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The health ministry informed the Lok Sabha on Friday that the Central Organization for Standard Control of Medicines has not received any reports of any deviation from standard procedures in research and development of the Covid-19 vaccine. The state’s health minister, Ashwini Kumar Choubey, informed the lower house that the …

Another outbreak in China has sparked a wave of concern among authorities after thousands of people in the northern part of the country tested positive for a bacterial infection. The infection spread among people who work at a state-owned biopharmaceutical plant in Lanzhou city that produces vaccines for animals after …

Amid rising COVID-19 coronavirus cases in the national capital, the Delhi government postponed the reopening of schools on Friday. Schools across the country have been closed since March 2020 in light of the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak. On Friday, in an order, the Arvind Kejriwal government announced that all schools in …

China launched “actual combat” drills near the Taiwan Strait when a senior US official visits Taiwan, which Beijing claims to be a separatist region. Chinese fighter jets appeared in Taiwanese airspace from four directions, Taipei media reports said as Beijing launched airspace and maritime drills near the autonomous island on …

PM Narendra Modi celebrated her 70th birthday on Thursday | Image Credit: Reuters / Reuters Even as the Bollywood and film industry came out to wish Prime Minister Modi, actor and model Milind Soman took to Twitter and wrote: “I wish you good health and good proactive opposition, to push …

After the World Health Organization raised concerns about the increasing number of cases in Europe, the UK government said it is considering a “short period” of stricter restrictions likely to be announced next week. Here’s everything you need to know about the second wave of Covid-19 in Europe * More …

Air India Express Allegedly Carried Covid Positive Certified Passengers to Dubai (Representative) New Delhi: The Dubai Civil Aviation Authority has suspended Air India Express flights until October 2 for carrying passengers with COVID-positive certificates twice in recent weeks, senior government officials said today. According to the UAE government rules, each …

China’s Sinovac Biotech plans to begin a clinical trial of its experimental coronavirus disease (Covid-19) vaccine with children and adolescents later this month. According to a registry registry published Wednesday, 552 healthy participants ages three to 17 will take two doses of CoronaVac from Sinovac, which is traded in the …

India reported 96,424 new cases of the coronavirus disease on Friday, a world record, taking the cumulative count beyond 5.21 million. With a steady increase in Covid-19 cases at a record rate, India is the second most affected country globally and is expected to surpass the United States, where the …

Another 1,401 people tested positive for the disease early. (Proceedings) Beijing, China: Thousands of people in northwest China tested positive for a bacterial disease after a leak from a state-owned biopharmaceutical plant that makes animal vaccines last year. Health officials in Lanzhou City said 3,245 people had contracted brucellosis, a …