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CM Yediyurappa urges PM to provide 15 mn doses of Covid vaccine every month

Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa on Friday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to provide at least 1.5 crore doses of Covid vaccine to the state every month.

World moving towards third wave of infections should alarm us: Govt

Government officials further said there is massive case surge across nations in the world and that the pandemic is far from over

Odisha sees 2,070 fresh coronavirus cases, reports 64 more deaths

Odisha on Friday reported 2,070 new COVID-19 cases, which took the tally to 9,49,929, while 64 more fatalities pushed the toll to 4,925, a senior health department official said.

India Coronavirus Dispatch: Delta variant behind most breakthrough cases

ICMR says third wave likely to be less severe, study finds over 91% 'long Covid' patients took over 7 months to recover, and more-news relevant to India's fight against the pandemic

5 or more symptoms in first week of infection linked to long Covid: Study

People who exhibit over five symptoms of SARS-CoV-2 infection in the first week are more likely to develop long COVID, irrespective of their age or gender, according to a review of studies.

World Coronavirus Dispatch: Access to mRNA shots is the new pandemic divide

Study finds long Covid has as many as 200 symptoms, Africa sees a record million cases in a month, and other pandemic-related news across the world

States reporting more cases should take proactive measures: PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday interacted with the chief ministers of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Odisha, Maharashtra and Kerala to review the Covid situation.

Covid-19: Maha CM urges PM to frame national policy to stop gatherings

Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to formulate a national policy to stop people from crowding at one place for social, political and religious purposes

PM asks states with rising cases to act proactively to prevent 3rd wave

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday urged states where Covid-19 cases are rising to take proactive measures to prevent a third wave

Prisoners released during 2nd wave to not surrender until further order: SC

The Supreme Court on Friday ordered that prisoners, who were released during the second wave following its direction, will not be asked to surrender until further orders

Over 411 mn Covid-19 vaccine doses provided to States, UTs so far: Centre

Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Friday said that States and Union Territories have received more than 411 million Covid-19 vaccine doses through all sources

IISc's 'warm' Covid vax effective against all variants of concern: Study

A heat-tolerant Covid vaccine formulation developed by Indian Institute of Science Bengaluru has proven effective against all current SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern, according to a study in animals

No application received for EU authorisation of Covishield: Drug regulator

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) hasn't got any application to authorise Covishield, the vaccine made by the Serum Institute of India

DATA STORY: India adds 38,949 cases; tally goes past 31 million-mark

India has so far administered 395,343,767 vaccine doses. That is 1274.19 per cent of its total caseload, and 28.36 per cent of its population

Most Covid deaths in England now are in vaccinated. Why that isn't alarming

According to a report, 163 of 257 people (63.4%) who died of the delta variant within 28 days of positive Covid test between February 1 and June 21, had received at least one dose of the vaccine

India records 38,949 fresh Covid cases; 542 fatalities in last 24 hours

India recorded 38,949 new Covid-19 cases, which took the infection tally to 31,026,829, while the death toll reached 412,531 with 542 more fatalities, according to Union health ministry data updated

South Korea pushes more tightened pandemic restrictions beyond capital

South Korean officials are pushing for tightened pandemic restrictions beyond the hard-hit capital area as they wrestle with a record-breaking surge in coronavirus cases

Abu Dhabi announces sudden overnight lockdown in view of pandemic

The capital of the United Arab Emirates has announced a sudden overnight lockdown over the coronavirus pandemic, even as the rest of the country remains open for tourism

Global Covid-19 caseload tops 188.8 mn; deaths surge to more than 4.06 mn

Overall global Covid-19 caseload has topped 188.8 million, while deaths have surged to more than 4.06 million and vaccinations soared to over 3.53 billion, according to Johns Hopkins University

Global coronavirus update: Brazil Covid-19 infections rise by 52,789

Number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in Brazil has increased by 52,789 to 19,262,518 within past 24 hours, national Ministry of Health said