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Covid-19 pandemic: Mumbai sees 176 cases, 4 deaths, 275 recoveries

With 24,798 samples being examined in the last 24 hours, the number of tests in Mumbai went up to 1,21,65,445

EU drug regulator considers booster doses of J&J's Covid-19 vaccine

The US Food and Drug Administration gave the green light to J&J booster doses in October

Kamal Haasan hospitalised after testing positive for Covid-19, stable

Makkal Needhi Maiam president Kamal Haasan said he has tested positive for Covid-19 and a hospital here, which is treating him, said the actor's condition is stable

Tamil Nadu reports 750 fresh Covid-19 cases, 13 more fatalities

Tamil Nadu on Monday recorded 750 new coronavirus cases and 13 deaths, with the cumulative infections climbing to 27,21,021 and fatalities to 36,388.

MP records 13 new Covid-19 cases, no death; active tally at 91

With an addition of 13 new cases, the COVID-19 tally in Madhya Pradesh rose to 7,93,040, while no fresh death due to the infection was reported in the state, a health department official said

Covid-19 pandemic: 127 fresh cases, 2 deaths in Andhra Pradesh

The number of active Covid-19 cases in the state is now 2,206

Covid-19 pandemic: Delhi records 26 cases; positivity rate 0.06%

The city's coronavirus infection tally climbed to 14,40,692

New restrictions in Greece as Covid-19 pandemic deaths mount

About a third of the country's population and a quarter of adults remain unvaccinated

Covid-19 pandemic: Karnataka reports 178 new cases, 2 deaths

Karnataka's total number of infections reached to 29,93,777

Wuhan scientists were studying Laos bat viral samples before Covid: Report

Months before the Covid-19 outbreak occurred, scientists at the infamous Wuhan lab in China were studying coronaviruses found in bats from Laos, according to new evidence

Kerala registers 3,698 fresh cases of Covid-19, 180 more deaths

Kerala recorded a significant fall on Monday, logging 3,698 fresh cases and 180 deaths, raising the caseload to 50,92,873 and the toll to 37,675

Get vaccinated or get Covid: Health minister tells Germans as cases spike

Germany's health minister said rapid rise in coronavirus cases means it's likely everyone in the country who isn't vaccinated will have caught Covid-19 by the end of the winter

Business activity at highest levels since pandemic began, says Report

An increase in driving to workplace resulted in the overall business activity surging to an all-time high of 14 percentage points (pp) higher than the pre-pandemic levels last week, a report said

Kamal Haasan tests positive for Covid-19, admitted to a hospital

Makkal Needhi Maiam president and actor Kamal Haasan said he has tested positive for Covid-19 and has been admitted to a hospital

World shares mostly higher as coronavirus lockdowns, inflation loom

Markets opened higher in Europe on Monday after a mixed day of trading in Asia.

29 students of Telangana residential school test positive for Covid-19

As many as 29 students of a govt-run residential school and junior college for girls in Telangana's Khammam district have tested positive for Covid-19, triggering panic among the parents and teachers.

India has no booster-dose plan yet as natural Covid-19 infection rate high

Authorities will instead concentrate on having most of India's 944 mn adults complete a two-dose vaccination by January before shifting their focus to a big expansion in exports, say sources

JPMorgan grants Hong Kong staff up to $5,000 for hotel quarantine

The move, likely the first such announced by a financial institution in the city, comes as the Asian financial hub's Covid measures, some of the strictest in the world, are said to hurt businesses

Deploy state officials to motivate people for full vaccination: Mandaviya

Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Monday urged the states to deploy all government officials, one day in a week, to visit every eligible house with the message of full vaccination

Second Covid-19 dose of 1.8 mn people in West Bengal overdue: Report

Around 18 lakh people in West Bengal have not turned up in time for the second dose of COVID-19 vaccine, owing to a number of reasons - contracting the virus after the first shot, death or migration