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India Coronavirus Dispatch: Can you consume alcohol after a Covid shot?

Study finds T-cells of earlier Covid patients recognise new variants, fewer family-run businesses laid off staff, pay Rs 5 to spend an hour in Nashik market-news on India's fight against Covid-19

Amid Covid surge, Centre says vaccination to be offered on all days of Apr

The Centre has written to all states and UTs and asked them to make necessary arrangements to provide Covid vaccination on all days including gazetted holidays during April

AstraZeneca delivered 29.8 million Covid vaccine doses to European Union

AstraZeneca has delivered 29.8 million doses of its Covid-19 vaccine to European Union (EU) member states in the first quarter (Q1) of 2021, just "a few doses away" from the promised 30 million

India rolls out coronavirus vaccination for all people above 45 years

The Covid-19 vaccination for all people aged 45 years and above commenced from Thursday, the Union Health Ministry said

Apollo LogiSolutions ties up with Indigo for new vaccine delivery platform

The company is also in talks with vaccine makers - Serum Institute of India, Bharat Biotech, Zydus Cadilla and Aurobindo Pharma for vaccine supplies

Piyush Goyal takes his first dose of coronavirus vaccine at AIIMS

Union Minister of Railways Piyush Goyal on Thursday took his first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi

Composer-singer Bappi Lahiri hospitalised after testing Covid positive

Veteran composer-singer Bappi Lahiri has been hospitalised after testing Covid-19 positive, his daughter Rema Lahiri Bansal confirmed on Thursday

Karnataka CM Yediyurappa appeals to people above 45 years to get vaccinated

Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa and Health Minister Dr K Sudhakar appealed to the eligible people to make use of the vaccine against coronavirus

DATA STORY: In biggest single-day spike since Oct 11, India's Covid tally up by 72,330

India has so far vaccinated 65,117,896 people. That is 532.85 per cent of its total caseload, and 4.6843 per cent of its population

Telangana registers 887 coronavirus cases, 4 fatalities in last 24 hours

In the continuing spike in Covid-19 cases, Telangana reported 887 new cases during the last 24 hours, health officials said on Thursday

India records highest one-day jump in Covid cases with 72,330 infections

India saw 72,330 new coronavirus infections being reported in a span of 24 hours, the highest single-day rise so far this year, taking the Covid-19 tally of cases to 12,221,665

Maharashtra: 3,171 new Covid-19 cases in Thane, 19 more fatalities

The Covid-19 tally in Maharashtra's Thane district has gone up to 319,011with the addition of 3,171 new cases of the disease, an official said on Thursday

Clinical trial of Moderna's coronavirus variant vaccine begins in US

A new Phase 1 clinical trial has started in the US to evaluate Moderna's investigational vaccine which is designed to protect against the B.1.351 coronavirus variant

Maharashtra added 650,000 Covid cases last month vs 730,000 from Oct to Feb

Maharashtra added 651,513 Covid-19 cases in March this year, which accounts for 88.23 per cent of the total number of cases reported in the previous five-month period, according to official data

Global Covid-19 caseload tops 128.7 million: Johns Hopkins University

The overall number of global Covid-19 cases has surpassed 128.7 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 2.81 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University

Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine batch fails quality standards check

A batch of Johnson and Johnson's Covid-19 vaccine failed quality standards and can't be used, the drug giant has said

Pakistan: Hundreds of Covid-19 vaccine doses go missing from hospital

Pakistan's already-slow vaccination process has hit another snag as 550 doses of coronavirus vaccine have reportedly gone missing from Lahore's Service Hospital, Pakistani media reported

Compromised Covid behaviour biggest reason for surge in cases: RML Director

"We have to contain with social vaccine and with vaccine that we got in our hand. Try to get vaccinated as soon we get the turn," Director of RML Hospital Dr (Prof) Rana Anil Kumar Singh said

Britain registers another 4,052 coronavirus cases, 43 deaths: Govt

Another 4,052 people in Britain have tested positive for Covid-19, bringing the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to 4,345,788, according to official figures released Wednesday

Macron widens Covid-19 lockdown measure to entire mainland France

French President Emmanuel Macron has extended light lockdown from 19 areas to all over the country for the next four weeks amid the resurgence of the Covid-19 pandemic