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Uttarakhand extends Covid curfew till May 25 due to prevailing conditions

The Uttarakhand government on Monday announced that it has extended Covid curfew till May 25 due to the prevailing Covid-19 situation in the state

Medical system in small cities, villages of UP 'Ram bharose': Allahabad HC

The Allahabad High Court made the comment on Monday while hearing a PIL over the coronavirus spread and the condition of quarantine centres in the state

Pfizer, Moderna vaccines effective against Covid variants from India: Study

The Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna coronavirus vaccines appear to protect against Covid variants B.1.617 and B.1.618 first identified in India, researchers have reported in a new pre-print paper

Daily Covid-19 cases below 300k after a 26-day run: Health ministry

Cases still rising in many parts; 20% plus positivity in 244 districts

DRDO releases anti-Covid drug; reduces oxygen dependency in patients

The oral drug, 2-deoxy-D-glucose (2-DG), will be produced by Dr Reddy's Laboratories and is likely to reach hospitals in first week of June

Bleeding and clotting after Covid-19 vaccination minuscule: Govt report

The government decided to conduct an in-depth analysis of adverse events in India in light of global concerns, the health ministry said

DRDO's anti-Covid drug 2-DG to be available at hospitals from June

DRL to manufacture oral drug, which reduces oxygen dependency in patients

India drops plasma therapy from Covid-19 management guidelines

The development came following a meeting of the ICMR-National Task Force for Covid-19 wherein all members were in favour of removing the use of convalescent plasma from the guidelines

CoWIN website to be available in Hindi and other regional languages soon

This follows criticism of the government that CoWIN was a barrier in vaccinating people in rural India

Starting vaccination with frontline warriors paid rich dividends: PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday that the vaccines have ensured the safety of most of the doctors as 90 per cent of health professionals have already taken its first dose

Scientists agree Covid is airborne, want overhaul of ventilation systems

Researchers demand universal recognition that infections can be prevented by improving such systems.

Industrialist Siddharth Shriram passes away at 76 due to coronavirus

Shriram had also held administrative positions in various sporting and industry associations. In sports, he was known for his support to golf in particular.

PM Modi to interact with field officials from states, districts on Tuesday

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will interact on Tuesday with field officials from states and districts, many of which have seen a huge surge in COVID-19 cases and widespread infection, his office said.

At 1,240, Mumbai sees lowest single-day spike in cases since March 9

Mumbai reported 1,240 new Covid-19 cases, the lowest single-day count since March 9, and 48 more deaths on Monday

Covid-19: Remdesivir production scaled up to 11.9 million vials per month

All seven domestic licensed manufacturers of Remdesivir have scaled up production from 3.8 million vials per month to nearly 11.9 million vials per month, following government directives

Covid-19: Chandigarh extends weekend curfew restrictions till May 25

The Chandigarh administration on Monday decided to extend weekend curfew restrictions by one more week till May 25

Covid-19: Kerala records 99,651 recoveries, 21,402 new cases, 87 deaths

Continuing to register a decline in new daily infections, Kerala on Monday reported 21,402 fresh Covid-19 case, taking the caseload to 21,39,314

Delhi has less than a day's stock of Covaxin for 45-plus age group: AAP MLA

AAP MLA Atishi said that Delhi has less than a day's stock of Covaxin left for the 45 plus age group and they will have to temporarily shut down centres administering it

Centre should make data on vaccine allocation to states public: Sisodia

Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia urged the Centre to make the data on vaccines supplied by it to the states public and sought 3.82 lakh doses of the vaccines for people aged 18-44 years in the city

Amid declining trend, Crisil says too early to say 2nd wave has peaked

Even as new Covid-19 infections have shown a declining trend, credit rating agency Crisil said it is too early to say that the second wave of the pandemic has peaked