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The new coronavirus strain, first discovered in the central city of Wuhan, has caused alarm because of its connection to Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), which killed nearly 650 people across mainland China and Hong Kong in 2002-2003. More
Feb 28, 2021 05:09 PM IST People can get desirable protective effect after 14 days of inoculation.
Feb 28, 2021 03:14 PM IST Based on the guidelines issued by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the SOP also makes it compulsory for devotees to bring a medical fitness certificate and an e-pass or e-permit issued to them after registering on the Kumbh Mela web portal, Chief Secretary Om Prakash said.
Feb 28, 2021 01:05 PM IST Reacting to a report that the health ministry has fixed Rs 250 per shot at private hospitals and health centres, she tweeted, "We r (sic) crushing instead of incentivising vaccine industry."
Feb 28, 2021 12:58 PM IST From March 1, citizens over the age of 60 and those who are above 45 with co-morbidities will be able to get inoculated against the coronavirus as the government launches Phase 2 of the vaccination drive.
Feb 28, 2021 12:48 PM IST A total of 16,752 new COVID-19 cases were registered in a span of 24 hours. Maharashtra continues to report the highest daily new cases at 8,623, followed by Kerala with 3,792 cases while Punjab reported 593 fresh COVID-19 cases.
Feb 28, 2021 12:13 PM IST The report, compiled in collaboration with UNESCO's Global Education Monitoring (GEM) Report, said the current levels of government spending in low and lower-middle income countries fall short of those required to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Feb 28, 2021 10:23 AM IST The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 1,07,75,169, which translates to a national COVID-19 recovery rate of 97.10 percent. The case fatality rate stands at 1.42 percent.
Feb 28, 2021 10:03 AM IST Almost 2 million people aged 60 to 63 will be invited after over 64s had been covered in the previous phase and letters will start arriving from Monday explaining how they can make an appointment for the jab.
Feb 28, 2021 08:49 AM IST "There is a lot of heterogeneity in response to testing between state to state and some states have done higher than the others," she said.
Feb 28, 2021 08:46 AM IST Private hospitals can charge up to Rs 250 per dose of COVID-19 vaccine, official sources said.
Feb 28, 2021 08:35 AM IST In phase 2 of the vaccination drive against COVID-19, the vaccine will be administered for free at government facilities and for a charge at a number of private hospitals. Eligible beneficiaries will have to register on Co-WIN platform
Feb 28, 2021 08:35 AM IST In October 2020, India and South Africa submitted a proposal suggesting a waiver for all WTO (World Trade Organization) members on the implementation, application and enforcement of certain provisions of the TRIPS Agreement in relation to the prevention, containment or treatment of COVID-19.
Feb 28, 2021 08:01 AM IST Health experts are anxiously awaiting a one-and-done option to help speed vaccinations, as they race against a virus that already has killed more than 510,000 people in the US and is mutating in increasingly worrisome ways.
Feb 28, 2021 07:58 AM IST The second dose of COVID-19 vaccination is being given to those who have completed 28 days after receiving the first dose.
Feb 28, 2021 07:16 AM IST Coronavirus News Live Updates: Today is the 340th day since India implemented a nationwide lockdown to help curb the novel coronavirus pandemic.
Feb 27, 2021 09:13 PM IST Around 10,000 private hospitals empanelled under the Ayushman Bharat-PMJAY scheme and 600 facilities listed under CGHS can be picked by states as private vaccination centres.
Feb 27, 2021 08:43 PM IST According to the State Health Department, in the last 24 hours, there were 3,648 recoveries and 51 deaths.
Feb 27, 2021 07:40 PM IST The vaccine doses would be administered free of cost at the government-run Covid vaccination centres.
Feb 27, 2021 05:37 PM IST Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba chaired a high-level review meeting with chief secretaries of states and UTs of Maharashtra, Punjab, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, West Bengal, Telangana and Jammu and Kashmir.
Feb 27, 2021 05:14 PM IST The lockdown was imposed on February 22, after the district emerged as one of the hotspots in Maharashtra in the fresh coronavirus wave.
Feb 27, 2021 04:44 PM IST The cost break-up is Rs 150 for a dose plus Rs 100 as a service charge which the private facilities can charge from the beneficiaries.
Feb 27, 2021 04:23 PM IST The European Commission has made it clear that EU countries should not be cutting separate deals with the same pharmaceutical companies that it has negotiated contracts with for the whole bloc.
Feb 27, 2021 01:42 PM IST The states showing a surge are Telangana, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Punjab, Jammu and Kashmir and West Bengal.
Feb 27, 2021 12:11 PM IST India is ready for phase two of the vaccination drive in which everyone above 60 years of age and those over 45 years with comorbidities will be able to get the COVID-19 vaccine from March 1 for free at government facilities.
Feb 27, 2021 11:37 AM IST The ongoing night curfew in Ahmedabad, Surat, Vadodara and Rajkot, was to end on February 28.
