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In recent weeks, the United States has experienced a record number of cases, deaths and hospitalizations. Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, whose foundation has been part of the effort to develop and deliver COVID-19 vaccines, warned that the next four to six months could be the worst of the coronavirus pandemic. …

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 …

As India prepares for mass vaccination against Covid once approvals are obtained, states with more people in the age group 50 and over and with comorbidities like diabetes and hypertension are expected to get larger allocations (plus, of course , frontline healthcare workers, essential personnel, and police and defense personnel). …

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 …

BENGALURU: Overall global orders to secure vaccines fell by 19.2 million doses to 7.1 billion as of December 11, compared to 7.12 million as of November 30. India, which had deals for 1.6 billion doses at the end of last month, has 1.5 billion according to data from Duke University’s …

AHMEDABAD: The fight for survival has gotten tougher for coronavirus patients and doctors report an alarming incidence of mucormycosis, a rare and serious fungal infection with a 50% death rate, that takes advantage of struggling patients against Covid-19 or those that recently recovered. Ahmedabad-based eye trauma and retina surgeon Dr …

By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | Updated: December 13, 2020 9:22:25 pm Bahrain said Sunday that it approved the use of a Chinese coronavirus vaccine, following its earlier approval of a vaccine made by Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech. (AP / File) BJP National Chairman JP Nadda …

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 …

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, …

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 …