Coronavirus

PM CARES for Children scheme to support kids orphaned by COVID-19, Smriti Irani tells Parliament

As of March 14, 8,973 applications for the PM Cares for Children Scheme have been uploaded on the portal out of which, 4302 applications have been approved by the respective district magistrates after due process.

COVID-19 Vaccine | Govt to procure Corbevax at Rs 290 for two doses, private hospitals at Rs 800

On March 16, India began the inoculation drive for children aged 12 to 14 years, administering only the Corbevax COVID-19 vaccine to the beneficiaries.

India reports 2,876 new COVID-19 cases, 98 deaths in last 24 hours

In nine states and UTs, marginal rise in active coronavirus caseload was registered, mainly due to increase in tests to detect fresh infections

On 13th day in row Mumbai logs below 100 COVID-19 cases, no fresh fatality on 14 days in March

Notably, on 14 out of 15 days this month, Mumbai has logged zero fatality due to COVID-19.

Analysis: Co-morbidity clause removed for 60-plus to get COVID-19 booster shots. Will it draw more people to vax centres?

The highest number of 60-plus population is in Uttar Pradesh, followed by Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu. In these three states, there are over 1 crore people above 60 years. All other states and UTs have below 1-crore population in this age group.

India reports 2,568 new COVID-19 cases, 97 deaths in 24 hours

In two states and UTs, there is no active COVID-19 case now while in 4 others, there are less than 20 active infections.

How long can China keep up its People’s War strategy against COVID-19?

China has adopted a unique mass mobilisation strategy to combat the pandemic, calling it a ‘People’s War’. But the economic costs of its zero-covid policy are rising 

COVID-19 Outbreak | China battles multiple outbreaks, driven by stealth omicron

Chinese authorities reported 1,337 locally transmitted cases of COVID-19 across dozens of mainland cities on March 14 as the fast-spreading variant commonly known as “stealth omicron” fuels China’s biggest outbreak in two years.

BA.2.2 sub-variant sparks fresh COVID-19 concerns but scientists allay fears

In January this year, Omicron was found in over 95 percent samples subjected to whole genome sequencing from across the country of which BA.2 was the most dominant sub-lineage detected in samples, followed by BA.1

Moneycontrol Pro Panorama: The shadow of COVID is not gone. Just yet

In today’s edition of Moneycontrol Pro Panorama: What LIC earnings say, HDFC Bank makes a fresh start, standing up to Visa, the Eastern Window, Chart of the Day and more

India's maternal mortality rate dips to 103; Kerala, UP, Maharashtra mark sharpest decline

The rise in MMR in West Bengal, Haryana, Uttarakhand and Chhattisgarh, however, have emerged as a cause of concern and the government said that these states need to review their existing efforts to get better results.

COVID-19 vaccine for 12-14-year-olds to start from March 16; all above 60 years can take boosters

The new decision will mean that, while Corbevax will be offered to the younger adolescents, those in the 15-17-year age group will continue to get Covaxin.

Fresh COVID-19 cases over 24 hours touch lowest in 680 days

The active load of coronavirus in all the states and UTs, including Kerala, is now under 10,000

With 2,000 new infections, China's daily COVID-19 cases hit 2-year high

The Chinese mainland on Saturday reported 1,807 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases and 131 imported cases, China's National Health Commission said on Sunday.

At 3,116, India records lowest daily COVID-19 cases in 676 days

The active cases comprise 0.09 per cent of the total infections and the national COVID-19 recovery rate further improved to 98.71 per cent, the ministry said.

At 3,614, India records lowest number of fresh COVID-19 cases since May 2020

The daily case count was the lowest since May 12, 2020, when the country had logged 3,604 cases of the infection.

India reports 4,194 new COVID-19 cases, 255 deaths from virus in 24 hours

None of the states and Union Territories in India reported a rise in active COVID-19 caseload over the last 24 hours

India’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage formidable, but slow boosting policy has many worried

The majority of those eligible for vaccination and precaution doses have availed them but experts say that panels such as the National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation and National Expert Group for Vaccine Administration on COVID-19 should be faster in taking decisions needed now.

We should stop managing COVID-19 the way we did in 2020: Gagandeep Kang

Kang believes that the high vaccination coverage among the adult population against COVID-19 in India is a high point and hints that the infectious disease may have reached endemic stage in the country since the end of the second wave last year

India records 4,184 fresh COVID-19 cases, 104 deaths in last 24 hours

With the fresh cases, the total tally of COVID-19 cases in the country now stands at 4,29,80,067, according to the Union Health Ministry data

New COVID-19 cases in India under 5,000 for third day; active cases hover under 50,000

Four states and Union Territories that included Andaman & Nicobar Island, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand and Sikkim reported small rise in the COVID19 active caseload in the 24-hour period

Mumbai sees no COVID-19 death for ninth day in a row; tally rises by 65

Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation data showed that 17,952 samples were examined in the last 24 hours, which took the overall number of coronavirus tests to 1,62,75,524.

COVID-19 Curbs: Maharashtra govt eases restrictions in 14 districts ; Check the new guidelines

A government order has detailed the new guidelines for 14 districts of the state, including Mumbai. These guidelines will come into effect from March 4.

Relief as COVID-19 numbers settle to pre-Omicron levels across states

Active COVID-19 infections have dropped below 1 lakh while the country has also seen less than 10,000 new infections over the last three days