The United States is scheduled to begin its coronavirus (Covid-19) vaccination campaign starting Monday with doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine scheduled to reach all hospitals and other sites. The United States, which tops the list of countries most affected by the pandemic, has so far registered more than 16.7 million …
Read More »As Cases Decline, Experts Say The Spread May Be More Than Known
Written by Amitabh Sinha | Pune | Updated: December 14, 2020 8:02:02 am At a screening center in Hyderabad on Sunday. (PTI) Since new Covid-19 infections have apparently stabilized for more than a month, experts believe that a larger proportion of the Indian population may already have been infected by …
Read More »As India prepares for Covid-19 inoculation, TN with smaller population to get more dose than UP, MP
As India prepares for the mass inoculation process against mortals COVID-19 As soon as government approvals roll in, states with populations age 50 and over will receive larger allocations. This means that Tamil Nadu should receive more vaccines than Bihar, Madhya Pradesh or Rajasthan despite its smaller population. Even though …
Read More »66 students, 5 staff members at IIT-Madras test positive for coronavirus
The institute had opened its doors for seniors on December 7 according to an order from the state government. Seventy-one residents of the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT-M) tested positive for coronavirus. This includes 66 students. After this, the institute closed its laboratories, library and departments. The institute opened …
Read More »India Records One of Lowest Daily Covid Cases in 7 Days, Government Data Shows
India has recorded one of the lowest daily cases and deaths due to Coronavirus disease (Covid-19) per million inhabitants in the past seven days, government data shows. “India reported one of the lowest cases per million inhabitants in the world (158) in the last 7 days; much lower than many …
Read More »The next four to six months could be the worst of the pandemic
Bill Gates said access to the vaccine should be based on medical necessity, not wealth. Washington: Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, whose foundation has been part of the effort to develop and deliver COVID-19 vaccines, warned Sunday that the next four to six months could be the worst of the coronavirus …
Read More »Large coronavirus outbreak inside IIT Madras, campus closed – The New Indian Express
Express News Service CHENNAI: There has been a major coronavirus outbreak within India’s main educational institution, IIT Madras, and the campus is temporarily blocked. According to health authorities, in the last two weeks 71 cases of Covid were reported, of which 66 are students, fourdining room staff and one of …
Read More »The Covid-19 vaccination campaign can start from January 2021, all of India will receive the vaccine in October, says Adar Poonawalla
Serum Institute of India (SII) Executive Director Adar Poonawalla said on Saturday that the COVID-19 The vaccination campaign may start in January 2021, as his company hoped to obtain the emergency use authorization by the end of this month. India today reported. Poonawalla said he hoped everyone in India would …
Read More »JP Nadda, National President of BJP, Tests Positive for Novel Coronavirus
Jagat Prakash Nadda, national chair of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), said on Sunday that he tested positive for the new coronavirus. “Having the initial symptoms of the crown, I got tested and the report came back positive,” wrote Nadda on the social media platform Twitter. “My health is fine, …
Read More »FM reviews the progress of schemes in 3 packages, banks sanction Rs 2.05 Lakh Crore to MSMEs
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman took stock of the progress made under various plans under the three Aatmanirbhar Bharat (ANBP) packages to help reactivate the economy hit by the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic. Following the Prime Minister’s announcement, Sitharaman presented the details of the Rs 20.97 crore ANBP 1.0 in a …
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