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Masks not needed for children below 5 years, says health ministry

Guidelines based on their ability to handle masks safety; it does not mean they are not at risk of Covid infection

Paytm, MakeMyTrip, others keen on approval for offering vaccine bookings

Over a dozen entities, including large digital companies like Paytm and MakeMyTrip, are looking at approval for offering vaccine bookings, according to CoWIN head RS Sharma.

Mumbai logs 660 Covid cases, lowest since Feb 23; death toll rises by 22

Mumbai reported 660 new coronavirus cases on Thursday, the lowest since February 23 this year, and 22 fatalities, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said.

Medical debts bankrupt Indians already ravaged by coronavirus

People are being forced to choose between food and healthcare

Covid LIVE: Lockdown restrictions in Bengaluru to be eased from June 14

Coronavirus live updates: Tamil Nadu recorded 17,321 cases in the last 24 hours. Kerala registered 15,204 infections, Maharashtra 10,959, Karnataka 10,959, Delhi 337. Stay tuned for corona-related new

Coronavirus: Delhi gets 28,900 more Covaxin doses for 18-44 age group

The stock is enough to cover those eligible for the second dose in the next four days, AAP MLA Atishi said

Ramdev's about-turn: Says will take Covid jab; calls doctors God's envoys

Yoga practitioner Ramdev had said he does not need the Covid vaccine as he has protection of yoga and ayurveda

Coronavirus: Kerala reports 14,424 fresh infections, 194 fatalities

The caseload is at 2,658,565

Coronavirus infections 'very clearly' going up, warns UK PM Johnson

Johnson said he continues to assess the vaccination data to decide on whether to end all lockdown measures by June 21.

Prepare to expedite 2nd dose coverage among health workers: Govt to states

The Centre termed the low Covid vaccination coverage among the healthcare and frontline workers, especially for the second dose, a cause of "serious concern"

Covid: 44 more deaths, 305 new cases in Delhi; positivity rate 0.41%

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Tamil Nadu may extend Covid lockdown by a week on experts' advice

Chief Minister M K Stalin likely to make an announcement on this either later on Thursday or Friday morning.

DATA STORY: India sees highest single-day spike in deaths; toll at 359,676

India has so far administered 242,726,693 vaccine doses. That is 824.43 per cent of its total caseload, and 17.16 per cent of its population

Paytm, MakeMyTrip, Infosys offer to help India with Covid vaccine bookings

Around 15 state agencies and private companies have asked to be allowed to offer vaccine bookings, says R S Sharma, head of CoWIN platform

Harsh Vardhan addresses WHO high level coalition on health, energy

The Covid pandemic has reiterated a massive interdependence among various sectors and the need to ensure inter-connectedness is reflected in policies for effective and service delivery he said.

Astra Covid vaccine linked with small risk of low blood platelets: Study

The Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine is known in India as Covishield

Jharkhand administration extends Covid restrictions till June 17

Some relaxations have been allowed

Only tourists with both vax doses must be allowed in Goa: Minister

Goa Tourism Minister Manohar Ajgaonkar on Thursday said that tourism should be opened once everyone in Goa gets a double vaccine dose

Odisha registers 6,097 fresh coronavirus cases, 44 more fatalities

The caseload mounted to 837,226

Covid: Areas with more SC population are at least 20% less vaccinated

Areas with more than average SC population are 20 per cent less vaccinated than areas with fewer SC population