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No legal compulsion to get Covid-19 vaccination, Centre tells SC

The Centre clarified to the Supreme Court that there was no legal compulsion to get a vaccination for COVID-19.

Data story: India adds 215 new Covid cases, active tally declines to 4,982

India has added 2,353 cases in the past 7 days

Data story: India records 291 new Covid cases, death toll reaches 530,614

India has added 2,432 cases in the past 7 days

Mumbai reports 6 Covid-19 cases, no death; active tally 91 as 10 recover

Mumbai on Monday reported six Covid-19 cases, which took the tally in the metropolis to 1,154,895, while the death toll remained unchanged at 19,743, a civic official said

Maharashtra reports 23 new Coronavirus infections, no death in 24 hours

Maharashtra on Monday recorded 23 fresh Covid-19 cases, 34 recoveries and zero fatality, the health department said

China logs 39,452 new Covid cases amid renewed protests against lockdowns

The protests against Covid-19 lockdowns have spread to Beijing even as China reported close to 40,000 coronavirus cases as authorities scrambled to contain the fresh surge in infections

'Xi step down' - protests erupt in China over harsh Covid-19 curbs

Protests against Chinese government's strict Covid measures have intensified with people taking to the streets against President Xi Jinping's harsh zero-Covid policy

Data story: India records 343 new Covid cases; death toll at 530,612

India has added 2,547 cases in the past 7 days

Mumbai records 15 new Covid-19 infections, 0 death; active case tally at 94

Mumbai on Saturday reported 15 Covid-19 cases, which took the metropolis' tally to 1,154,873, while the death toll stood unchanged at 19,743, a civic official said

China logs 35,909 new Covid cases in a day, third consecutive daily record

Friday saw no new deaths from COVID-19, with the total death toll at 5,232

Chhattisgarh sees three COVID-19 cases, six recoveries; active tally now 20

Chhattisgarh on Friday reported three COVID-19 cases at a positivity rate of 0.16 per cent, taking the tally to 11,77,722, while the death toll remained unchanged at 14,145, an official said

As China intensifies Covid-19 lockdowns, India gradually opens up

Data shows that spike in one country has not coincided with a rise the other

After a year, omicron still driving Covid-19 surges and worries in US

Nationally, new COVID cases averaged around 39,300 a day as of Tuesday far lower than last winter but a vast undercount because of reduced testing and reporting

Bharat Biotech's Intranasal Covid booster gets DCGI nod for restricted use

As per the vaccine manufacturer, the nasal route has excellent potential for vaccination due to the organised immune systems of the nasal mucosa

Korea thought it was ready for Covid, now it's eyeing the next threat

South Korea had one of the world's lowest Covid fatality rates, with the third-fewest deaths per 100,000 people out of the 38 members of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

Data story: India records 347 new Covid cases; active tally at 5,516

With 3 new deaths, its Covid-19 death toll reached 530,604

China's daily Covid-19 cases hit record high at 32,695; curbs tightened

China on Friday reported another record high of daily Covid-19 infections, as cities across the country enforce measures and curbs to control outbreaks

China's single-day Covid tally hits record high with 31,444 new cases

That number broke China's previous record set on April 13, when local cases hit 29,317

Foxconn apologises for pay dispute at China factory in Zhengzhou

Foxconn is trying to rebuild its workforce after thousands of employees walked out last month over complaints about unsafe conditions

China expands lockdown as Covid cases hit record high, mass testing ordered

People in eight districts of Zhengzhou with a total of 6.6 million residents were told to stay home for five days beginning on Thursday, except to buy food or get medical treatment