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UK sets out traffic light system to reopen Covid-restricted foreign travel

A traffic light system, which will categorise countries based on risk alongside the restrictions required for travel, has been rolled out by the UK government on Friday

Sale of platform tickets stopped at 6 railway stations of Mumbai amid Covid

In view of rising Covid-19 cases, the Central Railway on Friday has stopped the sale of platform tickets at six train stations, including Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus, with immediate effect

Over 64.5 mn Covid doses exported to 84 countries: Union Health Minister

Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan on Friday informed that the country has, so far, exported 64.5 million Covid-19 vaccine doses to as many as 84 countries

'Equitable distribution': Covax says Serum bound to supply virus vaccines

India could resume vaccine exports by June, the firm's chief executive, Adar Poonawalla, told media this week

Maharashtra: Aurangabad records 1,362 new Covid-19 cases; 22 deaths

Maharashtra's Aurangabad district has recorded 1,362 new Covid-19 cases and 22 casualties, an official said on Friday

India Coronavirus Dispatch: 180 deaths after inoculation until March

J&J to begin India trial of its single-shot vaccine soon, insurers have settled only 54% of Covid claims even as cases rise, and more-news relevant to India's fight against Covid-19

My concern is to protect farmers from Covid-19 at Haryana border: Anil Vij

Haryana Home and Health Minister Anil Vij said the state will work on the guidelines given by the PM, but he is concerned about how to protect the protesting farmers at the Haryana border from Covid

Covid-19 vaccines shortage hits inoculation drive in Mumbai: Details here

Several vaccination centres across Mumbai, including a jumbo Covid-19 facility in business district BKC, suspended inoculation on Friday morning due to a shortage of doses, BMC sources said

Covid-19 patient in Japan gets lung tissue transplant from living donors

Doctors in Japan announced Thursday they have successfully performed the world's first transplant of lung tissue from living donors to a patient with severe lung damage from Covid-19

Vaccines shortage: Rajesh Tope contests Centre's vaccine wastage claim

Maharashtra Health Minister on Friday rejected the Centre's claim that more than five lakh vaccine doses were wasted in the state, the worst hit by Covid-19 in the country

Goa to launch 'Tika Utsav' to maximise Covid-19 vaccination: Pramod Sawant

The Goa government will launch 'Tika Utsav', a grassroots drive to maximise coverage of the Covid-19 vaccine for people above 45 years, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said on Friday

Irresponsible of CBSE to force students to take exams: Priyanka Gandhi

Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Friday demanded that the exams be either cancelled or rescheduled in view of the Covid-19 situation in the country

India records highest single-day coronavirus cases spike of over 131,968

India registered a record single-day spike of 1,31,968 new Covid-19 cases on Friday, pushing its infection tally to 1,30,60,542, while the death toll rose to1,67,642 with 780 more fatalities in a day

COVAX to deliver doses to nations despite reduced supply availability: WHO

The COVAX vaccine facility expects to deliver COVID-19 doses to all participating economies that have requested it in the first half of the year despite reduced supply, according to the WHO

Covid-19: Man caught with 12 vials of Remdesivir injections in Mumbai

A 22-year-man was caught with a dozen vials of Remdesivir, a key medicine in treatment of coronavirus, said police on Friday

Election fever? States holding elections slow down Covid-19 testing

Most states have either pulled back on testing or not increased it enough to account for rising infections. Kerala reduced its daily testing by a fifth

China's bid to ramp up Covid vaccinations hindered by supply shortages

China has also offered vaccines to the International Olympics Committee for the upcoming Tokyo Games, while carrying out discussions with European countries looking for supply

Global coronavirus caseload tops 133.7 mn: Johns Hopkins University

The overall global Covid-19 caseload has topped 133.7 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 2.90 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University

Covid-19 surge: Brazil top court orders probe of Bolsonaro's pandemic steps

A Brazilian Supreme Court justice has ordered the Senate to investigate the government's handling of the coronavirus crisis that seem to further strain tensions between President and the judiciary

Coronavirus pandemic: Germany accelerates Covid-19 vaccination drive

Germany's health care personnel administered over 650,000 Covid-19 vaccine doses on Wednesday, almost 300,000 more than a day earlier, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) said