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Coronavirus LIVE: Phase 2/3 trials of Sputnik V vaccine starts in India

Coronavirus LIVE update: At 1,828,826, Maharashtra has the highest number of coronavirus cases, followed by Karnataka 884,897, Andhra Pradesh 868,064, Tamil Nadu 781,915 and Kerala 602,982

Covid vaccine won't be released unless proven safe, assures Serum Institute

SII says after DSMB and ethics committee cleared they continued with the trials; sympathetic with the condition of the subject

AstraZeneca partner sticks with 2 full dose regimen in India Covid trials

The British drugmaker has said its COVID-19 vaccine could be up to 90% effective if administered as a half dose followed by a full dose

Pro-active steps taken to contain Covid-19, Delhi government tells SC

Delhi government on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that since the start of pandemic in March 2020, it is taking all necessary proactive and preventive steps to contain the spread of Covid-19

We never mentioned we'd vaccinate entire population, says Health ministry

However, Bhushan stated that it is the responsibility of the Union and the state government to allay fears among the people regarding the vaccine

Findings into 'adverse event' at Serum didn't require halting trial: Govt

The Pune-based vaccine manufacturer on Tuesday said that the vaccine is safe and immunogenic

Cabinet Secy discusses with states possible Covid-19 vaccine roll-out

Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba on Tuesday reviewed with top officials of states the arrangements for the roll-out of vaccines after these are available and asked them to prepare a database of people

India Coronavirus Dispatch: How emergency vaccine authorisation works

Queues at Ahmedabad's crematoriums get longer, doubts about AstraZeneca vaccine and bringing diagnostics closer to communities-news relevant to India's fight against Covid-19

World Coronavirus Dispatch: Unrest in Sri Lanka's cramped prisons

Pandemic widens regional rich-poor gap in Russia, China seeks to change Covid origin story, Food delivery workers are struggling, and other pandemic-related news across the globe

Covid-19 Factoid: India records a drop of 11,000 in active cases in a day

Delhi witnessing a drop in new cases while West Bengal adds less than 3,000 cases in a day for the first time in 3 months

Covid-19 resurgence poses challenges to economic recovery: Fed chief Powell

US Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said that the continuing Covid-19 resurgence across the country could pose challenges to the economic recovery in the next few months

2021 to see 40% surge in people needing humanitarian aid due to Covid: UN

The UN humanitarian office says needs for assistance have ballooned to unprecedented levels this year because of Covid-19, projecting that a staggering 235 million people will require help in 2021

DATA STORY: India's active cases fall to 435,603, the lowest since July 23

India on Monday conducted 969,325 coronavirus tests, taking the total count of tests conducted so far in the country to 141,349,301. The test positivity rate recorded was 3.2%

Coronavirus vaccine update: Serum vs volunteer fight, PM calls meet, & more

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COVID-19 caseload in India rises to 9.4 million, death toll at 1,37,621

The recoveries surged to 88,89,585, according to the Union Health Ministry's data updated on Tuesday.

Brazil registers 287 new Covid-19 fatalities, toll now at over 173,000

Brazil registered 21,138 new infections and 287 new deaths from Covid-19 in the past 24 hours, raising its national caseload to 6,335,878 and death toll to 173,120

Hospitalisations of coronavirus patients hit an all-time high in US

Hospitalisation of coronavirus infected patients in the US have reached an all-time high as the country is witnessing an ongoing resurgence of new confirmed cases

Jharkhand registers 167 fresh coronavirus cases, one more fatality

Jharkhand's coronavirus caseload rose to 109,151 as 167 more people tested positive for the infection, a health department official said

Andaman and Nicobar Islands reports 6 Covid-19 cases, tally rises to 4,710

The Andaman and Nicobar Islands reported six more Covid-19 cases, pushing the coronavirus tally in the union territory to 4,710, a health department official said

India sees largest drop in malaria cases in south-east Asia between 2000-19

India made strong progress in the fight against malaria, recording the largest reduction in cases in South-East Asia from 20 million in 2000 to about 5.6 million last year, WHO said