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Global investors call for end to seafarers marooned at sea due to Covid

A group of investors called for an end to a crisis involving hundreds of thousands of seafarers stuck on ships for months due to Covid, warning the situation was creating bigger risks every day

US to require negative Covid test for all air passengers starting Jan 26

All air passengers will be required to get a negative coronavirus test prior to boarding their flight to the United States beginning on January 26

US to require negative Covid-19 tests for international air passengers

The new rules are to take effect two weeks from the day they are signed by CDC Director Mark Redfield, which would be Jan 26

Delhi Police steps up security ahead of nationwide Covid vaccine roll-out

The Delhi Police has made adequate security arrangements in the city for the smooth transportation of COVID-19 vaccines when the countrywide vaccination roll-out will begin later this week

After dubbing vaccine as 'BJP's one', SP chief asks when will poor get it

SP president Akhilesh Yadav, who had dubbed the country's anti-Covid vaccine as the BJP's one before its rollout and had vowed not to take its shot, on Tuesday asked when would the poor be inoculated

Covid-19 vaccine journey takes off; 5.6 mn doses were shipped to 13 cities

The jabs will be administered beginning January 16

Bharat Biotech signs deal with Brazilian wholesaler to supply Covaxin

Quantum of doses to be exported not known

LIVE: Covid-19 vaccine recipients won't get to choose from two options

Coronavirus live updates: Just 12,448 fresh Covid-19 cases recorded in India in the last 24 hours took the tally to 10,479,879. Globally, 91.2 million people have been infected by the virus

Maharashtra records 2,936 new Covid-19 cases; 3,282 recoveries, 50 deaths

With 57,505 new tests for coronavirus, the number of tests conducted so far in Maharashtra has gone up to 1,35,00,734, the official said

Four more Covid-19 vaccines are in pipeline, says health ministry

Four more COVID-19 vaccines are in the pipeline and their manufacturers may approach the drug controller for emergency use authorisation, the Health Ministry said on Tuesday.

For now, Covid vaccine recipients will not get to choose from 2 options

The government hinted that for now, the Covid vaccine recipients will not have the option to choose from the two vaccines approved for restricted emergency use

Govt outlines vaccine schedule, says effect begins 14 days after first jab

India will launch its Covid-19 vaccination drive from January 16 with priority to be given to nearly three crore healthcare and frontline workers

Kerala to get first consignment of over 400,000 vaccines on January 13

Kerala will receive the first consignment of doses of Covishield on Wednesday from the Pune-based Serum Institute of India

Tamil Nadu gets 556,500 doses of vaccines for administration at 307 sites

District-wise cold chain points are ready. A total of 45 vehicles will transport vaccines to health unit districts

Govt procures 11 million shots from Serum, 5.5 million from Bharat Biotech

The rollout is slated to begin on Saturday

Govt will administer Covid vaccine free of cost to people: Puducherry CM

In the first round, 14,000 health workers would be inoculated

World Coronavirus Dispatch: The baffling surge in Ireland's cases

Malaysia's king declares Covid state of emergency, Taiwan's coronavirus success lures foreigners and other pandemic-related news across the globe

Adar Poonawalla terms vaccine 'Covishield' dispatch as 'historic moment'

The first consignment containing vials of coronavirus vaccine "Covishield" were dispatched from the Pune factory

First consignment of 689,000 Covid-19 vaccine shots in West Bengal

The first consignment of COVID-19 vaccines arrived in Bengal on Tuesday in a special flight from Pune

SpiceJet inks MoU with Brussels Airport for transporting Covid vaccines

SpiceJet has signed an agreement with Belgium's Brussels Airport for providing transportation of COVID-19 vaccines