Five states in India have contributed nearly 62% of the country’s active coronavirus disease (Covid-19) cases, amounting to 254,254, the Union’s ministry of health and family welfare said on Saturday. Kerala, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal and Chhattisgarh, the Health Ministry said, together contributed 157,106 to the country’s current active …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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NEW DELHI: A day before the nationwide Covid-19 vaccination trial, the Indian drug regulator’s expert panel on Friday cleared the platforms for emergency use authorization for the vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and the University from Oxford. The vaccine, which is being produced locally under the name Covishield by the Serum …
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The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) said on Friday that the exit gates of Khan Market, the Supreme Court, the Central Registry and Mandi House are closed, adding that entry and interchange are allowed at these stations. Security update The exit doors of Khan Market, the Supreme Court, the Central …
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NEW DELHI: The drug regulator’s Subject Matter Experts Committee (SEC) recommended on Friday the granting of an Emergency Use Authorization (USA) for the Serum Institute of India’s ‘Covishield’, raising hopes that it will soon be Covid vaccine available in India. The sources said that the SEC has recommended the EUA …
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NEW DELHI: The central government said on Friday that four more cases of the mutant strain Covid UK have been detected in the country, bringing the total count of such cases to 29 so far. They are kept in physical isolation in sanitary facilities. Of these 29 cases, eight have …
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Coronavirus: Oxford COVID-19 vaccine being manufactured by the Serum Institute of India will go to DCGI New Delhi: The Oxford COVID-19 vaccine manufactured by the Serum Institute of India will be submitted for approval to the regulator Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) by a government-appointed panel of experts, the …
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Live market updates: Domestic stocks got off to a decent start to 2020, trading about half a percent higher on Friday. Meanwhile, the volatility index, India VIX, cooled more than 8 percent to 19.34 levels. Among the major indices, the S&P BSE Sensex rose 220 points to 47,970 levels and …
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