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India could resume shipping vaccines to COVAX in a few weeks: Report

SII has nearly quadrupled its output of Covishield to up to 240 million doses a month since April, when India stopped all exports in order to inoculate its own people during a surge of cases.

96 nations have agreed to mutual recognition of vax certificates: Minister

Ninety-six countries have agreed to mutual recognition of COVID-19 vaccination certificates with India, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said on Tuesday.

Maharashtra sees 982 new Covid-19 cases, 27 fatalities, 1,293 recoveries

The fresh coronavirus cases took the state's tally to 66,19,329

Covid-19 pandemic: MP logs 9 new cases, zero death; active tally at 88

The Covid tally in Madhya Pradesh rose to 7,92,919 on Tuesday, officials said

Mumbai records 279 fresh coronavirus cases, one more death

Mumbai on Tuesday reported 279 new coronavirus infections and one death, an official of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said

Over 109.59 crore Covid vaccine doses administered in India so far: Govt

On Tuesday, more than 48 lakh vaccine doses have been administered till 7 pm

Covid-19 pandemic: Delhi records 33 cases, zero death in a day

The positivity rate in the national capital stood at 0.06 per cent

AIBA women's world boxing set to be postponed due to Covid-19

The decision to postpone the championships could be announced anytime this week. The tournament was tentatively planned from December 4 to 18 in Istanbul.

Kerala clocks 6,409 fresh coronavirus cases, 384 more deaths

Kerala recorded 6,409 fresh coronavirus infections and 384 deaths, raising the caseload to 50,27,318 and the fatalities to 34,362, the state government said on Tuesday.

Pakistan's Covid-19 positivity rate dips to lowest level since March 2020

The country recorded 400 new cases in the last 24 hours, registering a positivity rate of 0.94 per cent, the ministry said.

Emotions run high as families, friends reunite after US opens travel

The coronavirus pandemic had prompted the US to close its borders to international travellers from many countries, including India, last year

Covid violations: Over 315,000 people fined in Delhi between Apr 19-Nov 8

Over 3.15 lakh people were fined between April 19 and November 8 for violating of Covid-related norms, of which the highest were for not wearing face masks, police said on Tuesday

DATA STORY: India logs 10,126 new cases; positivity rate drops to 0.9%

India has so far administered 1,090,816,356 vaccine doses. That is 3173.08 per cent of its total caseload, and 78.07 per cent of its population

China's Covid zero target gets more elusive as asymptomatic cases increase

China reported more infections in people who exhibited no symptoms of Covid-19 on Tuesday than in those who were actively suffering from the virus

India records 10,126 cases of Covid-19 in 24 hours, lowest in 266 days

India logged 10,126 new coronavirus infections, the lowest in 266 days

UK to add India's Covaxin to approved vaccine list for inbound travellers

UK government said India's Covaxin will be added to its list of approved COVID-19 vaccines for international travellers from November 22

Covid-19 pandemic: Bengal reports 603 new cases, 14 fresh deaths

West Bengal on Monday reported 120 less Covid-19 cases than the previous day's figure

Covid-19 pandemic: Meghalaya reports 23 new cases, one more death

The new Covid infections pushed the caseload to 83,886

EU drug agency looking at data on Merck's Covid-19 treatment pill

The EU's medicines agency on Monday began reviewing Merck's Covid-19 treatment pill

Cadila Healthcare gets Central govt order to supply 10 mn doses of ZyCoV-D

ZyCoV-D is the first DNA plasmid vaccine in the world for human use, developed indigenously by the company against the Covid-19 virus