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MP: 61 Assembly staff, 5 MLAs test Covid-19 positive on eve of session

On the eve of the three-day session of the Madhya Pradesh Assembly, 61 employees and officials of the Assembly secretariat and five MLAs have tested positive

Russia registers 28,284 fresh Covid-19 infections in past 24 hours

Russia has registered 28,284 Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours, up from 29,258 the day before

World Coronavirus Dispatch: Belarus jails packed with critics and virus

Hong Kong's public sceptical of Chinese vaccines, Sri Lanka's anti-burial rules fan minority ire, AstraZeneca chief feels vaccine will work on variant and other pandemic-related news across the globe

India Coronavirus Dispatch: Bharat Biotech short of volunteers for trials

Jaipur hospital to study mutant UK strain, WHO launches a new Covid app, and five experts' take on dining inside a restaurant-news relevant to India's fight against Covid-19

Odisha reports 303 fresh coronavirus cases, 4 fatalities

As many as 303 new Covid-19 cases and 4 deaths have been reported in Odisha on Saturday, as per the State Health Department bulletin issued on Sunday

Gujarat: Over 750 volunteers get Covaxin first dose in phase-3 trial

None of them have experienced any side effects so far, a senior doctor said on Sunday

India to play key role in vaccine rollout around the world: Pharma industry

The world is looking at India as a beacon of hope to manufacture and supply the huge number of vaccines needed to tackle the pandemic

Hyderabad set to emerge as global hub for Covid-19 vaccine in 2021

The vaccine development process by Bharat Biotech, Biological E Ltd and Aurobindo Pharma are currently in various stages, while Dr Reddy's and Hetero have tie ups for manufacturing the vaccine

Germany reports 13,755 new Covid-19 cases in 24 hrs, toll at 1,640,858

Germany reported its first case of the new COVID-19 variant on Thursday in a woman who flew in from Britain, local health authorities said

Covid-19: Lowest daily cases recorded in India after gap of nearly 6 months

97,61,538 people have recuperated so far from the disease pushing the national recovery rate to 95.82 per cent, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Sunday

DATA STORY: Lowest daily spike in India's Covid-19 tally since June 30

India on Saturday conducted 943,368 coronavirus tests, taking the total count of tests conducted so far in the country to 168,102,657. The test positivity rate recorded was 2.0%

Palestine to receive first shipment of Covid-19 vaccines in two weeks

Since the pandemic broke out in the Palestinian territories in March, it has so far registered a total of 148,540 coronavirus cases

Global Covid cases cross 80 mn, US continues to be worst hit: Johns Hopkins

The US is the worst-hit country with the world's highest number of cases and deaths at 18,943,541 and 331,754, respectively, according to the CSSE

Covid-19: Japan sharply tightens ban on foreign visitors till January 31

The entry ban will start Monday and last through Jan. 31 for the time being, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement late Saturday

Chandigarh admin gathers info of all UK returnees who travelled to UT

As per an official release, the UT administration said out of 132, a total of 95 people have been physically verified and an undertaking of self-quarantine for 14 days has been taken

Sweden confirms first case of mutated, more infectious coronavirus strain

Sara Byfors of Sweden's Public Health Agency told a news conference on Saturday that the person has been self-isolating since arriving in the southwestern province of Sormland

UK records another 34,693 new coronavirus cases, 210 deaths in 24 hours

The United Kingdom has recorded a death toll of 70,405, defined as those dying within 28 days of a positive test

Coronavirus LIVE: Around 150 Army personnel test positive for Covid-19

Coronavirus LIVE Updates: The union government is planning a dry run for administering the Covid-19 vaccine in Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Gujarat and Punjab next week as a prep before the inoculation

Delhi registers 655 new coronavirus positive cases, lowest since Aug 16

The tally of active cases in the national capital dropped to 6,921 on Saturday from 7,267 on Friday

Nagaland's Covid-19 recovery rate higher than national average of 95.75%

Nagaland now has 274 active cases, while 11,415 people have recovered from the disease, Health Department Director Dr Denis Hangsing said