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Uttarakhand wants to import vaccines, says it needs 100,000 doses daily

Amid rising cases of Covid-19, Uttarakhand Chief Secretary Om Prakash on Monday said the state needs 100,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccine per day.

Twitter donates $ 15 million to three NGOs to help India battle Covid-19

Amid India's battle against Covid-19, Microblogging giant Twitter has donated $15 million to help address the record surge in infections due to the second wave of the deadly virus.

Give India resources to make vaccines, says Fauci

Antony Fauci, the top US expert on Covid-19, has called on countries to provide India with resources to make its own vaccines or donate vaccines.

Thane sees 1,495 new Covid-19 cases, 55 deaths

With the addition of 1,495 fresh coronavirus positive cases, the infection count in Thane district of Maharashtra mounted to 4,90,274, an official said on Tuesday.

'Other diseases can spread': Docs warn against using cow dung to cure Covid

Some believers in Gujarat have been going to cow shelters once a week to cover bodies in cow dung and urine.

11 patients die in Tirupati's Ruia hospital due to low pressure oxygen

As many as 11 patients, who were on ventilator support, died due to low pressure in medical oxygen supply at Ruia Government Hospital in Tirupati on Monday, Chittoor District Collector M Harinarayan

Regular ivermectin use may cut risk of contracting Covid-19, claims study

According to a review of available data by researcher, the medicine can help end the pandemic

Haryana to provide Rs 5,000 to BPL families as Covid relief, says Anil Vij

Haryana Government will provide Rs 5,000 to the families below the poverty line (BPL) in the state as their livelihood has been affected during the Covid pandemic, said State Home Minister Anil Vij

Twitter donates USD 15 mn for Covid relief in India to battle second wave

Microblogging giant Twitter has donated USD 15 million to help address the Covid-19 crisis in India which is battling the unprecedented second wave of the deadly pandemic

Delhi govt ordered 13.4 mn Covid jabs but only got 0.35 mn in May: Sisodia

Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Monday said the Delhi Government had ordered 13.4 million doses of Covid vaccines in May but the Centre cleared only 0.35 million doses against it

Top English medic hopeful new Indian Covid variant will not escape vaccines

A new coronavirus variant of concern known as B.1.617.2, first identified in India, appears to be less likely to be vaccine resistant, English Chief Medical Officer Chris Whitty said

WHO chief scientist urges India's govt to report 'actual Covid-19 numbers'

As India is in the grasp of a devastating second wave of Covid-19, WHO Chief Scientist Soumya Swaminathan termed the rate of infections and deaths in country as "worrying"

Mumbai civic body gets nod to explore global procurement of Covid vaccines

Maharashtra Minister Aditya Thackeray on Monday said the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will explore possibilities of global procurement of Covid vaccines to meet the inoculation demand

FDA allows emergency use of Pfizer-BioNTech vax in adolescents aged 12-15

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)authorised the emergency use of Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine in adolescents aged 12-15 for the prevention of Covid-19

Covid vaccines IP waiver is 'in direct response to an emergency': Ramaphosa

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has dedicated his weekly letter to the nation to the issue of waiving intellectual property rights on Covid-19 vaccines, saying it's necessary at this time

Karnataka logs in 39,305 Covid-19 cases, 596 deaths in a single day

Karnataka logged 39,305 new Covid cases in a day, with 16,747 in Bengaluru, while 596 patients succumbed to the infection, said the state's health bulletin on Monday

DATA STORY: India's Covid tally up by 366,161; sharp drop in new active cases

India has so far administered 170,176,603 vaccine doses. That is 807.39 per cent of its total caseload, and 12.23 per cent of its population

BMC to procure Covid-19 shots, devises steps to make vaccination accessible

The corporation also plans to set up vaccination centres in each of 24 municipal wards and has also issued vaccination guidelines for housing societies

Jab shortage forces health startups to defer plans to vaccinate India Inc

Enterprises like 1mg, PharmEasy and Practo had drawn up initiatives to inoculate over a million employees from some of the country's top companies

Covid crisis: India administered 170 mn doses fastest in world, says govt

The vaccination drive in India was rolled out on January 16 with health care workers getting inoculated