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Brazil tops 600,000 coronavirus deaths amid doubts about delta variant

Bars in Brazil's biggest metropolis, Sao Paulo, are full again for Friday happy hours and lawmakers in the capital have nearly done away with video sessions via Zoom.

Expert panel allows adolescent trials of J&J vaccine with riders

SEC asks J&J to monitor adverse events closely for next three months

UK govt eases travel advisory restrictions for 51 more countries

The UK government on Friday eased travel advisory restrictions for 51 further countries and territories

Kerala to add 7,000 more Covid-19 deaths to official list

Amid protest by the opposition alleging under-reporting of Covid deaths in Kerala, the state Government on Friday decided to include 7,000 more victims of the pandemic in its official death list

Maharashtra coronavirus update: 2,620 new Covid-19 cases, 59 deaths

Maharashtra on Friday reported 2,620 new coronavirus infections which took the state's caseload to 6,573,092, the health department said

Delhi records zero Covid death, 39 new cases; positivity rate 0.06%

Delhi recorded zero death due to Covid-19 and 39 fresh cases on Friday with a positivity rate of 0.06 per cent, according to data shared by the city health department

Kerala registers 10,944 more Covid infections, 120 fatalities

The test positivity rate stood at 11.45 per cent

UK to offer new Covid-19 vaccine shots to Novavax trial volunteers

Around 15,000 people in the UK got Novavax shots as part of a clinical trial. While the UK recognizes them as vaccinated, most countries don't, meaning they can't travel

Karnataka coronavirus update: 397 new Covid-19 cases, 5 deaths

Karnataka logged 397 new COVID-19 cases and five deaths on Friday, taking the total number of infections to 29,80,170 and the toll to 37,866.

K'taka aims 2nd dose for 70% eligible people by Dec-end: CM Bommai

Bommai plans to meet Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and BJP National President J P Nadda later during the day.

DATA STORY: India reports 21,257 new cases; death toll at 450,127

India has so far administered 931,717,191 vaccine doses. That is 2747.16 per cent of its total caseload, and 66.69 per cent of its population

Unvaccinated govt staff won't be allowed to attend office from Oct 16: DDMA

All such unvaccinated Delhi government employees, including teachers and frontline workers, will be treated as "on leave" till they get the jab

WB flags under-reporting of Covid deaths in India, other S Asian nations

World Bank retains India's GDP growth projection at 8.3% for FY22, cautions any global slowdown due to Covid waves may pull it down

Delhi airport to resume flight operations at T1 terminal from Oct 31

The Delhi airport will resume flight operations at its T1 terminal from October 31 onwards after almost 18 months of closure, said its operator DIAL on Friday

Heart damage plagues Covid-19 survivors a year after infection, study shows

They found non-hospitalised Covid patients had a 39% increased risk of developing heart failure and a 2.2-fold increased risk of a potentially deadly blood clot in the following year

How the world's first malaria vaccine will protect against the parasite

This vaccine has been in development for 30 long years

Delhi reports 44 Covid-19 cases, zero daily deaths; positivity rate 0.07%

Delhi recorded 44 Covid-19 cases and zero daily deaths due to the disease on Thursday, while the positivity rate was recorded at 0.07 per cent, data shared by the city government showed

No UK quarantine for Covishield vaccinated Indians from October 11

The UK government on Thursday added India to its vaccine-eligible countries list, which would mean vaccinated Indians will no long be required to quarantine on arrival from October 11

Modi inaugurates 35 PSA oxygen plants established under PM CARES fund

With this, all districts of the country will now have commissioned PSA oxygen plants, the PMO has said

Festive months crucial: Govt warns of Covid-19 pandemic surge

With people getting ready to celebrate festivals, starting from Navratri and Dussehra to Diwali and Christmas, health ministry warned that threat of Covid resurgence still existed