NEW DELHI: Deaths from Covid-19 infections in India fell to 580 on Saturday, the lowest number for the virus in a single day in 98 days, as the pandemic continued to slow in most of the country. India last recorded a lower daily death count on July 18, according to …
Read More »Indian Coronavirus Vaccine Update: When Will Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin Launch?
Bharat Biotech plans to conduct the third phase of trials with more than 20,000 volunteers in 12-14 states in India. Bharat Biotech’s own coronavirus vaccine from India, which was in the second stage of human clinical trials, has finally received the go-ahead for the last phase. The highly anticipated candidate …
Read More »Former CM Devendra Fadnavis from Maharashtra Tests Positive for Covid-19
Former Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said on Saturday that he tested positive for the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) and is in isolation. The leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) reported on Twitter that he is under medication and treatment based on the advice of doctors. Fadnavis is in charge …
Read More »Congressman TN Prathapan writes to Kerala Health Minister KK Shailaja about treating 67-year-old Covid patient
The Covid patient was found lying on the ground, injured and bleeding, the family alleged. Congressman TN Prathapan has written to Kerala Health Minister KK Shailaja while seeking action on alleged lapses in treatment of a 67-year-old woman, a Covid patient. According to the patient’s family, they found her lying …
Read More »Delhi Airport Starts Covid-19 Testing for International Departures
International passengers taking their flights from Delhi airport can now get tested for Covid-19 just before their departure, the Genestrings Diagnostic Center, which operates the testing laboratory at the airport, said on Saturday. The Covid-19 testing facility, which began operating on September 12 at the Delhi airport, was available only …
Read More »Covid-19: Countries Fight Rising Cases As WHO Sees ‘Exponential’ Rise
The grim data highlighted the struggle by authorities around the world to control the coronavirus pandemic on Saturday, as the US reported 80,000 infections in a single day, France extended a curfew to two-thirds of citizens and the death toll in Germany exceeded 10,000. The World Health Organization had previously …
Read More »All Citizens Should Get Free Covid-19 Vaccine – Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal
Delhi’s Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Saturday that citizens across the country should receive free Covid-19 vaccines, two days after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) pledge of free vaccines against the disease in his Bihar’s electoral manifesto unleashes a storm. “The whole country should receive free Covid-19 vaccines. It …
Read More »Countries Fight Rising Virus Cases As WHO Sees ‘Exponential’ Rise
PARIS: Grim data highlighted the struggle by authorities around the world to control the coronavirus pandemic on Saturday, as the US reported 80,000 infections in a single day, France extended a curfew to two-thirds of citizens, and the death toll in Germany exceeded 10,000. The World Health Organization had previously …
Read More »Devendra Fadnavis, BJP’s Bihar Survey Campaign In Charge, Has Coronavirus
Devendra Fadnavis tweeted this afternoon about testing positive for coronavirus. Mumbai / New Delhi: BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis, who is in charge of the party’s Bihar state election campaign, tested positive for coronavirus. In a tweet this afternoon, the former chief minister of Maharashtra wrote: “God wants me to stop …
Read More »India will have the covid vaccine in June: Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
The rumor surrounding an impending COVID-19 vaccine has raised hopes for a path back to normal for the billions affected by the pandemic around the world, said Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, president and managing director of Biocon Ltd. , based in Bengaluru. Mazumdar-Shaw is hoping that the vaccine will be in India …
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