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China reports 360 new Covid cases, food shortage hurting Shanghai residents

Shanghai reported most of the new cases

India logs 3,275 fresh Covid infections and 55 deaths in 24 hours

The active cases constitute 0.05 per cent of the total infections, the health ministry said, adding the country's Covid-19 recovery rate is 98.74 per cent

US CDC reiterates recommendation for masks on public transportation

This recommendation is based on the currently available data within the US

Mumbai: Dharavi reports first Covid-19 infection since March 17

With this, Dharavi's overall tally of Covid-19 cases reached 8,653

China reports 353 fresh local Covid-19 cases, 16 deaths in past 24 hours

The country also reported 5,075 locally-transmitted asymptomatic infections of the novel coronavirus in the past 24 hours

India reports 3,205 new Covid cases, 31 fatalities in last 24 hours

An increase of 372 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload which now stand at 19,509, according to the data

Uttar Pradesh govt to reactivate Covid Command Centre in Meerut

Health officials said that the surveillance teams have also been asked to gear-up and an intensive checking campaign will be conducted across the district.

Germany shortens quarantine for Coronavirus infected to five days

Previous rules in Germany required people infected with Covid-19 to isolate themselves for seven days and then test negative before ending their quarantine

New Omicron subvariant takes hold in US as Covid cases tick up

The US was now averaging about 60,000 new infections and 320 new deaths each day as of Monday, CDC data showed.

Biological E eyes 1 billion doses of non-Covid vaccines in 5 years

At present, the firm has a capacity to make 1.5-2 billion Covid vaccines and 600 million non-Covid vaccines per annum.

India has registered over 520,000 Covid-19 deaths in all: CRS report

Covid-19 deaths grew in 2021 compared to 2020

One confirmed XE case in India, no reports of clusters in country: INSACOG

In the bulletin for April 18 and 25, INSACOG mentions that one case of coronavirus XE varient has been confirmed in the country.

SII lowers each dose of Covovax jab from Rs 900 to Rs 225 excluding taxes

A day after its Covid shot Covovax was included on the CoWIN portal for inoculation of children aged 12-17 years at private vaccination centres, the Serum Institute of India (SII) on Tuesday reduced the price of each dose of the vaccine from Rs 900 to Rs 225, excluding taxes. Following recommendation of the National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (NTAGI) the provision of the vaccine option was included on the portal on Monday. On Tuesday, Director for Government and Regulatory Affairs, SII, Prakash Kumar Singh, is learnt to have communicated to the government that the firm is reducing the price of each dose from Rs 900 to Rs 225 plus goods and services tax (GST) for private hospitals. In addition, a private hospital can charge up to Rs 150 as service charge. The price of the vaccine, Covovax, is learnt to have been revised on the CoWIN portal. India's drug regulator had approved Covovax for restricted use in emergency situations in adults on December 28 last year and in t

Gujarat reports 12 new Covid-19 cases, no death; active tally at 108

The recovery count increased by 15 to touch 12,13,335, leaving the state with an active caseload of 108, he said

Brain impact of severe Covid akin to 20 years of ageing, finds UK study

The research, published in the journal eClinicalMedicine, indicates the effects are still detectable more than six months after acute illness and that any recovery is very gradual

New York City raises Covid-19 alert level from low to medium

The accumulated new cases per 100,000 people in the city in the last seven days moved up to 209.02, which surpasses the threshold of 200 to enter the medium level, according to the official data.

China reports 368 fresh local Covid-19 infections, 20 fatalities

As the Covid-19 outbreak continues to spread in more and more cities in China, questions are mounting over the country's much-publicized "zero-covid" strategy

Global Covid-19 caseload tops 514 million, deaths surge past 6.23 million

India accounts for the second highest caseload

Covid-19 pandemic: Gujarat reports 16 cases, tally rises to 12,24,374

So far, 12,13,320 persons have been discharged post recovery, including 27 during the day, leaving the state with 111 active cases, a state health department official said

Maharashtra sees 92 new Covid-19 cases, 1 death; active tally at 1,016

Of the 92 new cases, 65 were from the Mumbai administrative circle, which covers the entire metropolitan region, including 56 from the country's financial capital