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NEW DELHI: India approached the launch of its Covid-19 vaccination plan with the drug regulator’s committee of subject matter experts on Friday recommending emergency use authorization (EUA) for the Serum Institute of India’s “Covishield” , developed by the University of Oxford and AstraZeneca. The sources said the SEC’s recommendations come …

Representative image. | Photo credit: PTI Key points Some analysts have recommended sector-specific aid packages to overcome the prolonged period of uncertainty. The government has declared its intention to create between 50 and 60 lakh of jobs in the next six months in the formal sector, but more will need …

India may be moving towards herd immunity as Covid-19 cases are on the decline and there is no need to panic over the new strain of the virus found in the UK because reports suggest it is not as virulent. doctors said in a webinar Thursday. The ‘HEAL-Thy Samvaad’ webinar …

NEW DELHI: India’s active COVID-19 case burden continues to exhibit a sustained drop to the downside and has dropped significantly to 2.54 lakh, the lowest after 179 days, the Union Health Ministry said on Friday . Total active cases were 2.53,287 on July 6. India’s active case load at present …

Meanwhile, the Karnataka government has yet to track down 75 people who arrived from the UK after November 25. Three more people in Bengaluru have tested positive for the new UK genome variant of SARS-CoV-2. With this, a total of 10 people in Karnataka who have recently returned from the …

A lakh twenty-five thousand frontline healthcare workers have been included to receive the Covid-19 vaccine under emergency use, as preparations for the distribution, storage and administration of the vaccine in Mumbai entered the final stage this week. On Tuesday, more than one hundred BMC officials, including all executive health officials, …

The notice lists eight allegations by DMK that were published by the media, with rebuttals by AIADMK. The ruling AIADMK in Tamil Nadu on Thursday sent a ‘legal notice’ to the editors of all the press and television outlets against the printing or broadcasting of “false, unfounded and unfounded accusations …

India ushered in the new year on December 31st even as the coronavirus The pandemic overshadowed celebrations across the country. Restrictions such as a night curfew were imposed in several cities, including Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru, and many people preferred to stay home on the occasion. However, as celebrations across …

India said on Friday that it has decided to lift the temporary ban on flights from the UK and will resume operations from January 8 on a limited basis amid concerns over the spread of the highly infectious new strain of Covid-19, which was first identified in the UK. Union …

Daily new coronavirus infections in India remained below 30,000 for the 19th consecutive day on Friday, bringing the total number of cases to 1,02,86,709 The Subject Matter Expert Committee (SEC) on COVID-19 of the Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (CDSCO) has recommended granting emergency use authorization for Oxford COVID-19 the …