COVID-19 toll in West Bengal touches 3,945
Sep 14, 2020, at 03:39 am
Kolkata/UNI: The COVID-19 toll in Bengal rose to 3,945 with the death of 58 persons on Sunday , while the tally touched 2,02,708 with 3215 new confirmed cases.
Chinese mainland reports 10 new imported COVID-19 cases
Sep 14, 2020, at 03:00 am
Beijing/Xinhua: The Chinese mainland reported 10 new imported COVID-19 cases Saturday, bringing the total number of imported cases to 2,635, the National Health Commission said Sunday.
Bangladesh adds 1,476 COVID-19 cases, 24 deaths
Sep 14, 2020, at 02:11 am
Dhaka/UNI: Bangladesh recorded 1,476 fresh cases of COVID-19 and 31 more deaths in the past 24 hours, Directorate General of Health Services said on Sunday.
Punctured lung affects almost one in a hundred hospitalised Coronavirus patients
Sep 13, 2020, at 11:03 pm
New York: As many as one in 100 patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19 develop a pneumothorax – a ‘punctured lung’ – according to a study led by Cambridge researchers.
India records 94,372 fresh Covid-19 cases, 1,114 deaths in last 24 hrs
Sep 13, 2020, at 04:50 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: India reported a single-day spike of 94,372 cases of Coronavirus in the last 24 hours pushing the country's total tally to 47,54,356, the Union Health Ministry revealed on Sunday morning.
Brazil reports more than 33,500 new COVID-19 cases
Sep 13, 2020, at 02:15 pm
Rio De Janeiro/UNI: Brazil confirmed 33,523 new coronavirus cases over the past 24 hours, along with more than 800 new deaths in that period, the country’s Health Ministry informs.
Iraq reports 4,106 new COVID-19 cases, 286,778 in total
Sep 13, 2020, at 01:54 pm
Baghdad/Xinhua: The Iraqi Health Ministry reported 4,106 COVID-19 new cases, raising the total nationwide infections to 2,86,778.
Bharat Biotech's vaccine candidate shows 'robust immune responses' in animal study
Sep 13, 2020, at 04:38 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Bharat Biotech that has been working on coronavirus vaccine COVAXIN has said a study on animals has shown that the vaccine candidate has helped develop a strong immune response to the highly infectious pathogen.
Oxford Vaccine trials resume in UK days after pause over volunteer's illness
Sep 13, 2020, at 02:48 am
London/IBNS: Pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca on Saturday resumed the trials of Covid-19 vaccine in the United Kingdom after a brief halt following a volunteer's illness, media reports said.
COVID-19: 81,533 patients recover in India in last 24 hours
Sep 12, 2020, at 11:10 pm
New Delhi: India on Saturday recorded the highest ever single-day COVID-19 recoveries of 81,533 in the last 24 hours, officials said.
WHO warns against potential Ebola spread in DR Congo and beyond
Sep 12, 2020, at 03:34 pm
New York: Ebola is spreading in a western province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), raising fears that the disease could reach neighbouring Republic of Congo and even the capital, Kinshasa, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday.
Biggest jump: India registers 97570 new COVID-19 cases, 1201 deaths
Sep 12, 2020, at 03:31 pm
New Delhi: India registered the biggest single-day spike as 97,570 new COVID-19 cases were reported in the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Health released data revealed on Saturday.
India may have reported 6.4 million Covid-19 cases by May, says ICMR's Sero Survey
Sep 12, 2020, at 02:29 am
New Delhi/IBNS: India, the second worst Covid-19-affected country in the world, may have reported 64 lakh infections by May while the country was in the lockdown mode, said a Sero Survey conducted by the Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR), media reports said.
Leaders pledge ‘quantum leap’ towards fully funding COVID-19 vaccines and treatments
Sep 11, 2020, at 11:01 pm
New York: Global leaders, including more than 30 Heads of State and Ministers, have underlined their commitment towards fast-tracking the development and production of COVID-19 tests, medicines and vaccines, that will be available for anyone, anywhere, who needs them.
Bangladesh registers 1,792 fresh nCoV cases, with 34 deaths
Sep 11, 2020, at 10:52 pm
Dhaka/UNI: Bangladesh has reported 1,792 fresh novel coronavirus cases and 34 fresh deaths on Friday, pushing the tally to 334,762 and death toll at 4,668, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said.
Serious knowledge gaps must be bridged to battle deadly sepsis infections
Sep 11, 2020, at 05:50 pm
New York: Efforts to tackle sepsis, which can damage multiple organs and result in death, are hampered by “serious gaps in knowledge”, particularly in low- and middle-income countries, according to a report launch on Wednesday by the World Health Organization (WHO).
‘Essential lessons’ from HIV fight can help coronavirus response, says UNAIDS
Sep 11, 2020, at 05:43 pm
New York: Decades of global experience in tackling AIDS can help countries respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, a new UN report published on Wednesday has revealed.
Assam reports 18 more deaths, 2739 new COVID-19 positive cases
Sep 11, 2020, at 05:26 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: Assam registered 18 more COVID-19 related deaths in last 24 hours, taking the state’s death toll to 414.
India registers over 96,000 fresh COVID-19 cases, 1209 deaths
Sep 11, 2020, at 03:27 pm
New Delhi: India continued to register a massive daily rise in fresh COVID -19 cases as the country recorded over 96,000 new cases in the past 24 hours, officials said.
China to begin human trials for first nasal spray COVID-19 Vaccine: Report
Sep 11, 2020, at 06:24 am
Beijing/IBNS: China’s first nasal spray vaccine for coronavirus infection is all set to enter the trial phase with 100 volunteers, Chinese government-run Global Times reported.
Assam stands 7th in Covid-19 active cases across country: Health Ministry
Sep 11, 2020, at 02:00 am
Guwahati/UNI: With more than 29,000 active cases, Assam has been placed at number seven by the Union Health Ministry in the list of Covid-19 active cases in the country.
After DCGI's show-cause notice, Serum Institute pauses Covid-19 vaccine trial
Sep 10, 2020, at 11:14 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Serum Institute of India (SII) on Thursday paused the trial of Covid-19 vaccine a day after it was served a show-cause notice by the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) for not informing the central drug regulator about the pause of study testing in other countries, media reports said.
Nagaland health department launches Naga Telehealth
Sep 10, 2020, at 10:15 pm
Kohima/IBNS: The Department of Health and Family Welfare, Government of Nagaland officially launched the Naga Tele-health platform at a virtual launch programme with Minister of Health and Family Welfare, S.Pangnyu Phom as the special guest on Wednesday.
India reports biggest daily spike in Covid-19 cases, adds over 95,000 infections in 24 hours
Sep 10, 2020, at 04:18 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: India, a country of 1.3 billion people, on Thursday reported the biggest daily spike by adding over 95,000 fresh infections in the last 24 hours.
Delhi records massive single-day spike with 4000 new Covid-19 cases
Sep 10, 2020, at 05:19 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The national capital registered more 4,000 cases of coronavirus in the last 24 hours.
After Oxford Covid-19 Vaccine trial pause, DCGI sends show-cause notice to Serum Institute
Sep 10, 2020, at 04:23 am
New Delhi/IBNS: After pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca halted the Phase 3 study testing of the Oxford Vaccine against Covid-19, the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) on Wednesday issued a show-cause notice to Serum Institute of India (SII) for not informing the central drug regulator about the pause of trials in other countries.
Oxford COVID-19 vaccine trial on hold not necessarily a setback: UK Health Minister
Sep 10, 2020, at 01:17 am
London/Sputnik: UK Health Minister Matt Hancock said on Wednesday that the decision to put the Oxford COVID-19 vaccine trial on hold made by the AstraZeneca pharmaceutical company after a volunteer taking part in the UK fell ill is not necessarily a setback.
Russia gathered almost 31,000 volunteers for phase 3 trials of COVID-19 vaccine, says Minister
Sep 10, 2020, at 01:11 am
Moscow/Sputnik: Within just 10 days Russia has gathered almost 31,000 volunteers wishing to take part in the post-registration trials of the vaccine against COVID-19, Health Minister Mikhail Murashko said on Wednesday.
Children’s lives at stake, COVID threatens to undo 30 years of ‘remarkable progress’
Sep 09, 2020, at 11:18 pm
New York: COVID-19 threatens to undo decades of hard-fought progress in reducing deaths of children under the age of five, UN agencies have warned, calling on countries to ensure vital health services for children and women do not falter amid the global crisis.
India witnesses unprecedented surge in recoveries, 74,894 patients discharged in 24 hours
Sep 09, 2020, at 07:46 pm
New Delhi/UNI: The total number of recovered patients in a single day has surged to a record 74,894 taking the total number of recoveries to 33,98,844 and the recovery rate to 77.77%.