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Israel to speed up Covid-19 vaccination owing to new strain

The Covid-19 vaccination campaign in Israel will speed up to a 24/7 format

Govt plans dry run for Covid vaccine administration in 4 states next week

The central government said it has planned a dry run for administration of the Covid-19 vaccine in Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Gujarat and Punjab next week

US to require negative Covid test from UK travellers amid new strain fears

The US will require airline passengers from Britain to get a negative Covid-19 test before their flight, the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention has announced

Odisha govt launches career portal for secondary, higher secondary students

The portal has been launched in collaboration with UNICEF

23,067 cases take India's Covid tally to 10 mn, recoveries cross 9.7 mn

India's Covid-19 caseload rose to 10,146,845 on Friday with 23,067 new infections being reported in a day, while total recoveries crossed 9.7 million, according to Union Health Ministry data

China tests millions in port city Dalian after finding 7 Covid cases there

Authorities in China's northeastern port city of Dalian are testing millions of residents after seven new coronavirus cases were reported there in the last 24 hours

Nine fresh Covid-19 cases push Arunachal Pradesh's tally to 16,678

Nine more persons, including an army man, tested positive for Covid-19 in Arunachal Pradesh, pushing the caseload in the northeastern state to 16,678

Italy enters 'red zone' as cases surge amid second wave of Covid pandemic

Italy has entered a nationwide 'red zone' of very high risks in the wake of a second wave of the coronavirus, which is set to remain in place through Christmas and New Year's Day to January 6, 2021

DATA STORY: India's active Covid cases down 72.3% from peak at 281,919

India on Thursday conducted 997,396 coronavirus tests, taking the total count of tests conducted so far in the country to 166,305,762. The test positivity rate recorded was 2.3%

Jharkhand reports 179 new coronavirus cases, taking tally to 113,786

Jharkhand's Covid-19 tally rose to 113,786 as 179 more people tested positive for the infection, a health department official said on Friday

Mexico kicks off Covid vaccination campaign with Pfizer-BioNTech candidate

Mexico has kicked off its vaccination campaign against the novel coronavirus, with a vaccine developed by US laboratory Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech.

Chile reports 2,395 fresh coronavirus cases amid vaccination drive

Amid the just-launched vaccination drive against the coronavirus pandemic in Chile, an additional 2,395 people tested positive in the last 24 hours, according to the Ministry of Health

South Korea reports record surge in Covid-19 infections, ramps up testing

South Korea has reported its largest daily increase in coronavirus infections on Christmas Day, as the prime minister pleaded for vigilance to arrest a viral surge that has worsened hospitalisations

PM Trudeau urges Canadians to help each other to fight Covid-19 pandemic

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called on Canadians to help each other to fight the rampaging Covid-19 pandemic

Odisha makes Covid-19 test, genome sequencing mandatory for 60 UK returnees

Odisha asked the authorities to undertake intense surveillance, contact tracing, RT-PCR test and genome sequencing of all incoming passengers from UK in past fortnight

Chinese Sinovac's CoronaVac vaccine 91.25% effective, says Turkish official

An experimental Covid-19 vaccine developed by Chinese biopharmaceutical company Sinovac is 91.25 per cent effective, a Turkish health official said on Thursday

Dry run for Covid-19 vaccine on Dec 28, 29 in two Punjab districts

The Centre has chosen Punjab to conduct a dry run of COVID-19 vaccine on December 28 and 29, state Health Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu said here on Thursday.

Masks, RT-PCR kits handed over to healthcare workers in Jammu and Kashmir

Over 1 lakh N95 masks, 15,000 RT-PCR and RNA extraction kits and high flow oxygen cannula devices for healthcare workers were distributed in Jammu and Kashmir

Sikkim registers 32 fresh coronavirus cases, taking tally to 5,664

Sikkim reported 32 fresh Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours, taking the state's caseload to 5,664, an official said

An outdated law ignores health workers' well-being amid Covid-19 pandemic

The pandemic has also exposed the lack of documentation of the state of doctors and paramedics