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Dalai Lama gets Covid-19 vaccine's 1st dose, urges people to get vaccinated

Spiritual leader The Dalai Lama, who on Saturday received his first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, has appealed to the public to get vaccinated for the "greater benefit".

MP to make carrying negative COVID-19 report mandatory for Maha travellers

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has instructed the state authorities to make it mandatory for the travellers coming from Maharashtra to carry a negative COVID-19 test report

DATA STORY: India reports biggest single-day surge in Covid caseload since Jan 29

India has so far vaccinated 19,497,704 people. That is 174.21 per cent of its total caseload, and 1.4036 per cent of its population

UN to monitor Covid vaccine roll-outs in countries in humanitarian crisis

The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs has launched a new element of a data tool focusing on the roll-out of Covid vaccines in countries experiencing humanitarian emergencies

52.7% Israelis vaccinated against Covid-19; Oman to administer 2nd jabs

The number of people vaccinated against Covid-19 in Israel has surpassed 4.9 million. Meanwhile, Oman announced the second doses of vaccines will start from Sunday

Canada approves use of Johnson & Johnson's single-shot Covid-19 vaccine

Canada announced its approval of the use of the single-shot Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine, making it the fourth vaccine that can be administered in the country.

WHO head wants Covid-19 vaccine patents waived to increase supply

The head of the World Health Organization called for patent rights to be waived until the end of the pandemic so that vaccine supplies can be dramatically increased

UK says vaccine shipment from Serum Institute won't hurt poor nations

Britain's vaccines minister dismissed suggestions that the country was getting key Covid-19 jabs intended for poorer countries

Negative Covid report must for people travelling to Rajasthan from 4 states

The Rajasthan government on Friday made it mandatory for people coming from Punjab, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat to furnish a COVID-19 negative report on arrival in the state.

Prakash Javadekar gets his first jab of Covid-19 vaccine in Pune

Union minister Prakash Javadekar received a first shot of COVID-19 vaccine at a private hospital here on Friday.

US export curbs can limit Covid shot production, availability: Poonawalla

The production of coronavirus vaccines and scaling up global availability could be seriously limited due to ban on exports of critical raw materials by the US, according to SII CEO Adar Poonawalla

US ban on export of critical raw materials to limit vaccine supply: Serum

SII, the world's biggest vaccine maker, has licensed the AstraZeneca/Oxford University product and will soon start bulk-manufacturing the Novavax shot

Covid-19: Maharashtra's single-day case count crosses 10,000-mark

Maharashtra reported 10,216 new coronavirus cases on Friday, the highest number of single-day cases in nearly last five months

Australia asks EU to review block of AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine

The EU executive backed Italy's decision to block a shipment of 250,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine to Australia, European officials said

Maharashtra sees over 10,000 Covid cases, most in a day in nearly 5 months

With 53 new deaths, the state's total toll has reached 52,393

Coronavirus LIVE: Maharashtra reports over 10,000 new cases and 53 deaths

Coronavirus live updates: Maharashtra, the most affected state overall, has reported 9,000 new cases. Stay tuned for corona-related news

Opposition doing politics over indigenous Covid vaccine: BJP

The BJP on Friday said all that its rivals, especially the Congress, have contributed to the matter is 'politics and confusion'

World Coronavirus Dispatch: Experts question WHO probe into virus origins

Johnson's single-dose can be game changer, Nasdaq wipes out 2021 gains after dovish Powell comments, Calls grow to prioritise Italy's priests for jabs and other pandemic-related news across the globe

India Coronavirus Dispatch: New computational tool to track Covid mutations

Parents more ready to send kids to school, trial candidates wonder if they got vaccine or placebo, Antibodies appear faster if exposed to virus earlier-news relevant to India's fight against Covid-19

18 mn Covid vaccine doses administered in India so far, says govt

Nearly 1.4 mn (13,88,170) vaccine doses were given on Thursday, Day-48 of the vaccination drive