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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 23, 2021 08:03 AM IST Over 1.14 crore people have so far been given the COVID-19 vaccine in India. The second dose of COVID-19 vaccination started from the day for those beneficiaries who have completed 28 days after receipt of the first dose.
Feb 23, 2021 07:29 AM IST Coronavirus News Highlights: More than 1.14 crore people have been given the COVID-19 vaccine in India so far.
Feb 23, 2021 07:24 AM IST The US death toll is by far the highest reported in the world, accounting for 20 percent of the nearly 2.5 million coronavirus deaths globally
Feb 22, 2021 09:24 PM IST Mumbai city continued to report the highest single- day cases in the state with a spike of 761 on Monday.
Feb 22, 2021 08:08 PM IST Ella said the company is in the process of ramping up Covaxin production capacity to 40 million doses per month, with the commissioning of third manufacturing site by end of this week.
Feb 22, 2021 07:53 PM IST The brewers called on the German government to give beer breweries aid under the country’s programmes to help industry recover from the impact of the coronavirus crisis.
Feb 22, 2021 07:48 PM IST A pub that closed its doors during the lockdown is now serving a menagerie of very different clientele after transforming into Ireland's first wildlife hospital. The bar of the Tara Na Ri pub in County Meath to the northwest of Dublin is now deserted, the blinds pulled down, the Guinness taps dry and the till empty.
Feb 22, 2021 07:41 PM IST The number of active cases Monday stood at 1,041, according to the bulletin.
Feb 22, 2021 06:39 PM IST The nation could pass this next grim milestone on Monday. President Joe Biden will mark the US crossing 500,000 lives lost from COVID-19 with a moment of silence and candle lighting ceremony at the White House.
Feb 22, 2021 06:12 PM IST The decision was taken as states like Maharashtra, Kerala, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Punjab are witnessing a surge in new COVID-19, according to sources.
Feb 22, 2021 05:41 PM IST The move comes after the drugmakers in December said their vaccine would be delayed after clinical trials showed an insufficient immune response in older people.
Feb 22, 2021 05:14 PM IST Speaking at the opening of the UN Human Rights Council's main annual session, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres charged that authorities in a number of nations were using restrictions meant to halt the spread of COVID-19 to weaken their political opposition.
Feb 22, 2021 05:05 PM IST 'It will more likely be smaller immunogencity studies,' said Peter Marks, Director of the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER) at USFDA, speaking at BioAsia 2021 virtual event.
Feb 22, 2021 04:56 PM IST What we know about COVID-19 is changing rapidly. One thing is clear: the infection is much more than just a respiratory illness. A year since the pandemic, a look at how our understanding of the virus has evolved.
Feb 22, 2021 04:50 PM IST Travellers entering Karnataka via Maharashtra through the border at Afzalpura & Aland will now have to submit a negative RT-PCR test.
Feb 22, 2021 04:20 PM IST A bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh issued notice to the Delhi government seeking its stand on the pleas by March 26 and also asked it to take action on the issue "immediately".
Feb 22, 2021 03:15 PM IST Progressive countrywide expansion in testing infrastructure has played a crucial role in the steep rise of testing numbers, the health ministry underlined.
Feb 22, 2021 03:08 PM IST As India registers an increase in active cases, the threat of increase in new strain infections looms large. The coronavirus is mutating, and with that the list of common COVID-19 symptoms is also expanding. A look at new symptoms that are different from the classic ones.
Feb 22, 2021 03:07 PM IST As part of the unlimited leaves policy, there will be no cap on the number of leaves one can take in a year with the rationale that coach/coachee plan leaves well in advance.
Feb 22, 2021 02:55 PM IST The country's financial capital reported 5,335 active COVID-19 cases on February 8, and the number went up to 7,276 on Sunday, according to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's (BMC) data.
Feb 22, 2021 02:44 PM IST In spite of the surging COVID-19 pandemic, major arms makers descended on February 21 on a convention centre in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, hoping to make deals with militaries across West Asia. The biennial trade fair, the International Defense Exhibition and Conference, is Abu Dhabi’s first major in-person event since the outbreak of coronavirus — a sign of its significance to the oil-rich sheikhdom that has maintained tight movement restrictions in recent months.
Feb 22, 2021 02:36 PM IST The Daily Telegraph' quoted Whitehall sources with knowledge of the plans to say that the new visas are likely to be approved by Tech Nation, Britain's national network representing tech entrepreneurs
Feb 22, 2021 02:14 PM IST Long queues of vehicles could be seen in the border areas since morning as Karnataka authorities sealed many roads including national highways and restricted entry only for those with COVID-19 negative certificates.
Feb 22, 2021 01:49 PM IST Dr Mohamed Salah Siala’s music helps not just the patients but also health workers. They have been under pressure in the last few months because of the increased number of virus-linked hospitalisations that spiked at the beginning of the year.
Feb 22, 2021 01:43 PM IST Around 100 to 200 COVID-19 cases can be attributed to the mega rush in the local trains, said BMC Commissioner Iqbal Singh Chahal.
