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No choice but to impose travel curbs to contain Covid-19, says China

China said on Tuesday that it has no choice but to take preventive measures like travel restrictions to contain Covid-19

Covid LIVE: Kerala sees over 11k new cases in a day, TPR comes down to 11%

Coronavirus LIVE updates: Kerala recorded 11,699 cases, Maharashtra 2,432, Delhi 32, Karnataka 504, Andhra Pradesh 618 cases in the last 24 hours. Stay tuned for corona updates

Diligently working with WHO to obtain EUL for Covaxin: Bharat Biotech

The vaccine maker said it will make on announcement to indicate the availability of regulatory approval at an appropriate time

Sri Lanka likely to end nation-wide Covid lockdown on October 1: Spokesman

Sri Lanka is planning to end the nation-wide lockdown on October 1 as the health authorities feel the current Covid-19 situation in the island nation has improved and is conducive to lift the curfew

Kerala clocks 11,196 fresh coronavirus infections, 149 fatalities

As many as 96,436 samples were tested in the last 24 hours

Odisha announces ex-gratia of Rs 50,000 for each Covid-19 death

The amount will be paid from State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF)

Centre extends nationwide Covid-19 containment measures till Oct 31

The number of fresh coronavirus cases was recorded at below 20,000 (18,795) in India after 201 days on Tuesday

Smoking may increase risk of Covid-19 severity, death, study finds

The study is first of its kind to pool observational and genetic data on smoking and Covid

PM Narendra Modi launches health ID, digital record for citizens

Experts flag privacy concerns in absence of data protection law

UP govt eases Covid restrictions; allows weddings, events in open spaces

More than 50 per cent of the eligible population has been inoculated with at least a single dose of the vaccine

Pharmaceutical giant Sanofi ends development of Covid messenger-RNA vaccine

The pharmaceutical giant, which has lagged rivals in deploying technology behind some of the world's top-selling Covid shots, made the decision despite positive results in phase one and two trials

WHO's emergency use authorisation for Covaxin further delayed: Report

This delay will affect Indians who have international travel plans

DCGI allows Serum to enrol 7-11 year olds in Covid vaccine trial

So far, only drugmaker Zydus Cadila's DNA Covid vaccine has received emergency use approval in India to be used in adults and children aged 12 years and above

Covid virus expected to continue to transmit for a very long time: WHO

Senior WHO official Poonam Khetrapal Singh says the level of immunity in a community, through vaccination and previous infection, will determine whether it will become endemic in the long run.

Covid-19: AirAsia India to complete staff vaccination by mid-October

Vistara has also released a staff vaccination policy and employees who do not take doses by December-end would need to undergo a RT-PCR test or a rapid antigen test every week

India's daily Covid-19 cases fall below 20,000 after six months

A total 18,795 fresh Covid cases were registered in a span of 24 hours, while the death toll due to the viral disease climbed to 4,47,373 with 179 more fatalities, the lowest in 193 days, according to

India reports smallest rise in Covid-19 deaths since mid-March

Infections rose by 18,795, the smallest increase since early March, lifting the total to about 33.7 million, health ministry data showed

Chinese mainland reports 13 new locally transmitted Covid-19 cases

The Chinese mainland on Monday reported 13 new locally transmitted Covid-19 cases, the National Health Commission said in its daily report on Tuesday

After Covid-19, more women are considering scaling back at work: US survey

Women, the survey found, were more likely to report experiencing burnout than men - a gap that's widened in the last year, too

Second wave of Covid-19 spawns black mkt for oxygen, drugs: Survey

Black marketing during the second wave of Covid-19 meant that a large number of people had to pay a lot more than the actual rate to access health care facilities