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Gujarat Covid update: Highest single day spike of 1,379 cases reported

Gujarat recorded the highest single day spike in Covid-19 with 1,379 cases, taking the tally to 1,19,088, while 14 more deaths pushed the toll to 3,273

Chhattisgarh records highest one-day spike of 3,809 Covid-19 cases

Chhattisgarh recorded the highest single-day spike of 3,809 new Covid-19 cases, taking the states count of infections to 77,775, while a sero survey was launched in select districts

France won't buy Covid-19 vaccines through WHO's COVAX scheme: Report

The decision by one of the U.N. agency's biggest supporters is a big blow to its strategy aimed at uniting governments around the world to fight the coronavirus pandemic together

ICMR launches course to improve prescription practices among medical grads

To improve prescription practices among the country's medical graduates, the Indian Council of Medical Research launched a free online course on Thursday on the occasion of World Patient Safety Day.

Weekly coronavirus cases top 300,000 in Europe, WHO issues warning

Speaking at a press briefing on Thursday, the World Health Organisation's European director Dr Hans Kluge warned that Europe was facing a "very serious" situation

Emergency use authorisation of drugs or vaccines: What, when, how

The US Food and Drug Administration had recently allowed the emergency use of convalescent plasma therapy for Covid treatment, besides existing drugs such as Remdisivir

Home-away-from-home model offers hotels a sliver of hope amid Covid crisis

IHCL plans three-fold increase for its homestay properties

Covid-19: Mass production of Sputnik V likely to take several months

Vaccine makers here feel the Sputnik is still a work in progress and needs time to develop

Maharashtra Covid-19 deaths catapult from 1 to over 30,000 in 180 days

Exactly 6 months after Maharashtra had its first coronavirus death on March 17, the state has seen its death toll go up massively to 30,883, officials said

LIVE: Maharashtra to appoint fresh medical graduates at Covid-19 hospitals

Coronavirus latest update: Worldwide there are 30,024,106 cases of coronavirus. India's total number of corona cases has surged to 5,118,253 . Stay tuned for coronavirus India LIVE updates

Bihar Covid-19 recovery rate rises to 91.1%, caseload rises to 164,000

Bihar's Covid-19 recovery rate touched a new high of 91.17% while the coronavirus caseload rose to 164,000 as 1,592 people tested positive for the infection, a health bulletin said

Uttar Pradesh Covid-19 death toll climbs to 4,771, cases over 336,000

The death toll due to Covid-19 rose to 4,771 in Uttar Pradesh on Thursday with 81 more fatalities, while the infection tally climbed to 336,294 as 6,318 fresh cases were detected, officials said

Tamil Nadu adds 5,560 new Covid-19 cases, state's tally at 525,420

According to the State Health Department, 82,683 persons were tested in the 24-hour period

Glasses may offer protection from Covid-19, but more studies needed: Report

Eyeglasses might be less likely to be infected with coronavirus, say scientists who call for further, large-scale studies to assess the relationship between eye protection and the risk of Covid-19

Aiming to bring down Covid mortality rate to less than 1%: Health minister

Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said the government is aiming to bring down India's Covid-19 mortality rate to less than 1% from the current 1.64%, which is still the lowest in the world

Less than 3% population in tribal-dominated districts Covid positive: Govt

Less than 3 per cent population in 177 tribal-dominated districts in the county has been detected as positive for coronavirus, the government told the Rajya Sabha on Thursday

Unascertained side effects of a vaccine and the lack of damages law

While the mechanism for compensating people who have had AEFI during a clinical trial is present, there is no such formal system for compensation when a vaccine is in the market.

Maharashtra: 1,796 new Covid-19 cases recorded in Thane district

Thane district of Maharashtra added 1,796 new Covid-19 cases, taking it tally above the 150,000 mark, an official said on Thursday

Maharashtra Police Covid-19 tally reaches 20,367, death toll at 208

At least 364 Maharashtra Police personnel tested positive for coronavirus and four died of the disease in the last 24 hours across the state, an official said

Delhi Covid-19 cases likely to rise over increased testing: Satyendra Jain

Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain said that Covid-19 cases are likely rise in Delhi as testing in the national capital has been increased four times