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Covid-19 pandemic: 7 new cases push Nagaland's tally to 31,973

Of the fresh cases, four were detected in Kohima and three in Dimapur district

Mandaviya visits households in UP village to push for Covid vaccination

Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Friday visited some households in Natkur village in Lucknow under the 'Har Ghar Dastak' campaign and motivated the villagers to get vaccinated against COVID

Kerala reports 6,674 new coronavirus cases and 58 more deaths

Kerala registered 6,674 new positive cases and 59 COVID-19-related deaths on Friday taking the total affected in the state to 50,48,756 and the toll to 35,511

AstraZeneca to book modest profit from coronavirus vaccine

British-Swedish pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca said Friday that it will start to book a modest profit from its coronavirus vaccine as it moves away from the nonprofit model

Japan adding more hospital beds in plan for next coronavirus surge

The Japanese government's preparations for the next virus surge include adding thousands more hospital beds to avoid a situation like last summer

Covid-19: Disease center urges Germans to cancel or avoid big events

Germany's disease control center is calling for people to cancel or avoid large events and to reduce their contacts as the country's coronavirus infection rate hits the latest in a string of new highs

Beijing scraps events, company conferences as cases rise in Covid cluster

Beijing has detected 45 cases in the latest wave, the most since June 2020. The country is struggling to contain its fourth outbreak with the more infectious delta variant in the past five months.

India records 12,516 new Covid-19 cases; active cases lowest in 267 days

India recorded a single-day rise of 12,516 COVID-19 cases, taking the country's tally of infections to 3,44,14,186

EU drug agency clears coronavirus therapeutics Ronapreve, Regkiron

EMA will now send its recommendations for both medicines to the European Commission for a rapid legally binding decision.

Centre won't rush in giving Covid-19 vaccine to children: Mansukh Mandaviya

Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said the government does not want to make haste about administering COVID-19 vaccine to children

Bharat Biotech's Covid-19 vaccine Covaxin gets mixed review from Lancet

Extrapolating from the report, Lancet said 'two doses offer 77.8 per cent protection against symptomatic Covid-19'.

MP logs 12 Covid-19 cases; number of active patients down to 76

The Covid-19 case tally in the state rose to 7,92,936

Mumbai logs 283 new Covid-19 cases, 2 deaths; active tally at 2,863

Mumbai on Thursday reported 283 new coronavirus cases and two fresh fatalities, taking the infection tally to 7,58,819 and the death toll to 16,287, a civic official said.

Kerala reports 7,224 daily coronavirus cases, 419 more deaths

Kerala recorded 7,224 fresh coronavirus infections and 419 deaths on Thursday, raising the caseload to 50,42,082 and the fatalities to 35,040.

Goa records 23 new Covid-19 cases, zero death; active tally at 298

The new Covid-19 cases took Goa's coronavirus caseload to 1,78,422

Sun Pharma to launch Merck's Covid pill under brand name 'Molxvir' in India

Sun Pharmaceutical Industries said it is gearing up to introduce Merck Sharp Dohme and Ridgeback's molnupiravir under the brand name Molxvir in India

With Molnupiravir, India to get affordable weapon against Covid

With six Indian pharma companies working to manufacture antiviral pill Molnupiravir, healthcare experts say the game-changing drug will give India an effective and affordable weapon

Fight against Covid at final stage, shouldn't let our guard down: Mandaviya

Mansukh Mandaviya cautioned against letting the guard down before it is completely over and requested states to enhance the vaccination coverage

Germany set to plan new coronavirus measures as numbers spike

Germany's national disease control center reported a record-high number of more than 50,000 daily coronavirus cases Thursday

Over 12 cr people due for 2nd dose of Covid vaccine in India: Mandaviya

More than 12 crore people are due for their second Covid-19 vaccine shot in India, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said on Thursday.