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CEPI to contribute $5M for manufacturing Bio E's Covid vaccine

CEPI will contribute up to $5 million toward the cost of scaling up the process for manufacturing of Biological E. Limited's Covid-19 subunit vaccine

India Coronavirus Dispatch: Masks are here to stay in 2021 and beyond

A month-by-month look at how Covid played out, govt may skip annual staff increments to save money, dealing with post-covid symptoms-news relevant to India's fight against Covid-19

World Coronavirus Dispatch: Covid smashed human illusion of immortality

New variant does not cause more severe illness, China's vaccine diplomacy convinces Egypt, forecasting events that will shape 2021 and other pandemic-related news across the globe

26 more Covid-19 cases detected in Pondy, tally touches 38,096

Puducherry logged 26 new cases of coronavirus on Wednesday pushing the aggregate to 38,096, a government official said

Curb crowding on New Year, check superspreader events: Centre

Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan has written to all the states and union territories asking them to curb crowding in the wake New Year celebration

UK becomes world's first nation to approve AstraZeneca-Oxford Covid vaccine

The government has today accepted the recommendation to authorise Oxford University/AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine for use, the health ministry said

Maharashtra govt extends lockdown till Jan 1 due to coronavirus surge

The Maharashtra government has extended till January 31, 2021 the lockdown restrictions in the state on account of coronavirus

Investigation shows top Chinese officials are monitoring Covid research

An investigation shows the Chinese government is strictly controlling all research into Covid-19's origins while promoting fringe theories that the pandemic originated elsewhere

Bengal reports first case of new coronavirus strain first seen in UK

West Bengal has reported its first case of a mutant coronavirus strain that surfaced in the United Kingdom, a senior health official said on Wednesday

India records 20,549 fresh coronavirus cases, taking tally to over 10.2 mn

India's Covid-19 caseload rose to 10, 244,852 with 20,549 new infections being reported in a day, while the number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 9.8 million

DATA STORY: 96% of all confirmed Covid-19 cases in India have recovered now

India on Tuesday conducted 1,120,281 coronavirus tests, taking the total count of tests conducted so far in the country to 170,922,030. The test positivity rate recorded was 1.8%

2-year-old UK returnee tests positive for new coronavirus strain in UP

A two-year-old girl who recently returned to Meerut with her parents from the UK has been found to be infected with the new Covid-19 strain.

14 more UK returnees test positive for new strain of coronavirus in India

Twenty people who returned to India from the United Kingdom have tested positive for the new UK variant genome of SARS-CoV-2 so far, the Union Health Ministry said

US Vice President-elect Kamala Harris receives first dose of Covid vaccine

US Vice President-elect Kamala Harris has received the first dose of the Moderna vaccine against the novel coronavirus

UNGA president calls on people to work together to end Covid pandemic

Volkan Bozkir, president of the 75th session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA), on Tuesday called on all people to continue to work together to end the Covid-19 pandemic

Trump's $2,000 Covid relief cheques stall in Senate as GOP blocks vote

Trump's push for bigger $2,000 Covid relief cheques stalled out in the Senate as Republicans blocked a vote proposed by Democrats and split within their own ranks over whether to boost spending or not

Global Covid-19 cases surpass 81.9 million: Johns Hopkins University

The overall number of global coronavirus cases has topped 81.9 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 1.78 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University

China meat association asks exporters to disinfect shipments to stop Covid

Chinese meat importers and processors have called on exporters in countries with Covid-19 outbreaks to step up checks on shipments before they are sent to the world's biggest market

Singapore starts giving Pfizer-BioNTech Covid vaccine to healthcare workers

Singapore became the first Asian country to start vaccinating healthcare workers against Covid-19 with Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine on Wednesday

UK-returned women who escaped isolation test positive for new Covid strain

The Anglo-Indian women, who returned from the UK to Delhi and later reached Andhra Pradesh by a special train after escaping from an isolation centre in Delhi, have been tested positive for new strain