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India Coronavirus Dispatch: IISc vaccine better than others, says minister

As many as 14% of deaths in Mohali are of those under 45, doctors hint at cow dung-black fungus link amid reports of 'cow dung therapy', and more-news relevant to India's fight against Covid-19

India facing an invisible enemy, can feel pain of those affected: PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said the government is working in war-footing mode to fight the second wave of Covid-19

Oxygen black marketing: HC declines interim protection from arrest to Kalra

The Delhi High Court declined to grant interim protection from arrest to Navneet Kalra, seeking anticipatory bail in connection with alleged black marketing of oxygen concentrators

Gujarat halts vaccination for 45-plus for 3 days with revision in schedule

The decision comes in line with a revision in the Covid-19 vaccination schedule after the Centre's decision to increase the gap between two doses of Covishield, the state government said

Bharat Biotech dispatches Covaxin to various states like Gujarat, Assam

Bharat Biotech on Friday said it has dispatched Covid vaccine Covaxin to various states like Gujarat, Assam, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Odisha

DATA STORY: India's active Covid cases down by 5,632, but daily deaths still at 4,000

India has so far administered 179,298,584 vaccine doses. That is 756.44 per cent of its total caseload, and 12.88 per cent of its population

Britain anxious about spread of Covid strain first found in India: Johnson

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that his country is "anxious" about the coronavirus variant detected in India and the government is "ruling nothing out" to tackle its spread

Australia to resume repatriation flights from India from tomorrow

Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the facilitated commercial flights by the Australian Government will resume as promised, with a strict pre-flight testing regime

Bharat Biotech unit to make Pune plant functional for vax production by Aug

Biovet Pvt Ltd, an associate firm of Bharat Biotech, is confident of making a plant at Manjari in Pune fully functional for vaccine production by August-end, a senior administrative official said

With 12,390 new infections, Odisha sees sudden increase in Covid-19 cases

Odisha recorded a sudden surge in Covid-19 cases on Friday as the state reported 12,390 new cases in the last 24 hours, according to the state health bulletin

India records 3,43,144 Covid-19 cases, 4000 fatalities in last 24 hours

With 3,43,144 people testing positive for coronavirus in a day, India's Covid-19 tally of cases climbed to 2,40,46,809, while the death toll rose to 2,62,317 with 4,000 daily fatalities

No takers for govt-owned vaccine manufacturing plant in time of Covid-19

Bidding deadline extended for eighth time since January

Andhra govt issues global tender for procurement of Covid-19 vaccines

The Andhra Pradesh government on Thursday called for global tenders for procuring Covid-19 vaccines

Global Covid-19 caseload tops 160.8 mn; deaths surge to more than 3.34 mn

The overall global Covid-19 caseload has topped 160.8 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 3.34 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University

We received last Covid vax batch on May 9, not certain about next: Baghel

Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel said neither the Centre nor the vaccination manufacturers are certain about the availability of the next batch

120 inmates test positive for Covid-19 in Odisha prisons; two die

Two individuals lost their lives and at least 120 prisoners tested positive for Covid-19, as per an official on Thursday.

India's vaccine supplies to improve as it braces for Covid-19 third wave

India has vaccinated 37.2 million people with both doses of a vaccine, and about 135.5 million have received at least the first jab

Haryana CM urges farmers to end protest as Covid spreads to villages

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar urged farmers to suspend their protest against farm laws claiming that their movements to and from dharna sites were spreading the infection in villages

USA's CDC eases norms, says fully vaccinated can drop masks in most places

The guidance shift Thursday is a turning point in the fight against Covid-19 and comes as U.S. caseloads fall and vaccinations rise.

Covid-19: India receives consignment of 300 ventilators from Canada

Amid a devastating second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, India received another consignment of 300 ventilators from Canada