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Ivermectin's efficacy against Covid proven in other nations: Goa govt to HC

The Goa government on Friday defended before the Bombay High Court its controversial decision to distribute Ivermectin tablets as preventive medicine against COVID-19.

Will consider withdrawing complaints if Ramdev takes back remarks: IMA chief

The remarks were against Covid-19 vaccines and modern medicine

Have lockdowns been successful? Vaccination data shows a different picture

While cases have certainly slowed down, the pace of vaccinations has also taken a hit. Daily vaccinations in the 45+ category are growing by just 0.5%

Covaxin manufacturing to vaccination takes 4 months, says Bharat Biotech

'Production batches of Covaxin that were initiated during March this year will be ready for supply only during the month of June,' says Hyderabad-based vaccine maker

Delhi: 65-yr-old man becomes 1st patient to get antibody cocktail at Apollo

The therapy is most suited for "high-risk COVID-19 patients" who are within first ten days of symptom onset and meet any of the listed criteria, such as age being 65 years or above.

Why scientists have become more vocal about 'lab leak' theory lately

If the two most vocal poles of the argument are natural spillover vs. laboratory leak, these new voices have added a third point of view: a resounding undecided

DATA STORY: India's daily new Covid cases lowest in 44 days; TPR drops to 9%

India has so far administered 205,720,660 vaccine doses. That is 751.65 per cent of its total caseload, and 14.78 per cent of its population

Delhi records 1,141 Covid cases, 139 deaths; positivity rate 1.59%

These new fatalities pushed the death toll from Covid-19 here to 23,951.

Covid-19 claims 159 more lives in UP, tally of cases rises by 2,402

Infection tally reached 16,86,138

UK's lockdown lifting plan hangs in balance over B.1.617 variant concerns

On Thursday, a further 3,542 coronavirus cases and 10 deaths within 28 days of a positive test were reported in the UK.

Govt creating 'artificial scarcity' of shots to benefit Bharat Biotech, SII: AAP

India is currently using mainly two 'made-in India' jabs Covishield manufactured by the Serum Institute and Covaxin of Bharat Biotech and Russian-made Sputnik V at a smaller scale to inoculate its pop

Covid: India will vaccinate everyone by Dec 2021, says Prakash Javadekar

Javadekar hit out at Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, who hours earlier, had pointed out that less than 3 per cent of India's population had received both doses of the Covid-19 vaccine.

Japan extends state of emergency to control Covid before hosting Olympics

The prime minister faces enormous pressure to keep the virus under control, and the public is worried the global sports spectacle could turn into a superspreader event

India supports calls for detailed studies on origins of coronavirus

During the probe by the WHO earlier this year, the US and several other countries expressed concerns over Chinese authorities not providing complete data to the WHO team probing the origin of the viru

SC takes note of children orphaned due to Covid, asks states to give relief

Many children have been orphaned amid the Covid crisis

Lockdown to be lifted gradually in Delhi from Monday, says CM Kejriwal

'It has been decided that construction activities and factories will be reopened from Monday keeping the daily wage workers in mind,' says Delhi CM

Over 10 million Covid vaccine doses available with states: Health Ministry

The central government has so far provided, through the free of cost channel and direct state procurement, more than 200 million doses to states and UTs

DRDO's 2DG anti-Covid drug priced at Rs 990 per sachet: Dr Reddy's

The drug will be provided to government hospitals at a discounted price, ANI quoted government officials as saying.

Covid lockdowns reduced bacterial diseases spread, says Lancet study

The rapid spread of Covid-19 forced many countries to lockdown and create national containment policies leading to a significant reduction in people's movements in all countries.

Telangana launches special vaccination drive to cover high-risk groups

The authorities have set up 32 special vaccination centres under the limits of Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) to cover the targetted beneficiaries.