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WHO team in Wuhan probing Covid-19 origins moves out of quarantine

The mission has been plagued by delays, concern over access and bickering between China and the United States

Coronavirus LIVE: Govt extends ban on international flights till Feb-end

Coronavirus live updates: Globally, more than 101.4 million people have been infected by the virus and the death toll stands at 2,182,155

251 fresh coronavirus cases take Uttar Pradesh's tally to 5,99,624

The Covid-19 death toll in Uttar Pradesh rose to 8,642 on Thursday

World Coronavirus Dispatch: Horror scenes in Lebanon intensive care wards

Britain will make citizens quarantine at hotels at their own expense, IMF warns pausing Covid rescue programmes will risk triggering market crash and other pandemic-related news across the globe

India has flattened its Covid graph; no cases in 146 districts for 7 days

India's caseload has been declining for the past several months

India Coronavirus Dispatch: Twitter showed warning signs before first case

How the vaccine travelled to a remote village, 51% of Indians willing to take Covid shots immediately, Covaxin's effectiveness against the UK strain-news relevant to India's fight against Covid-19

Pandemic deepens graft, democracy breaches, says Transparency International

"Countries with higher levels of corruption tend to be the worst perpetrators of democratic and rule-of-law breaches while managing the Covid-19 crisis," according to the report

WHO team in Wuhan departs quarantine to study Covid-19 origins in field

The mission has become politically charged, as China seeks to avoid blame for alleged missteps in its early response to the outbreak

Covid-19: India records 11,666 new cases, detah toll jumps to 1,53,847

The number of active coronavirus cases in the country also dropped to 1,73,740, constituting 1.62 per cent of the total infection count

DATA STORY: Delhi adds 96 Covid cases, first sub-100 spike since May 1

India has so far vaccinated 2,355,979 people. That is 22.01 per cent of its total caseload, and 0.1698 per cent of its population

For second day in a row, no new Covid-19 case in Andamans, five recoveries

Andaman and Nicobar Islands did not record a single fresh COVID-19 case in the last two days

UN Chief Guterres reiterates call for equitable access to Covid-19 vaccines

The top UN official commended the African Union's efforts through the Covid-19 African Vaccine Acquisition Task Force to secure an additional 270 million vaccine doses

Third round of Covid-19 vaccination begins in Uttar Pradesh from Thursday

Health workers in the state will get Covid vaccine on Thursday and Friday and also in the next phase on February 4 and 5

Covid-19: India dispatches Covishield vaccines to Bahrain, Sri Lanka

India's Ministry of External Affairs had announced vaccine rollout for several countries from January 20

Covid-19: European Union calls on AstraZeneca to honour commitments

AstraZeneca Chief Executive Pascal Soriot rejected claims that his company was failing to honour its commitments

Global Covid-19 cases top 100.7 million, toll cross 2.17 mn: Johns Hopkins

The US is the worst-hit country with the world's highest number of cases and deaths at 25,588,419 and 428,862, respectively, according to the CSSE

Mexico's new daily record of almost 28,000 coronavirus cases, 1,623 deaths

The president''s top pandemic adviser, Hugo López-Gatell, said the 67-year-old president was doing well and was active, and had almost no symptoms apart from an occasional low-grade fever

India to send 1 million Covid-19 vaccine doses to South Africa on Feb 1

After the arrival of the vaccine doses via Dubai, these will undergo some processes for 10 to 14 days, after which these will be distributed among provinces, he said during a virtual press conference

Germany counts over 2.16 mn Covid-19 cases in one year, 1.7 mn vaccinated

As the world is struggling to contain the pandemic, vaccination is underway in some countries with the already-authorized coronavirus vaccines

Fresh Covid-19 rules: Swimming pools for all, more can watch films in halls

MHA on Wednesday allowed cinema halls and theatres to operate with more people while swimming pools have been permitted for use by all in fresh COVID-19 reopening guidelines.