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Chhattisgarh minister urges govt to permit booster shots of Covid vaccine

Chhattisgarh Health Minister T S Singh Deo wrote to the Centre urging it to take a decision soon on administering booster dose of Covid-19 vaccine to people in priority groups

Mumbai reports 196 fresh Covid-19 cases, 1 death in last 24 hours

Mumbai reported 196 new coronavirus cases and just one fresh fatality on Tuesday, taking the infection tally to 7,61,518 and the death toll to 16,311, a civic official said.

Exposure to harmless coronaviruses boosts SARS-CoV-2 immunity: Study

The study showed that people infected with Covid had lower levels of antibodies against coronaviruses that cause common colds compared to uninfected people

Most Indians believe Covid vax campaign not equitable: Report

The report by Oxfam India is based on the latest survey 'Securing Rights of Patients in India' conducted between August and September 2021 and receiving 10,955 responses

Covid-19: AstraZeneca opens research centre as UK builds science hub

Prince Charles will be on hand Tuesday when pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca opens a 1 billion-pound research centre near the University of Cambridge

German soldiers face vaccine mandate as Covid-19 cases rise in the country

The German military is poised to make coronavirus vaccines mandatory for troops as Covid-19 infections continue to rise across the country

53 school girls, 22 MBBS students test positive for Covid-19 in Odisha

Fifty-three girl of a government-aided school in Sundargarh district and 22 MBBS students in Sambalpur tested positive for Covid-19 in the last three days

Covid-19 cases declined in the post-festive season, but so did testing

BS Analysis shows that 31 of the 35 states/UTs for which data is analysed, reported a decline in testing

Amid hybrid immunity, vaccination, big 3rd wave unlikely in India: Experts

Covid cases may rise, perhaps across late December-February, but the impact of will be milder than what India experienced in the second wave: Experts

Israel begins giving Covid-19 vaccine shots to children age 5 to 11

Israel on Tuesday began administering the coronavirus vaccine to children age 5 to 11.

DATA STORY: 7,579 cases added in 24 hours, lowest since May 29, 2020

India has so far administered 1,176,373,499 vaccine doses. That is 3407.16 per cent of its total caseload, and 84.09 per cent of its population

India logs 7,579 new Covid-19 cases, lowest in 543 days despite festivals

India reported 7,579 new Covid cases on Tuesday, the smallest rise in one-and-a-half-years despite huge festival gatherings in recent weeks

Over 1.17 billion Covid-19 vaccine doses administered in India so far

In a milestone achievement, the total number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in India has crossed 117 crore, informed the Central Government on Tuesday.

Over 90% US federal workers receive at least 1 dose of Covid vax

More than 90 per cent of US federal workers have received at least one dose of a Covid-19 vaccine as of November 22

India registers 7,579 new coronavirus cases, lowest in 543 days

India logged 7,579 new coronavirus infections, the lowest in 543 days, taking the country's total tally of COVID-19 cases to 3,45,26,480

Mizoram reports 423 fresh coronavirus cases in last 24 hours

Mizoram reported 423 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, informed the state Department of Information and Public Relations (DIPR) on Tuesday

French prime minister positive for coronavirus as cases rise

France's prime minister tested positive for COVID-19 on Monday, hours after returning from a visit to neighboring Belgium and just as France is seeing a nationwide resurgence of infections

Covid-19 pandemic: Nagaland reports 10 new cases, 1 fresh fatality

The Covid-19 recovery rate in the state now is 94.13 per cent

Covid-19 pandemic: Assam reports 192 new cases, 5 more deaths

The virus tally in the state is now 6,15,574

Bengal reports 615 new Covid-19 cases, 14 more deaths

West Bengal has so far reported 16,10,460 Covid cases