-19 press conference of the year, on Monday, senior officials warned that the virus is "not necessarily the big one", and that there is a real chance of another, more serious pandemic spreading across the world.
Allergic reaction to Pfizer Coronavirus vaccine reported in Greece
Dec 29, 2020, at 03:27 pm
Athens/Sputnik: One case of an allergic reaction to the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine has been reported in Greece, Primary Health Care Secretary General Marios Themistokleous said at a Health Ministry briefing.
India registers six cases of new Coronavirus mutant strain as UK returnees test positive
Dec 29, 2020, at 03:24 pm
New Delhi: India has reported six cases of new coronavirus mutant strain after all these people, who returned from the UK recently, tested positive, media reports said on Tuesday.
Centre extends guidelines for surveillance against Covid-19 over UK virus strain
Dec 29, 2020, at 03:19 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The Centre on Monday extended the earlier guidelines for surveillance, which will remain in force upto Jan 31, in the view of the spread of the new strain of coronavirus in the UK.
Live streaming of launch of AB-PMJAY SEHAT held across Kashmir
Dec 29, 2020, at 12:53 am
Srinagar: The live streaming of the launch of government’s flagship Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan ArogyaYojana (AB-PMJAY) SEHAT scheme by Prime Minister NarendraModi was today held across the Kashmir division.
Serum Institute of India launches India’s first fully indigenously developed pneumococcal vaccine
Dec 28, 2020, at 11:45 pm
Pune: Serum Institute of India, the largest vaccine manufacturer in the world by doses, announces the launch of India’s first indigenously developed pneumococcal vaccine – Pneumosil in the presence of Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Minister of Health and Family Welfare on Monday.
Dry run of COVID-19 vaccination begins in Assam
Dec 28, 2020, at 11:13 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: Along Punjab, Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh, the dry run exercise of the Covid-19 vaccination programme began on Monday in Assam.
Puducherry: Woman passenger from London tested negative for Covid
Dec 28, 2020, at 10:17 pm
Puducherry/UNI: The woman passenger from London who reached Puducherry last week tested negative and was discharged from the hospital on Monday.
AstraZeneca CEO says firm found 'Winning Formula' for vaccine against COVID-19
Dec 28, 2020, at 04:12 pm
Moscow/Sputnik: AstraZeneca has found a "winning formula" to boost the efficacy of its vaccine against COVID-19, which has been developed in conjunction with the University of Oxford, CEO Pascal Soriot told the UK's Sunday Times newspaper.
Third case of new Coronavirus variant registered in Canada: Ontario authorities
Dec 28, 2020, at 03:46 pm
Moscow/Sputnik: A third case of the new coronavirus strain that emerged in the UK earlier this month has been confirmed in Canada, Ontario authorities announced in a statement.
India registers 20,021 new COVID-19 cases, 279 deaths
Dec 28, 2020, at 03:37 pm
New Delhi: India added 20,021 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, as per Ministry of Health released data.