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World Coronavirus Dispatch: US job growth slowed more than expected in Sept

Indonesia aims to vaccinate 160 mn, China breweries thrive despite Covid, small caps are pandemic's big winners in Europe, and other pandemic-related news across the globe

Sao Paulo state in Brazil asks approval to use Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine

Sao Paulo, Brazil's most populous state, is one of the sites of Phase III clinical trials for the Sinovac vaccine conducted by the state's Butantan Institute, a leading biomedical research center

Covid-19 vaccine roll-out expected in less than 3 months in UK: Report

A mass roll-out of a Covid-19 vaccine in Britain could be finished in as little as three months, the Times reported, citing government scientists

Amazon reports over 19,000, or 1.44%, of US frontline employees had Covid

Some staff, elected officials and unions in recent months have said Amazon put employees' health at risk by keeping warehouses open during the pandemic

Trump is availing the latest treatments: Here's what works against Covid-19

Early in the year, there were few known treatments for people who showed severe Covid-19 symptoms apart from sustaining them on ventilators

DATA STORY: With 1,069 fatalities in a day, India's death toll goes past 100,000 mark

With 75628 new daily recoveries, India's recovery rate has improved to 83.84; the fatality rate remains unchanged at 1.56%

What is contact tracing, and why is it important for curbing Covid-19?

Health experts say contact tracing is key to containing the virus and allowing places to reopen more safely

India Coronavirus Dispatch: MP races against time to plug oxygen supply gap

Record rise in Kerala Covid tally, 11% of doctors dying are from Bengal, daily new cases drop in Maharashtra--news on how the country is dealing with the pandemic

Prohibitory orders to halt Covid-19 spread come into force in Kerala

There is no restriction on movement of public transport and government institutions, commercial establishments

Covid-19 Factoid: India third worst-hit nation in terms of death toll

Kerala added 9,258 new cases on October 2, the biggest single-day spike in the state.

Donald Trump doing well, undergoing Remdesivir therapy: White House doctor

The Trump administration had issued an emergency use authorisation for Remdesivir earlier this year after the drug showed moderate effectiveness

Control of Srisailam reservoir should be handed over to Telangana: KCR

In a 14 page long letter on Friday, listing out Telangana's demands, KCR wrote, "I request you to include the allocation of water issues raised in this letter as agenda items of the 2nd Meeting"

India's coronavirus death toll passes 100,000 with no sign of an end

The number of cases could rise to 12.2 million by the end of the year, said Bhramar Mukherjee of University of Michigan

Covid: Donald Trump given experimental drug aimed at curbing severe illness

The new drug is in late-stage testing and its safety and effectiveness are not yet known

Global Covid-19 cases top 34.4 mn, death toll at 1,026,700: Johns Hopkins

The US is the worst-hit country with the world's highest number of cases and deaths at 7,331,241 and 208,693, respectively, according to the CSSE

Fugitive former Thai leader Thaksin says he had tested Covid-19 positive

He had mild symptoms sneezing and low fever but checked his health because he was preparing to travel, said the spokesman, Wim Rungwattanachinda

Fadnavis requests Maha CM to prevent Remdesivir's hoarding, black marketing

The BJP leader stated that Maharashtra is seeing an average rise of around 20,000 coronavirus cases and 450 deaths due to infection every day

Coronavirus LIVE: India's death toll crosses 100,000, cases top 6.4 mn

Coronavirus update: Maharashtra has 1,400,922 coronavirus cases, Andhra Pradesh 700,235, Karnataka 611,837, Tamil Nadu 603,290 and UP 403,101. Stay tuned for coronavirus India LIVE update

White House begins contact tracing after Trump tests Covid-19 positive

Information from the White House remains sketchy. That's par for course, according to presidential historian Jon Meacham

UP Deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya tests positive for coronavirus

Maurya urged everyone, who came in his contact in the last few days, to get themselves tested