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Southern states asked to focus on 5-fold strategy against Covid

Union Health Minister asked the southern states to focus on the 5-fold strategy of 'Test-Track-Treat-Vaccinate and Adherence to Covid Appropriate Behaviour' along with effective surveillance

Only Pondy sets Covid curbs without full lockdown, says Lt Governor

Puducherry government was keen on protecting livelihood sources and also economy, she said

Covid-19 pandemic: Sikkim reports 165 new cases, one more fatality

The Himalayan state has 1,450 active cases

Trying to bring Sputnik M vaccine for adolescents to India: Dr Reddy's

Dr Reddy's Laboratories on Friday said it is in discussions with the Indian drug regulator to bring Russia's Sputnik M, a COVID-19 vaccine for the 12 to18-year-old category, to India.

Covid-19 pandemic: J&K reports 4,354 new cases and five more deaths

Srinagar district recorded the highest of 916 cases

Delhi records 4,044 Covid cases, 25 deaths; positivity rate down to 8.60%

The national capital's case count increased to 176,441

Covid-19 pandemic: Kerala logs 54,537 new cases and 352 deaths

Ernakulam reported the highest number of cases today--10,571

Study finds SARS-CoV-2 may remain active for longer than quarantine period

A new study has detected that SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, can infect a person for more than 200 days in an atypical case.

Andhra Pradesh records 12,561 fresh coronavirus cases, 12 deaths

Andhra Pradesh reported 12,561 fresh cases of COVID-19 and 12 more deaths on Friday.

After Pfizer, Moderna starts trial of Omicron-specific Covid vaccine

US drug maker Moderna has started trial of a Covid booster vaccine that specifically targets the Omicron variant, the company has announced.

Over 10 mn precaution doses administered among eligible beneficiaries

India achieved yet another milestone in its fight against the Covid-19 pandemic as more than 1 crore precaution doses or the third vaccine shot have been administered to the eligible population.

Over 76% eligible teenagers in Delhi vaccinated against Covid-19

Delhi has vaccinated more than 76 percent of the teenagers aged between 15 and 18 against COVID-19, with northwest district inoculating the maximum number of beneficiaries in this cohort.

India administers precautionary doses to over 10 million on Friday

At the current pace, India will take over 2.5 months to administer precautionary doses

Covid-19: West Bengal reduces RT-PCR test rate to Rs 500

The rate of an RT-PCR test in Delhi is Rs 300, while that in Mumbai is Rs 500

Data story: India logs 251,209 cases; steady dip in active cases continues

India has so far administered 1,644,473,216 vaccine doses. That is 4048.16 per cent of its total caseload, and 117.37 per cent of its population

Thane district reports 1,245 new Covid-19 cases, death toll goes by eight

Thane's mortality rate is 1.68 per cent

Mizoram reports 2,064 new Covid-19 infections in last 24 hours

Currently, the positivity rate in the state is 27.32 per cent

Omicron found in 94% of positive samples in Kerala: State health minister

The Health Minister further informed that less than 4 per cent of the patients of COVID-19 in the state have needed hospitalisation out of which less than 1 per cent of them needed oxygen beds

Goa reports 28% positivity rate and 955 new coronavirus cases

Goa reported 955 new coronavirus cases and 15 deaths linked to the infection on Thursday, the state health department said

Most of recent Covid deaths in Delhi were of unvaccinated patients: Report

Only 36 per cent of the 89 fatalities recorded in Delhi from January 13-15, in which Covid-19 was the primary cause of death, were vaccinated, according to official data.