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Goa to finish partial vaccination for all by July 30, restart tourism after

Around 60 per cent of the state's population has received the first dose of Covid-19 vaccination.

World Coronavirus Dispatch: Colombia's outbreak symbolic of vaccine divide

Italy set to end mask rule, Bumble offers employees vacation over Covid burnout and other pandemic-related news across the world

Will finalise policy on door-to-door vaccination in a week: Maha govt to HC

The special drive is for the elderly, disabled persons and those who are bedridden and unable to visit the inoculation centres.

India's Covid vaccination pace seen dwindling from first day record

Mass vaccination drive faces challenges of vast hinterland and vaccine shortage; an expert says daily rate could fall to between 4 mn-5 mn

Dual-antibody therapy effective against Covid-19 variants in animal study

Researchers find that combination therapies appear to prevent the emergence of drug resistance

Odisha logs 2,957 new coronavirus infections, 38 fresh fatalities

This is the lowest rise in daily cases in the past two months

India Coronavirus Dispatch: Fresh daily cases lowest in 91 days

Nearly half of Delhi's over 45s are partially vaccinated against Covid, a man given two doses of vaccine in a span of 30 minutes, and more-news relevant to India's fight against the pandemic

Covid deaths 5-6 times higher, third wave could be worse: Rahul Gandhi

Rahul Gandhi, during his virtual press conference, was responding to a question on data being fudged on Covid deaths.

Covid-19: Quick vaccination is key to opening the economy, say experts

A day after India vaccinated almost 8.6 million people against Covid-19 in a single day, government experts said that quick vaccination is the key to opening the economy

Preventing third Covid wave is in our hands, vaccine key solution: VK Paul

NITI Aayog member Dr V K Paul said thwarting Covid third wave is in the hands of the people as "it can be stopped if Covid appropriate behaviour is followed, and majority of the people get vaccinated"

Covid-19: Why lab-leak theory is back despite little new evidence

President Biden has ordered the US intelligence to deepen their investigation of whether coronavirus emerged naturally from animal-to-human transmission or leaked accidentally from the Wuhan lab

Rahul Gandhi releases white paper on Centre's coronavirus management

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday released a "white paper" by the party on the Centre's Covid management and urged the government to prepare for the third wave of coronavirus

Akhilesh Yadav alleges UP govt hiding actual coronavirus death toll

Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday accused the Uttar Pradesh government of hiding the actual number of deaths due to Covid-19

Arunachal Pradesh records 294 new coronavirus cases, tally rises to 33,375

At least 294 more people tested positive for Covid-19 in Arunachal Pradesh, pushing the total caseload in the northeastern state to 33,375, a senior health official said here on Tuesday

DATA STORY: India administers over 8 mn doses; active cases dip to 662,521

India has so far administered 288,766,201 vaccine doses. That is 963.26 per cent of its total caseload, and 20.72 per cent of its population

Religious places to open during weekend lockdown in Uttar Pradesh

The Uttar Pradesh government has decided to allow places of worship to remain open even during the weekend curfew

DCGI expert panel to review Phase 3 data of Bharat Biotech's Covaxin today

The Subject Expert Committee (SEC) under the drug regulator will discuss reviewing the Phase III data of Bharat Biotech's Covaxin today

India records 42,640 fresh coronavirus infections, lowest in 91 days

As many as 42,640 fresh Covid-19 infections were reported in the last 24 hours, the lowest daily spike after 91 days, the Union Health Ministry said on Tuesday

Indore sets record as it administers over 200,000 vaccine doses in a day

Over 200,000 people received Covid-19 vaccine shot in Madhya Pradesh's Indore on Monday, setting a record for the highest number of vaccinations in a single day for any district in the country

Not a single case of Covid-19 detected, North Korea tells WHO

North Korea has told the World Health Organisation it tested more than 30,000 people for the coronavirus through June 10 but has yet to find a single infection