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Goa set for Christmas celebration with coronavirus norms in place

Goa is all set to usher in Christmas festivities from Thursday midnight with beaches already crowded and markets abuzz with last-minute shopping by parishioners

SpiceJet inks MoU with GHAC for Covid-19 vaccine delivery from Hyderabad

As part of this MoU, SpiceXpress - the cargo arm of SpiceJet - envisions to provide efficient, speedy and reliable solutions for vaccine delivery

New virus strain emerged in Sep, may already be there in India: Experts

India needs to step up its genomic sequencing surveillance to detect coronavirus strains in the country, say experts

Meghalaya bars entry of travellers from UK amid concerns of virus mutation

"Tourists coming from the UK are prohibited from entering the state with immediate effect in view of the (detection of) a new highly infectious COVID-19 strain

Covid-19: Efforts on to locate 602 people who came to Goa from UK, UAE

A list of 602 people has been prepared after going through arrivals from the UK and the UAE since December 9, the official from the Directorate of Health Services said

Covid-19: India records 24,712 new cases, 312 fatalities in 24 hours

The recoveries surged to 96.93 lakh,accordingto the Union Health Ministry data updated on Thursday

With learnings from SARS, Taiwan wrote the most successful Covid-19 story

While cities from New York to London to Melbourne went into shutdown, the entirety of Taiwan stayed open for business

Over 1 million people vaccinated against Covid-19 within 10 days in US

Shots are rolling out from Pfizer Inc. and Moderna Inc., focused at first on hundreds of thousands of health-care workers around the country

DATA STORY: India's active Covid cases down 72% from peak at 283,849

India on Wednesday conducted 1,039,645 coronavirus tests, taking the total count of tests conducted so far in the country to 165,308,366. The test positivity rate recorded was 2.4%

Russia cuts size of coronavirus vaccine study, stops further enrolment

Russia's Health Ministry agreed to cut the size of a study of a domestically developed coronavirus vaccine and to stop the enrolment of volunteers

Maharashtra coronavirus update: Registers 3,913 Covid-19 cases, 93 deaths

As many as 3,913 new coronavirus cases and 93 fatalities were reported in Maharashtra on Wednesday, according to the State Health Department

China Covid update: 180,000 people in Guangdong receive Covid-19 vaccine

Some 180,000 people with higher risks of coronavirus infection in south China's Guangdong Province have been given Covid-19 vaccine candidates as of Tuesday, the provincial government said

Turkey coronavirus update: 19,650 Covid cases, 2,082,610 in total reported

Turkey reported on Wednesday 19,650 new COVID-19 cases, including 3,192 symptomatic patients, raising the total number in the country to 2,082,610.

None of UK returnees since Dec 9 tested coronavirus positive in Telangana

None of the UK returnees here since December 9 have tested COVID-19 positive so far, according to Telangana Medical and Health Department

Returnee from Britain tests positive for coronavirus in Odisha

A 34-year-old United Kingdom returnee has tested positive for Covid-19 and hospitalised in the state capital, officials said on Wednesday

11 of 950 passengers from UK test positive at Delhi airport: Genestrings

Eleven out of 950 passengers who came in four flights from the UK at Indira Gandhi International airport have tested positive for coronavirus, Director of Genestrings Diagnostic Centre said

34 people traced in Indore who came from Britain since December 9

Amid concerns about a new strain of Covid-19 found in the United Kingdom, Indore officials have traced 34 people who came to the city from the UK since December 9

India issues SOPs for surveillance of new variant of Covid-19 found in UK

Ministry of Health issued SOPs at the point of entry and in the community for all international passengers who have travelled from or transited through the country in the past four weeks

Mutated coronavirus variant from South Africa found in UK: Health minister

South Africa's health department said last week that a new genetic mutation of the virus had been discovered and might be responsible for a recent surge in infections there

Faltering health infra gets a shot in the arm as vaccine roll-out nears

As an extraordinary year is drawing to a close, a seven-part series looks at the key areas that are on the cusp of dramatic changes