The Union Ministry of Health has called an urgent meeting of its Joint Monitoring Group on Monday to discuss the appearance of a mutated variant of the coronavirus in the UK, which has led to an increase in the infection rate there. Several European countries have banned flights from the …
Read More »India May Start Covid Vaccination In January, Health Minister Says
India can inoculate some 30 million million people in the next 6 to 7 months, the minister said. New Delhi: India may start vaccinating people against COVID-19 in January, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said, adding that the government’s priority has been the safety and efficacy of the vaccine. “Personally, …
Read More »Health Ministry calls rally after mutant coronavirus spreads rapidly in UK
Britain has seen an increase in cases and hospital admissions this month (Representative) New Delhi: The Health Ministry called a meeting for tomorrow with its joint monitoring group on COVID-19 to discuss a mutant coronavirus that has spread rapidly in the UK, the sources said. Several European nations have banned …
Read More »Britain says new virus strain is ‘out of control’
LONDON: British Health Secretary Matt Hancock said Sunday that the government imposed a strict Christmas blockade on London and the south-east of England because a new strain of the coronavirus was “out of control”. Hancock warned that the strict measures affecting almost a third of England’s population could be maintained …
Read More »Health Ministry Convenes Urgent Key Group Meeting After New Covid-19 Strain Found In UK
The Union Ministry of Health convened an urgent meeting of its Joint Monitoring Group (JMG) on Sunday after a new strain of coronavirus disease (Covid-19) emerged in the United Kingdom, the PTI news agency reported. . PTI further reported that the JMG, chaired by the Director General of Health Services …
Read More »Flights to UK banned as UK says new strain of coronavirus is ‘out of control’
European countries began banning flights from the UK on Sunday when the London government warned that a potent new strain of the virus was “out of control.” Following the example of the Netherlands, where the ban on all UK passenger flights went into effect on Sunday, a German government source …
Read More »Modern to start dosing tomorrow; Oxford will get UK approval next week
Written by Abhishek De | New Delhi | Updated: December 20, 2020 7:47:28 pm Swab collection for ongoing Covid-19 testing inside an NMMC mobile testing facility in Vashi (Express photo by Amit Chakravarty) The United States was shot in the arm in its fight against Covid-19 after the Food and …
Read More »India registers 26,624 new cases of Covid-19, the recovery rate reaches a maximum of 95.46%
India recorded 26,624 new cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), 341 related deaths and 29,690 recoveries in the past 24 hours, data from the Union Health Ministry showed on Sunday morning. New infections brought the country’s tally to 10,031,223 and it now has an active case load of 305,344 with …
Read More »Almost the size of the US population, how India plans to vaccinate 300 million people against Covid-19
With a COVID-19 number of cases that has exceeded 10 million people, India is the second country in the world most affected by coronavirus pandemic, behind only the United States. But its goal is to emerge from the crisis in the coming months with a massive vaccination campaign, which will …
Read More »Concern Among Muslims Over Halal Status Of COVID-19 Vaccine
December 20, 2020 11:28:09 am A man leaves as the ‘halal’ logo of the Indonesian Ulema Council is displayed on the facade of a restaurant in Jakarta, Indonesia (AP Photo / Tatan Syuflana) In October, Indonesian diplomats and Muslim clerics got off a plane in China. While diplomats were there …
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