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Brazilian study says China's Sinovac coronavirus vaccine 78% effective

A vaccine candidate made by China's Sinovac is 78 per cent effective in protecting against Covid-19, according to results of a study announced by Brazilian state health officials

France ready to tighten coronavirus curbs, says Prime Minister Castex

The French government may have to tighten coronavirus restrictions amid increasing pressure on its hospital system, Prime Minister Jean Castex said Thursday

Brazil reports 1,524 single-day Covid deaths, toll surpasses 200,000

Brazil's Covid-19 case tally is nearing 8 million, while the related death toll has topped 200,000, the Health Ministry said on Thursday

Explained: How Covid-19 pandemic has changed shopping on BigBasket

Online grocer BigBasket saw huge expansion on the back of lockdown restrictions but it had to first cope with logistics and back-end services to stay on course

Dry run for Covid-19 vaccine: States raise software, broadband issues

On Thursday, Health Minister Harsh Vardhan held a virtual meeting with the health ministers of all states on preparation and protocol for the Friday dry run

Adverse effect of Covid-19 vaccine: What the law says, or doesn't

Laws governing compensation in case of adverse side effects for Covaxin and Covishield may differ in accordance with the kind of approvals given, say legal experts

Airlines get ready for Covid-19 vaccine journey ahead of inoculation drive

Government has asked airlines to get ready to transport 30 tonnes of vaccines immediately

Govts or manufacturers, who is on the hook if Covid-19 vaccines go wrong?

Policy makers in developing nations may not have a choice but to take what they can get - easily, cheaply and quickly

Covid-19 vaccine: Bharat Biotech completes recruitment for phase 3 trials

More than 5,000 people have been given both shots of the vaccine; efficacy data around March

Govt asks 4 states, which account for 59% of active cases, to check surge

Maharashtra, Kerala, Chhattisgarh and West Bengal have been asked to take prompt steps o curb recent spike in Covid-19 cases

Coronavirus LIVE: China puts curbs in Hebei province as outbreak worsens

Coronavirus live updates: At 1,958,282, Maharashtra has the highest number of coronavirus cases, followed by Karnataka 924,137, Andhra Pradesh 883,876, Tamil Nadu 823,181, and Kerala 790,882

870,000 expats returned to Kerala, more than half due to job loss: Report

The Covid-19 pandemic has forced a whopping 870,000 expatriates from Kerala to return home, most of them from the Gulf, since last May

Harsh Vardhan to visit TN on Friday to review vaccination dry run

As the country prepares for the COVID-19 vaccine roll out, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan will be visiting Tamil Nadu on Friday

Harsh Vardhan reviews preparedness for vaccine dry run on Friday

Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Thursday interacted with the Health Ministers, Principal Secretaries, and Additional Chief Secretaries of the states and UTs

Kerala Covid vaccination second dry run at 46 centres on Friday

Kerala health minister KK Shailaja has said that preparations for the second dry run for Covid vaccination in the state are almost complete

Covid vaccination dry run to be conducted at 263 places across K'taka

Karnataka has planned to conduct Covid-19 vaccination dry run at a total of 263 different health facilities across the state on January 8

Central government tell states to be prepared for vaccine roll out

The further distribution of vaccine to the districts will be done per the registered beneficiaries, for which a separate communication will be done

DATA STORY: India's daily new active Covid cases go up after 41 days; cured cases top 10 mn

India on Wednesday conducted 937,590 coronavirus tests, taking the total count of tests conducted so far in the country to 178,400,995. The test positivity rate recorded was 2.2%

Central government finalises Covid-19 vaccination transport module

For northern India, Delhi and Karnal will be made mini-hubs

Private sector willing to partner with govt in Covid vax roll-out: Ficci

The private sector is willing to support and augment government's capacity across the value chain of Covid-19 vaccine distribution and administration, Ficci said