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Gujarat reports 19 coronavirus cases today; over 600,000 vaccinated

Gujarat on Monday reported 19 COVID-19 cases, taking its tally to 8,25,509, while the death toll remained unchanged at 10,082, an official said.

Chandigarh reports 33 coronavirus cases, 1 death, 46 recoveries

Chhattisgarh's COVID-19 tally reached 10,04,668 on Monday after 33 people were detected with the infection, while one death took the toll to 13,557, a health official said.

Hetero's Tocira likely to bring down prices of Covid-19 drug Tocilizumab

This is the first generic version of Roche's Actemra

100% second dose vaccination in Himachal by November: Chief Minister Thakur

Himachal Pradesh, the first state to administer the first dose of Covid vaccine to all eligible people, will achieve 100 per cent second dose vaccination by November, CM Jai Ram Thakur said

NABL certification must for private lab enrollment for Covid testing: ICMR

The ICMR has informed the Delhi High Court that NABL certification is must for enrollment of private labs for COVID-19 testing

India's daily Covid vaccination crosses 10 mn doses for 3rd time in 11 days

India administered more than one crore doses of COVID-19 vaccine in a day on Monday taking the total number of doses given in the country to over 69.68 crore, the Union Health Ministry said.

Brazil bans China's Sinovac Covid vax over fears of contamination

Brazil's health regulator has temporarily suspended the use of over 12.1 million doses of China's Sinovac Covid vaccine over fears of the vials being contaminated, media reports said

Kerala HC allows Covishield second jab after 28 days in pvt sector

In a crucial intervention, the Kerala High Court on Monday ruled that the second dose of Covishield can be taken 28 days of taking the first dose in the private sector

Delhi's Covid-19 vaccine stock to last for eight days: Bulletin

The stock of Coronavirus vaccine in the national capital will last for another eight days, according to a vaccination bulletin issued by the Delhi government on Monday

High Courts were bastions of ensuring justice during Covid-19: SC

The Supreme Court on Monday while dismissing an appeal by the Manipur government, observed that High Courts were bastions of ensuring that justice was dispensed during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Maharashtra logs 3,626 new Covid cases in a day, lowest since mid-February

Maharashtra reported 3,626 new Covid-19 cases on Monday, the lowest daily count since since February 15, and 37 fresh fatalities, taking the infection tally to 64,89,800 and the death toll to 1,37,811

Gurugram reviews preparedness for prevention of 3rd Covid-19 wave

Amid the fear of possible third wave of the Covid-19, Additional Chief Secretary, Haryana Health Department, Rajeev Arora chaired a review meeting with senior administrative officers, health officials

Karnataka coronavirus update: 973 new Covid-19 cases, 17 deaths

Karnataka on Monday reported 973 new cases of Covid-19 and 17 deaths, taking the total number of infections to 29,56,137 and death toll to 37,426

EU regulator evaluating if Covid-19 vaccine booster dose is needed

The European Medicines Agency says it has started an expedited evaluation on whether to recommend a booster dose of the coronavirus vaccine made by Pfizer-BioNTech

Pfizer to offer small Covid vax packaging to cut wastage of doses

US drug maker Pfizer aims to roll out smaller packages of its Covid-19 vaccine for public health departments and care providers by October, media reports said.

Kerala records 19,688 fresh coronavirus cases, 135 more deaths

Kerala on Monday reported 19,688 fresh COVID-19 cases and 135 deaths pushing the total infection count to 42,27,526 and the fatalities till date to 21,631, the state government said.

India plans 50% increase in oxygen production before third Covid wave

As of Monday, India's total Covid-19 cases had reached 33.03 million, with the death toll at 440,752, according to health ministry data

States asked to send adequate number of samples for sequencing: Centre

The Centre on Monday said the states have been repeatedly advised to send adequate numbers of samples for sequencing.

Immediately stop programmes that attract crowds: Uddhav to pol parties

Thackeray on Monday appealed to political parties to immediately stop agitations, meetings and other programmes to avoid crowding in the wake of a slight increase in Covid cases in the state

Shastri found positive in RT-PCR test, to isolate for 10 days: BCCI source

India head coach Ravi Shastri has tested positive for COVID-19 in the confirmatory RT-PCR test as well and will remain in isolation for at least the next 10 days