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India's vaccination coverage crosses 1.31 billion doses: Govt

The countrywide vaccination drive was rolled out on January 16

13 people who arrived from overseas test Covid positive: TN health minister

The minister for health and family welfare said 9,012 people have so far arrived from 'at risk' countries

Ensure adequate stock of drugs used for Covid treatment: Centre to states

States and Union territories were told to enhance testing and focus on surveillance to ensure early identification of suspected cases

People with health issues or inactivated vaccine should get booster: WHO

The recommendation comes after the Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on immunisation held a meeting on Tuesday to evaluate the need for Covid boosters

Omicron could have 'major impact', but no definitive answers yet: WHO

The WHO suggests that a new variant could have a major impact on the course of the pandemic, but it's still too early to say for sure

Will focus on cluster management, no 'hasty decision' on curbs: Bommai

Covid clusters have emerged mostly at educational institutions and hostels in several places of the state

Vaccine manufacturers racing to update Covid shots, just in case

Experts doubt today's shots will become useless but say it's critical to see how fast companies could produce a reformulated dose and prove it works

Covid: Demand still strong for Covishield, says Covax's GAVI

Covishield production is currently at 250 million doses a month

DATA STORY: Active cases up; Bengal 3rd state to give 10 mn vax doses

India has so far administered 1,303,932,286 vaccine doses. That is 3761.38 per cent of its total caseload, and 93.21 per cent of its population

Greece lifts travel restrictions for Indians, Covid test mandatory

The Global Visa Center World (GVCW) has announced that Indian citizens and residents of India can now enter Greece following the Covid-19 testing protocol as a precautionary measure against the pandemic.According to the latest regulations, limited categories of visitors are now allowed to enter Greece, including:1) Citizens of the EU & Schengen Area countries.2) Residents of a limited number of third countries, including residents of India.Expressing their joy on the re-opening of Greece to tourists from India after approximately 21 months, DuDigital Global and GVCW, which jointly operate the Visa Application centres in India, Nepal and Sri Lanka state, "You can now apply for short stay visa (C- Visa category) at GVCW application centres in New Delhi and Mumbai on Mondays and Wednesdays."New Delhi Visa Application Centre: Shivaji Stadium Metro Station, Concourse Level Baba Kharak Singh Marg, Connaught PlaceMumbai Visa Application Centre: 4th Floor, Urmi Axis Building, Behind ...

Maharashtra's first Omicron patient discharged after testing negative

Maharashtra's first patient of the Omicron variant of coronavirus, who resides in Thane district, was on Wednesday discharged from a hospital after testing negative for the infection

Delhi records 65 new Covid cases, one death; positivity rate 0.11%

50,023 tests, including 41,272 RT-PCR ones, were conducted on Monday to detect Covid-19

Britain records more than 51,000 new coronavirus cases; tally 10,610,958

The vast majority of these infections are likely to be the Delta variant, although Omicron cases are climbing also

Coronavirus cases spike again even as US reaches vaccine milestone

Deaths are running close to 1,600 a day on average, back up to where they were in October

Tamil Nadu reports 703 fresh coronavirus cases in past 24 hours

The total number of cases stands at 27.32 lakh in the state

West Bengal reports 574 new Covid cases, two more deaths in a day

The recovery rate among the coronavirus patients in the state stood at 98.33 per cent

Three-shot course of Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine neutralises Omicron variant

BioNTech and Pifzer are the first manufacturers of a Covid vaccine to issue an official update on the efficacy of their shot against Omicron

Cos revamping employee benefit strategy in view of pandemic, says survey

The 2021 Global Benefits Trends Survey are based on responses from a total of 3,642 employers globally, including 137 organisations in India

Negative impact of Covid on Coal India revenue is of Rs 6,054 cr: Joshi

The negative impact of Covid on Singareni Collieries Company Ltd is of Rs 5,921 crore

Scientists discover harder-to-detect version of Omicron in Australia

The discovery comes as Queensland prepares to finally reopen its border to the rest of Australia ahead of schedule next Monday, as more than 80% of the eligible population will be fully vaccinated