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Chinese vaccine Sinovac no match against Omicron variant: Study

Millions of people in 48 countries have received two shots of Sinovac, a Chinese-manufactured Covid-19 vaccine, but those vaccinations alone are of no help against the Omicron variant, a study said

Data story: India logs 337,704 cases; over 2 million cases added in 7 days

India has so far administered 1,611,660,078 vaccine doses. That is 4142.68 per cent of its total caseload, and 115.03 per cent of its population

Restaurants' body thanks Karnataka CM for lifting weekend curfew

National Restaurant Association of India (NRAI) has thanked Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai for lifting the weekend curfew in Karnataka and hearing the concerns of the restaurant industry.

Over 12.79 cr unutilized vaccine doses available with States, UTs: Centre

More than 12.79 crore balance and unutilized COVID-19 vaccine doses are still available with States and Union Territories, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare informed on Saturday

J&K reports 5,720 new Covid-19 cases, 5 deaths in past 24 hours

Jammu and Kashmir reported 5,720 new COVID-19 cases and five deaths on Friday.

Delhi to conduct survey to understand pandemic impact on school children

The Delhi government has decided to conduct a large-scale survey, said Delhi Deputy CM and Education Minister Manish Sisodia on Friday

Goa sees 2,668 Covid-19 cases, 9 deaths; positivity rate stands at 37.42%

The toll stood at 3,594 after nine patients succumbed during the day

Covid-19 pandemic: WHO panel for use of Pfizer jab on 5-11-year olds

The recommendation comes after the Strategic Advisory Group of Experts (SAGE) on immunisation held a meeting on Wednesday

Revoke vaccination feature added to CoWIN to address incorrect data entry

Existing limit of registering four members on one mobile number has also been increased to six members now

No data has leaked from Co-WIN portal, info safe: Health ministry

"There have been several media reports claiming that the data stored in Co-WIN portal has been leaked online

Covid-19 pandemic: 22 deaths, 16,142 fresh cases in Uttar Pradesh

The count of active COVID-19 cases in the state stands at 95,866

Covid-19 pandemic: Meghalaya logs 331 new cases, one more death

The death toll rose to 1,495 as one more person succumbed to the disease during the day, Health Services Director Dr Aman War said

Chhattisgarh sees 5,029 Covid-19 cases, positivity rate 10.67%

The state's positivity rate, which is cases detected per 100 tests, was 10.67 per cent on Friday

Share of rural vaccinations on the rise even as absolute numbers fall

Overall vaccinations have fallen even as daily case numbers have been on the rise

Mumbai's Covid-19 cases further drop to 5,008; 12 die, 12,913 recover

With this, the city's Covid-19 tally rose to 10,28,715, while the death toll jumped to 16,512

Covid-19 pandemic: West Bengal logs 9,154 new cases, 35 fresh fatalities

The number of active cases dipped by 9,993 to 1,34,816

Gujarat announces night curfew for 17 towns with high Covid positivity rate

While the timing of the night curfew remains unchanged from 10 pm to 6 am, 17 more towns have been added to the list of places where it will be enforced from January 22 till January 29

Coronavirus pandemic: 4,416 new cases and two deaths in Telangana

The case fatality rate was 0.56 per cent and the recovery rate 95.43 per cent

Covid-19 boosters should start with most vulnerable, says WHO

Last year, WHO pleaded with rich countries to declare a moratorium on offering booster doses until the end of 2021

Covid-19: Latin America and Asia latest to get hit with Omicron surge

Omicron quickly swept through the places it first hit, such as South Africa, the UK and the United States, pushing daily cases far higher than at any time during the pandemic