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India Coronavirus Dispatch: Poll booths, wedding halls part of vaccine plan

Factors that will increase pressure to ration healthcare, signs of green shoots in consumer spending, lowest single-day death toll so far-news relevant to India's fight against Covid-19

World Coronavirus Dispatch: Snow leopards the latest cats to get infected

No normal Christmas for many in Europe, Brazil's vaccination plan does little to assuage public fears, what conferences may look like post Covid, and other pandemic-related news across the globe

Uttarakhand to give free Covid-19 vaccine to 93,000 health workers

More than 93,000 health workers of Uttarakhand will be given free coronavirus vaccine, the state Health Secretary Amit Negi said

79 more people test positive for Covid-19 at IIT Madras taking total to 183

The post graduate students, research scholars and others have been asked to be confined to their rooms with arrangements made to deliver food to them

Collaboration, not confusion, is best response to Covid-19: India at UN

It is imperative that we join hands to show leadership, solidarity and collaboration to deal with Covid-19 pandemic. We can respond best by collaboration, not confusion, India said at the UN

DATA STORY: At 22,065, India's single-day jump in total Covid-19 cases lowest since July 3

India on Monday conducted 993,665 coronavirus tests, taking the total count of tests conducted so far in the country to 155,560,655. The test positivity rate recorded was 2.2%

India's daily Covid-19 case count falls below 23,000 after over 5 months

India's daily Covid-19 case count fell below 23,000 after a little over five months as the nation reported 22,065 infections. The national recovery rate stood at over 95 per cent

Global Covid-19 cases exceed 72.8 million: Johns Hopkins University

The overall number of global coronavirus cases has topped 72.8 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 1.62 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University

US Covid-19 death toll surpasses 300,000: Johns Hopkins University

The US has reached the grim milestone of 300,000 coronavirus deaths, according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University

J&J has applied to South Africa for registering coronavirus vaccine

The US firm's vaccine candidate is one of at least four Covid vaccines being trialled in South Africa, along with candidates being developed by Novavax, AstraZeneca and Pfizer

New York health worker becomes first American to get Covid-19 vaccine

Sandra Lindsay, who has treated some of the sickest Covid-19 patients for months, was given the vaccine at Long Island Jewish Medical Center in the New York City

Serum likely to submit final Covid-19 vaccine trial data in 10 days

If the data is found satisfactory, an approval for Covishield, Oxford-AstraZeneca's vaccine candidate, can come in by the first week of January

IIT Madras shuts down all depts as more than 100 test Covid-19 positive

The infected include research scholars, staff and students. management's decision to run only one mess could be reason for spread

Azim Premji calls Covid-19 a magnifying glass for structural injustices

Says the pandemic has been a sharp reminder that the economy is a part of society and that human well-being matters in all its dimensions equally

Largest vaccination drive in US history begins with Pfizer's Covid-19 shots

A nurse in New York City was among the first people to receive the first dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine on Monday morning

London to move into toughest tier of Covid-19 restrictions: Report

The Daily Mirror reported that Health Secretary Matt Hancock told lawmakers on a briefing call that London would be moving into the top tier, citing those on the call

Coronavirus LIVE: 'First vaccine administered in the US, says Donald Trump

Coronavirus live updates: At 1,883,365, Maharashtra has the highest number of coronavirus cases, followed by Karnataka 901,410, Andhra Pradesh 875,531, Tamil Nadu 798,888, and Kerala 669,330

Sputnik V vaccine's efficacy confirmed at 91.4%: RDIF, Gamaleya Center

Russia's Sputnik V vaccine is 91.4% effective in providing protection against COVID-19 and has demonstrated 100% efficacy against severe coronavirus cases, the vaccine's developers said on Monday

Codagenix, Serum to start UK trials of nasal Covid vaccine in January

The companies said 48 volunteers will be enrolled at three dose levels and expect to begin dosing the trial participants in the first week of January

World Coronavirus Dispatch: Bats, the human intrusions and the virus

Russia tries to gain public trust over vaccination, Germany set to impose harsh curbs, Hunting is one of Covid's big winners, and other pandemic-related news around the globe