VG Somani, Comptroller General of Drugs of India (DCGI), in a webinar on Thursday indicated that India was close to approving a COVID-19 vaccine. Mr. Somani was participating in a webinar, organized by the Department of Biotechnology, in which vaccine experts, infectious disease experts and representatives of companies developing vaccines …
Read More »India’s COVID-19 cases surpass the 1 crore mark
The total number of recovered cases is more than 30 times the number of active cases, the ministry said. The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in India surpassed the 1 crore (10 million) mark on December 18, 2020. According to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at John …
Read More »India’s COVID-19 cases surpass the 1 crore mark
The total number of recovered cases is more than 30 times the number of active cases, the ministry said. The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in India surpassed the 1 crore (10 million) mark on December 18, 2020. According to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at John …
Read More »Delhi, 4 other states account for 54% of active Covid cases | India News
NEW DELHII: Five states – Maharashtra, Kerala, Karnataka, West Bengal and Delhi – account for 54% of total active Covid-19 cases in the country, Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said on Tuesday, underscoring the downward trend. of the pandemic in India. even as many countries are still witnessing an increase in …
Read More »WHO says it will ‘do everything possible’ to discover the origin of COVID-19
The WHO chief urges critics who have accused the agency of handing over the reins of the investigation to China to stop “politicizing” the issue. The World Health Organization (WHO) insisted on Monday that it would do everything possible to find the animal origins of Covid-19, insisting that knowledge is …
Read More »Coronavirus | 577 COVID-19 Deaths in Past 24 Hours, Delhi Reports Peak New Cases
Active cases had been on a steady decline and stood at 5,16,632 on Saturday: Ministry of Health There were 577 deaths from COVID-19 in the last 24 hours in the country, and of these, 10 states / UT accounted for almost 83% of the deaths, according to a statement issued …
Read More »The next 3 decisive months to determine the trajectory of India’s Covid-19: Vardhan | India News
NEW DELHI: Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Friday that the next three months will be decisive in determining the coronavirus situation in the country as he urged people to follow appropriate Covid behavior in the next festival season and winter months. He also highlighted that the number of …
Read More »WHO informed India Jan 11 about virus in Wuhan: RTI response
In response from RTI, NCDC says the WHO official sent an “alert mail” to the Union Minister of Health The World Health Organization (WHO) informed India as early as January 11 that the reported dates of appearance of the new coronavirus circulating in Wuhan in China ranged from “December 12 …
Read More »India crosses the 10 cr mark in Covid-19 testing: ICMR | India News
NEW DELHI: India has crossed the Rs 10 crore mark in testing for Covid-19 as on Thursday with an average testing of more than Rs 10 lakhs of samples per day in the past 17 days, the Council Indian Medical Research (ICMR) said. So far, 74,000 tests have been carried …
Read More »The ‘flexible’ lock helped contain mortality: PM
India was one of the first countries to adopt a “flexible” lockdown approach and thus managed to keep death rates from COVID-19 relatively low, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said at the launch of the Annual Meeting of Large Challenges, organized by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The three-day program …
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