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Coronavirus LIVE: Aim to vaccinate 300 mn people in next few mnths, says PM

Coronavirus live updates: With 16,085 fresh Covid-19 cases, India's caseload now stands at 10,467,431. Death toll has mounted to 151,198

PM Modi should take coronavirus vaccine first to allay doubts: NCP

Maharashtra Minister and NCP national spokesperson Nawab Malik made the comments in a video message

30 million will be vaccinated in the first phase: Modi in meeting with CMs

India's vaccines are the most cost effective, said Modi during his interaction with chief ministers

Centre to bear expenses for first round of Covid-19 vaccination: PM Modi

Modi said over 300 mn citizens will get the jabs in the next few months in India against only 25 mn people who have received them in over 50 countries in around a month so far.

Made-in-India Covid vaccines more cost-effective than others in world: PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said the two already approved made-in-India COVID-19 vaccines are more cost-effective than any other in the world

Govt signs purchase order with Serum for AstraZeneca vaccine: Report

The nationwide vaccination drive is slated to kick off on January 16

Single dose Covid-19 vaccine candidate generates immunity in mice: Study

Scientists have demonstrated that a single-dose COVID-19 vaccine candidate can produce immunity against the novel coronavirus in mice

As India gears up for vaccination, where is the coronavirus headed?

The epidemic is well under control in India. With enough infected people in the country and the vaccine rollout within sight, it is highly unlikely that there will be another peak surge going forward

Govt wants Serum Institute to lower price of AstraZeneca vaccine: Report

The AstraZeneca shot, locally branded as Covishield in India, is expected to meet 90% of India's mass immunisation programme needs, an official said

World Coronavirus Dispatch: Is Vitamin-D capable of fighting the virus?

Speeding up automated decision-making in Covid times, Europe's vaccination campaign off to slow start, Duterte's blunders will cost Philippines dearly, and other-pandemic news across the globe

Holding breath may increase risk of getting Covid-19: IIT researchers

According to a release issued by IIT, airborne infections such as Coronavirus spread through sneezing and coughing as these events instantly release a lot of tiny droplets

India Coronavirus Dispatch: Falling cases a challenge for Phase-3 trials

How the pandemic will shape the budget, research on persisting symptoms, Bharat Biotech's intranasal vaccine-news relevant to India's fight against Covid-19

Four passengers on Air India's London-Delhi flight test positive for Covid

Four passengers travelling on Air India's London-Delhi flight tested positive for Covid-19 on arrival, a top official of Genestrings Diagnostic Centre said on Monday

People shouldn't hesitate to get vaccinated, says Delhi's 1st Covid patient

Days ahead of the nationwide Covid-19 vaccination roll-out, Delhi's first coronavirus patient urged people to get immunised without hesitation and listen to the scientific community

WHO experts' team to visit China on Jan 14 to probe origins of coronavirus

China said that a group of experts from the WHO are due to arrive in the country to probe the origins of the coronavirus pandemic

DATA STORY: India sees lowest rise in Covid tally since June 24, fewest deaths since May 26

India on Sunday conducted 659,209 coronavirus tests, taking the total count of tests conducted so far in the country to 181,755,831. The test positivity rate recorded was 2.5%

India registers 16,311 coronavirus cases, 161 additional fatalities

India added 16,311 new cases to its COVID-19 tally in the last 24 hours, according to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Monday

UP to conduct final dry run for Covid-19 vaccination at 1,500 centres today

Gearing up for the Covid-19 vaccine rollout in the country, Uttar Pradesh will conduct the third dry run of vaccination at 1,500 centres across the state on Monday

Mexico detects first case of new coronavirus strain first seen in UK

Mexico has confirmed its first case of the UK strain of the coronavirus, Gloria Molina Gamboa, the secretary of health of the Tamaulipas state, said

Russia confirms first case of new coronavirus strain first seen in UK

Russia detected its first case of the new coronavirus strain, which was first discovered in the United Kingdom (UK) last month