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Will write to PM for Covid-19 booster shots: Rajasthan CM Gehlot

Expressing concern over a fresh surge of Covid-19 cases in several districts of Rajasthan, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Friday urged the Centre to allow the booster dose of vaccine

UK to add booster doses to Covid-19 vaccine pass for travel

Booster or third doses will not be added to the domestic Covid Pass

Kerala coronavirus update: Reports 5,754 new cases, 49 deaths in 24 hours

Kerala logged 5,754 fresh Covid-19 cases, including 37 health workers, and 49 deaths on Friday, taking the total affected in the state to 50,89,849 and the toll to 37,051

Covid-19: Norway tightens entry rules, urges dropping handshake

Norway has, like other European countries, seen a recent rise in Covid-19 cases

Covid-19: Austria to enter lockdown, bring in mandatory vaccinations

Austrian Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg said the country will go into a national lockdown to contain a fourth wave of coronavirus cases

Scientists mystified, wary, as Africa avoids coronavirus disaster

Scientists emphasize that obtaining accurate Covid data, particularly in African countries with patchy surveillance, is extremely difficult, and warn that declining trends could be reversed

Rodents maybe asymptomatic carriers of SARS-like coronaviruses: Study

Some ancestral rodents likely had repeated infections with SARS-like coronaviruses, leading them to acquire tolerance, raising the possibility that modern rodents may be reservoirs of SARS-like virus.

Immune-suppressed not at higher risk of poor Covid outcomes: Lancet study

The team led by researchers at Johns Hopkins University in the US analysed electronic health records of adults hospitalised with COVID-19 from January 2020 to June 2021 in the US

India reports 11,106 new Covid-19 cases, 459 deaths in last 24 hours

India reported 11,106 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours

Coronavirus: Thane's infection count grows by 98, death toll by one

These cases and death were recorded on Thursday.

Developing Covaxin was an enormous challenge: Bharat Biotech

Bharat Biotech Director V Krishna Mohan said said there were no vaccines when Covid-19 hit India, and the world

110 nations agree to recognise India's Covid vaccine certificates: Report

So far 110 countries have agreed to mutual recognition of COVID-19 vaccination certificates with India, official sources said

Germany's daily Covid-19 infections reach record high of 65,000

The number of daily Covid-19 infections in Germany continued to rise strongly, exceeding 65,000 for the first time since the pandemic began

Vaccine exports will grow with rise in production of Covid shots: PM Modi

WHO setting up Global Centre for traditional medicines in India

AEFI case reporting slows as vaccinations pick up, shows data

According to the latest data, 569 AEFI cases were reported between August and November 16

Covid-19: Delhi records 47 fresh cases; positivity rate 0.08%

Delhi on Thursday recorded zero daily deaths due to COVID-19 and 47 fresh cases of the disease with a positivity rate of 0.08 per cent, data shared by the city's health department showed.

Toddler dies of coronavirus, 18 new cases reported in Rajasthan

A two-and-half-year-old boy died of COVID-19 in Rajasthan and 18 new cases of the disease were reported across the state on Thursday, officials said.

Eight fresh cases take Nagaland's coronavirus tally to 32,032

Nagaland on Thursday reported eight fresh COVID-19 cases, two more than the previous day, with the caseload increasing to 32,032, a health official said

West Bengal's coronavirus positivity rate below 2% for second day

The positivity rate of daily Covid-19 infections in Bengal was below two per cent for the second consecutive day, as the state recorded 14 more deaths due to the disease and 860 new cases on Thursday

AstraZeneca Covid drug cocktail gives 83% protection over 6 months: Study

The treatment is given in one go, as two sequential shots in the arm