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88% of all Covid-19 deaths in India in age group of 45 yrs and above: Govt

Those above 45 are the most vulnerable section that needs to be protected, the Union Health Ministry said

TataMD announces partnership with ADL for standardising Covid-19 test kit

TataMD CHECK follows guidelines set by India's drug regulator and ADL has used it for over 10,000 Covid-19 tests, said the Tata group's healthcare venture

Zydus Cadila reduces price of generic Covid-19 drug to Rs 899 per vial

The company sells the drug under the brand name 'Remdac'

DATA STORY: India sees biggest jump in Covid cases since Nov 12, most deaths since Dec 31

India has so far vaccinated 50,841,286 people. That is 433.28 per cent of its total caseload, and 3.6581 per cent of its population

Negative Covid-19 report must for travelling to Gujarat from Maharashtra

The Gujarat government has made it mandatory to people coming from neighboring Maharashtra to carry a negative RT-PCR test report not older than 72 hours

India Coronavirus Dispatch: Odisha facing a shortage of vaccine doses

An odour distortion condition associated with coronavirus, doctors make a song to raise awareness about vaccination, and more-news relevant to India's fight against Covid-19

IN PICS: A year on, a look at life under lockdown, and the year 2020

Covid-19 in Pics: A nationwide lockdown, imposed in India on March 24, 2020, pushed citizens indoors for months on end. What happened next? Scroll through this photo story to recap.

Intensify effort in Covid superspreader areas like malls: Delhi govt to DMs

Calling malls, cinema halls and religious places "superspreader" areas, the Delhi government has directed all district magistrates to greatly intensify enforcement of Covid-19 norms in such places

Why Coronavirus may become our permanent enemy like the flu, but worse

Most epidemics disappear once populations achieve herd immunity and the pathogen has too few vulnerable bodies available as hosts for its self-propagation

With eye on post-Covid world, Japan step up calls for higher minimum wage

Japanese policymakers are stepping up calls to raise the country's minimum wage as part of a strategy to ensure households can boost consumption and revitalise the economy when curbs are removed

India records highest single-day spike with 47,262 fresh Covid-19 cases

India recorded 47,262 fresh coronavirus cases in a day, the highest single-day rise so far this year, taking the nationwide Covid-19 tally to 1,17,34,058, the Union health ministry said on Wednesday

One year since lockdown: India still recovering from unemployment blow

India is still not out of the woods as far as unemployment is concerned after a year when the lockdown was imposed on March 25 last year as pandemic-induced job loss has not tapered off consistently

Hong Kong suspends Pfizer-BioNTech Covid vaccines over packaging defects

Hong Kong suspended vaccinations using Pfizer shots known as BioNTech shots in the city on Wednesday after they were informed by its distributor Fosun that one batch had defective bottle lids

Global Covid-19 caseload tops 124 million: Johns Hopkins University

The overall number of global Covid-19 cases has surpassed 124 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 2.73 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University

Coronavirus restrictions in Netherlands extended until April 20: PM Rutte

The restrictive measures introduced in the Netherlands in connection with the spread of the novel coronavirus disease have been extended until April 20, Prime Minister Mark Rutte said

Sputnik V Covid vaccine importer threatens Pak if desired price not fixed

The importer also said selling the shipment to some other country was "an option if an appropriate price is not fixed" of their product

Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh meets CM Uddhav Thackeray

Amid calls for his resignation in light of former Mumbai Police Commissioner's corruption claims against him, Home Minister Deshmukh met Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray at the latter's residence

Bombay HC allows use of hospital basement to provide additional beds

The Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court on Tuesday night granted permission to the Government Medical College & Hospital (GMCH) to use its basement to accommodate additional Covid-19 patients

AstraZeneca to publish US trial results after rebuke over outdated data

AstraZeneca will publish up-to-date results from its US trial within 48 hours after health officials publicly criticised it for using "outdated information" to show how well the immunisation worked

Maharashtra minister Dhananjay Munde tests Covid positive for second time

Maharashtra Social Justice Minister Dhananjay Munde on Tuesday informed that he has again tested positive for Covid-19. The NCP leader had detected positive for the virus last year in June as well