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Sputnik V Covid vaccine to be rolled out at Rs 1,195 in Apollo hospitals

India is moving towards vaccine sufficiency as inoculations with the Russian vaccine Sputnik V began in the country earlier this month.

Japan to provide additional ventilators, oxygen concentrators to India

This will be through United Nations Office for Partnerships (UNOP)

World Coronavirus Dispatch: California to give $116.5 mn in prizes for jabs

WHO calls for 6 mn more nurses worldwide, Japan to extend Covid emergency until just a month before Olympics, and other pandemic-related news across the globe

Singapore has been supporting India for Covid supplies: Indian envoy

India has been facing a shortage of medical oxygen and other critical Covid supplies

Japan to provide additional ventilators, oxygen concentrators to India

Japan on Friday decided to help India with additional ventilators and oxygen concentrators through United Nations Office for Partnerships (UNOP) to fight against COVID-19 pandemic.

How to raise Covid-19 vaccine uptake and cut vaccine hesitancy among young

Ending the coronavirus pandemic rests partly on a large uptake of Covid-19 vaccines, with the goal of reaching herd immunity

Japan likely to extend coronavirus emergency for Tokyo, other regions

The Japanese government is likely to extend Covid-19 emergency measures in place for Tokyo and and eight other prefectures for another three weeks until June 20, local media reported on Friday.

Centre to provide over 300,000 vaccine doses to states, UTs in next 3 days

The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Friday informed that more than 22.46 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses have been provided to States and Union Territories (UTs) amid the pandemic so far

India supports call for detailed studies on origins of coronavirus

India on Friday supported the renewed global call for a comprehensive study by the WHO into the origins of coronavirus

Black fungus: Uttarakhand receives 15,000 vials of Amphotericin-B

Uttarakhand has received 15,000 vials of Amphotericin-B, the drug used for treating patients with black fungus, from a Rudrapur-based pharmacy company, late on Thursday

Student arrested for duping people on pretext of providing Remdesivir

A 18-year-old college student was arrested from Madhya Pradesh for allegedly cheating people on the pretext of providing them Remdesivir injections

Get coronavirus tests done only at ICMR-approved labs: Commissioner Nagrale

Mumbai Police Commissioner Hemant Nagrale urged citizens to get Covid tests done only at ICMR-approved labs as cyber criminals are posing as employees of lesser known labs and giving fake reports

Mizoram coronavirus update: 239 new cases push Covid-19 tally to 11,382

Mizoram continued to register a spike in fresh Covid-19 cases as 239 more people, including 46 children, tested positive for the infection, pushing the state's tally to 11,382 on Friday

HC seeks Centre, Delhi govt stand on PIL for more crematoriums in capital

The Delhi High Court has asked the Centre and the Kejriwal govt to respond to a PIL seeking more electric or CNG crematoriums in view of a large number of people succumbing to Covid-19

Covid-19: SC to hear plea seeking cancellation of Class 12 exams on May 31

The Court said it would hear on May 31 a plea seeking directions to cancel Class 12 examinations in the wake of the surge in Covid-19 cases across the country

'Dharavi model' helps tame second Covid-19 wave in Mumbai's slum town

After reporting up to 99 Covid-19 cases daily in April, Mumbai's slum colony of Dharavi has seen a gradual drop in single-day infections to under below 5 in the last couple of days

Stem cell research community drops 14-day limit on human embryo research

The International Society for Stem Cell Research has announced it no longer endorses the prevailing international standard limiting human embryo research to 14 days

India reports its lowest daily Covid-19 tally increase in 44 days

The single-day rise in coronavirus cases in India fell below the 200,000 mark for a second time this month, taking the total tally to 27,555,457

How rare are blood clots after AstraZeneca jab? What should you look for?

With COVID-19 community transmission on the rise once again, those aged over 50 are weighing up the benefits of being vaccinated against the virus with the very rare risk of blood clots

'Up to three quarters of the UK's new Covid cases are of B.1.617 strain'

UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock said almost half and possibly three-quarters of all new coronavirus cases in the country are of the B.1.617 variant