Tag Archives: COVID-19

[ad_1] Up to 2,000 Indians are expected to be evacuated from the United States in the first wave of seven flights starting Saturday, and the first batch will depart on an Air India flight from San Francisco. Indian officials have said that a decision on the next wave of flights …

[ad_1] CMD Dr. Krishna Ella with researchers at Bharat Biotech NEW DELHI: To accelerate the development of a vaccine against coronavirusThe Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has partnered with leading Indian vaccine manufacturer Bharat Biotech International Ltd (BBIL) to develop an indigenous vaccine using the virus isolate strain from …

[ad_1] The Central Industrial Security Force reported 13 new cases of COVID-19 among its personnel on Saturday. So far, 48 people on CISF staff have tested positive for the new coronavirus. Of the 48 patients with COVID-19, 31 CISF staff members worked in the Delhi Metro Protection Unit. According to …

[ad_1] The Indian Home Office has allowed 3,000 schools under the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) to begin evaluating Class 10 and Class 12 board response documents. The approval came on Saturday following a request by the union’s human resources development ministry. Along with 3,000 schools, the home ministry …

[ad_1] The total number of cases in Maharashtra increased to 20,228 with 48 new deaths after 1,165 new infections were reported in the past 24 hours. Meanwhile, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said Saturday that India’s testing capacity has been expanded to 95,000 per day. He added that so far …

[ad_1] The testing capacity for COVID-19 has been scaled up to around 95,000 tests per day and a total of 15,25,631 tests have been conducted so far across 332 government and 121 private laboratories, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Saturday. The minister, who reviewed the status of COVID-19 …

[ad_1] Stock Photo NEW DELHI: The ministry of health has decided to deploy core teams in 10 states that have witnessed or are witnessing high cases of Covid-19 to help their health departments facilitate management of the outbreak. These are in addition to the 20 core teams of public health …

[ad_1] The railways on Saturday night said it had received “clearance” from West Bengal for running eight special trains to the state to ferry people stranded outside due to the ongoing lockdown, after a day-long war of words between the state and the Center over the matter. A senior railway …

[ad_1] Two hundred twenty-four (224) new cases of coronavirus were reported in Delhi, bringing the total number of Covid-19 positive patients to 8,630, according to an official bulletin on the contagion released by the Delhi government on Saturday. The previous figures in the capital stood at 8,406 positive cases according …

[ad_1] The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) partnered with Bharat Biotech International Limited (BBIL) to develop a fully indigenous vaccine for COVID-19, the apex health research body said Saturday. The vaccine will be developed using the virus strain isolated at ICMR’s National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune, according to …