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New variants to endgame: What coronavirus has in store for the world next

In the next six months, more countries will contend with whether to roll out a fourth shot.

Data story: India logs 34,113 new cases; active tally drops below 500,000

India has so far administered 1,729,587,490 vaccine doses. That is 4053.82 per cent of its total caseload, and 123.44 per cent of its population

India reports over 34,000 fresh Covid-19 infections, 346 fatalities

The daily positivity rate in India has been recorded at 3.19 per cent and the weekly positivity rate at 3.99 per cent

Global Covid caseload at 411.5 million, fatalities at 5.81 million

The US continues to be the worst-hit country with the world's highest number of cases

New Zealand's Ardern labels anti-vaccine mandate protests 'imported'

Claiming inspiration from truckers' anti-vaccine mandate demonstrations in Canada, the protesters have also blocked several streets around parliament with their trucks, vans and motorcycles

Assam govt to withdraw all Covid-19 restrictions from February 15

Assam's fresh Covid-19 cases continued to drop with 79 people testing positive for the infection on Sunday.

Biological E seeks EUA for its Corbevax vaccine for 12-18 years age group

Biological E has sought emergency use authorisation from India's drug regulator for its COVID-19 vaccine Corbevax for the 12 to 18 years age group, official sources said on Sunday. The Drugs Controller General Of India (DCGI) has already approved Corbevax, which is India's first indigenously developed RBD protein sub-unit vaccine against COVID-19, for restricted use in emergency situation among adults on December 28. In an application sent to DCGI on February 9, Srinivas Kosaraju, head of Quality and Regulatory Affairs of Biological E Limited, said the firm had received approval for conducting phase 2/3 clinical study of Corbevax among children and adolescents aged 5-18 years in September. "Based on the no-objection certificate, Biological E has initiated the clinical study in October 2021 and has evaluated the available safety and immunogenicity results of the ongoing phase 2/3 study, which indicated that the vaccine is safe and immunogenic. "The proposed application is for obtain

Delhi adds 804 Covid cases, 12 deaths; positivity rate comes down to 1.5%

Delhi on Sunday reported 804 new Covid cases and 12 more deaths in last 24 hours, the Health Department bulletin said.

Covid-19 pandemic: Jammu and Kashmir records 440 fresh cases, 1 death

Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday recorded 440 fresh cases of COVID, taking the total infections in the union territory to 4,50,771 while one death due to the virus was reported in 24 hours, officials said.

Covid-19 pandemic: Rajasthan reports seven more deaths and 2,177 cases

Seven more Covid-19 deaths and 2,177 fresh cases were recorded in Rajasthan on Sunday, the state health department said.

Covid-19 pandemic: Maharashtra reports 3,502 new cases, 17 deaths

Maharashtra on Sunday reported 3,502 new coronavirus positive cases, over 850 less than the day ago, which took the state's infection count to 78,42,949, while 17 deaths pushed the toll to 1,43,404

Follow Centre's revised Covid guidelines for international arrivals: DDMA

The Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) has directed health officials and district magistrates to ensure the Centre's revised COVID-19 guidelines for international arrivals are followed at the IGI Airport from Monday. The Ministry of Health & Family Welfare on February 10 released detailed guidelines for international arrivals at airports and seaports in the country, doing away with the quarantine provision. According to the guidelines, all the passengers will show self-declaration form on arrival at the airport. The passengers found to be symptomatic during screening will be immediately isolated and taken to medical facility under health protocol. If tested positive, their contacts will be identified and managed as per laid down protocol. The protocol post arrival mandates that two per cent of the total passengers in a flight will undergo random testing at the airport. Such travellers in each flight will be identified by the airlines concerned, preferably from different ...

Night curfew lifted across J-K; offline classes to resume from Monday

State Executive Committee announced the lifting of the night curfew after almost six months and opening of educational institutions in a phased manner beginning Monday amid a decline in COVID-19 cases

Gujarat reports 1,274 Covid-19 cases, tally rises to 12,15,290; 13 die

Gujarat on Sunday reported 1,274 new Covid-19 cases and 13 deaths, raising its tally to 12,15,290 and toll to 10,808

Covid-19 pandemic: Karnataka reports 2,372 new cases, 27 deaths

Karnataka on Sunday reported 2,372 new cases of Covid-19 and 27 fatalities, taking the tally to 39,26,669 and toll to 39,640.

MP sees 2,092 new Covid-19 cases, four deaths; positivity rate dips to 2.9%

The Covid-19 tally in Madhya Pradesh reached 10,25,891 on Sunday with the detection of 2,092 cases, while four deaths in the last 24 hours took the toll to 10,693

Kerala records 11,136 fresh Covid cases, 11 deaths in last 24 hours

With 32,004 more people recovering from the virus since Saturday, the total recoveries reached 61,84,080

India records nearly 45,000 fresh Covid cases, 684 more fatalities

The active cases comprise 1.26 per cent of the total infections

Data story: India logs 44,877 new cases; death toll rises to 508,665

India has so far administered 1,728,149,447 vaccine doses. That is 4053.69 per cent of its total caseload, and 123.34 per cent of its population

Thane records 179 fresh Covid-19 infections, three more fatalities

The mortality rate in Thane was 1.67 per cent