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Nashik hospital tragedy: Death toll increases to 24 as 2 more die

A total of 150 patients were admitted to the hospital when the incident occurred

Grateful to Centre for increasing Delhi quota's of oxygen, says CM Kejriwal

Amid a shortage of medical oxygen across several hospitals in the national capital, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday thanked the Centre for increasing the national capital's quota

India could get its fourth vaccine by August, says NITI Aayog's V K Paul

Hyderabad-based Biological E's candidate has completed its phase one and two trials and is about to enter stage three

Serum prices Covishield at Rs 400 for Centre, Rs 600 for private hospitals

These are the prices for institutional sales, and not the maximum retail price, which will be announced later.

Stelis CEO steps down after Indian firm signs deal for Russia vaccine

Roger Lias, who accepted the CEO job at unlisted Stelis in late 2019 when the pandemic was in its early stages, left on March 31

Air India cancels April 24-30 London flights after UK limits entry

As many as 13 flights will be cancelled between London and Mumbai, Delhi and Bengaluru in this period

Cadila Healthcare testing two-shot regimen for ZyCoV-D, data likely by May

The company is conducting phase 3 efficacy trials on a three-dose regimen of its DNA plasmid technology-based Covid-19 vaccine, which is in its last leg

Covaxin neutralises the double-mutant coronavirus strain, says ICMR

The B.1.617 or 'double mutant' Indian variant carries two mutations, including the L452R and E484Q

2-4 persons in 10,000 got infected after getting vaccine jab, says govt

Case fatality rate in the country has declined from 1.45 per cent in January to 1.17 per cent in April

Covaxin shows 100% efficacy against 'severe Covid-19', 78% overall

The Bharat Biotech candidate has also shown 70 per cent efficacy against asymptomatic infections, suggesting that it prevents transmission

Maharashtra announces stricter Covid curbs; offices to work with 15% staff

Even essential services have been asked to work with the lowest required capacity and not exceed 50% of strength in any scenario

Covid LIVE: Stricter curbs in Maharashtra, offices to work with 15% staff

Coronavirus live updates: India has added 1,628,641 Covid cases in the last 7 days. CM Uddhav Thackeray is likely to take a call on lockdown in Maharashtra today. Stay tuned for corona-related news

Maharashtra Covid-19 tally tops 4 mn with 67,468 new cases; 568 die

Maharashtra on Wednesday reported 67,468 new coronavirus cases, taking its tally beyond the 40 lakh mark, while 568 more patients succumbed to the infection, said a state health department official.

Delhi civic bodies working on real-time monitoring system for crematoriums

Civic authorities in Delhi have started working on a real-time monitoring system and a central control room for crematoriums and burial grounds amid a rise in the number of COVID-19 fatalities.

Provide RT-PCR test results within 24 hours: Karnataka government

Karnataka government on Wednesday directed labs and testing agencies in the state to give the RT-PCR test results within 24-hours

Bengal Congress chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury tests positive for COVID-19

Chowdhury joins a long list of Congress leaders who have tested positive in recent days

Senior congress leader Shashi Tharoor tests positive for Covid-19

Tharoor joined a long list of Congress leaders who were recently infected with the viral disease

Don't hoard oxygen, taking it casually is harmful, warns AIIMS chief

AIIMS Director Randeep Guleria said if a person's oxygen saturation is 93 per cent to 99 per cent, then that person does not need oxygen

Karnataka reports biggest single day spike of 23,558 Covid cases

116 related fatalities were reported

High Court pulls up Maha govt on Remdesivir procurement, allocation

The Bombay High Court came down heavily on the Maharashtra government on Wednesday