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Data story: India records 18,930 new Covid cases, 35 deaths on Thursday

India has added 114,575 cases in the past 7 days

Belgium to launch a fourth Covid-19 vaccine dose in coming months

A fourth dose of the Covid-19 vaccine will soon be administered in Belgium, the country's Health Minister has announced at an inter-ministerial conference

India reduces gap for coronavirus booster shot from 9 months to 6

The government is administering precaution doses for free for those above 60 years, healthcare and frontline workers.

China reports new Omicron variant: Beijing mandates Covid vaccinations

Omicron sub-variant BA.5.2 was discovered in Beijing and northwest China's Shaanxi Province, leading to strengthened anti-epidemic measures in those areas, state-run Global Times reported.

Possible cause of 'brain fog' due to long Covid found by researchers

Scientists have found the first indications that some of the neurological symptoms in long-COVID are being caused by protein clumps appearing in the brain that are like those that lead to Alzheimer's

Gap between Covid precaution dose and second dose reduced to 6 months: Govt

The government advisory panel NTAGI has endorsed the reduction in gap between doses, Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan announced

Data story: India logs 13,086 new Covid cases, death toll reaches 525,242

India has added 94,841 cases in the past 7 days

Canada to throw out 13.6 million doses of AstraZeneca Covid vaccine

Canada is going to throw out about 13.6 million doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine because it couldn't find any takers for it either at home or abroad

Covid-19: Four states post double-digit test positivity ratios, shows data

Many other states have had Covid-19 cases doubling over the latest week

CureVac files patent lawsuit in Germany against BioNTech over mRNA tech

The German-based biotech company is seeking 'fair compensation' from BioNTech and two subsidiaries for infringement of its intellectual property rights

Oxford University shifts focus to health threat triggering future pandemics

Oxford said the organization will seek to learn from the response to Covid and take advantage of the university's research and global partnerships

Covid-19: Experts bat for mixing vaccines in the wake of BA.2.75 variant

Senior research fellow at Oxford say BA.2.75 has several mutations in the spike protein, two of which are unique to it when compared to its parent strain BA.2

Maha logs 50% drop in new Covid cases at 1,515; active tally below 22k

Maharashtra on Monday reported 1,515 new COVID-19 cases, nearly 50 per cent less compared to the previous day, and three more deaths linked to the infection, said the state health department.

India achieves complete vaccination of 90% of adult population: Mandaviya

Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Monday informed that 90 per cent of India's adult population has been fully vaccinated with both vaccine doses against Covid-19.

Data story: India logs 16,135 new Covid cases, active tally at 113,864

India has added 111,518 cases in the past 7 days

Research-linked incentive scheme in works for pharmaceutical industry

15% turnover investment in research could make companies eligible for the scheme

648 new Covid cases, five more deaths in Delhi in a day; TPR at 3.98%

Delhi on Sunday recorded 648 fresh COVID cases with a positivity rate of 4.29 per cent, while five more people succumbed to the viral disease, according to data shared by the health department here.

Covid-19: Mumbai reports 761 fresh cases, three deaths; active count 7,671

Mumbai on Sunday recorded 761 new coronavirus positive cases and three fatalities, the city civic body said. With this addition, the city's overall infection tally rose to 11,15,042 and death toll to 19,617. Of the 761 new patients, 720 are asymptomatic, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said in its bulletin. Of the three patients who succumbed to the infection during the day, two deceased - a 76-year-old man and a 33-year-old man - had co-morbidies. The third patient was a 88-year-old man. The health bulletin said that 11,500 tests were conducted in the city in the last 24 hours, taking its cumulative test count to 1,75,60,865. It said Mumbai's COVID-19 recovery rate stands at 98 per cent and the doubling rate is 584 days. There are a total of 7,671 active cases in the city at present. The overall growth rate of COVID-19 cases in Mumbai from June 26 to July 2 stands at 0.113 per cent.

Beijing and Shanghai resume flights, trains as Covid-19 cases come down

Kerala on Sunday recorded 3,322 fresh COVID-19 cases and two deaths which raised the total caseload in the State to 66,53,272 and the fatalities to 70,048 respectively. The State reported that 3,258 people recovered from the disease in the last 24 hours and that the active cases increased to 28,720, according to official data. On Saturday, the southern State reported 3,642 fresh cases and nine deaths. In view of the gradual increase in COVID cases this month when the State has been, on an average, reporting over 3,000 cases daily, the Police Department recently ordered all district police chiefs to ensure implementation of a State government direction to make wearing of masks mandatory in public and workplaces, gatherings, and while using transportation. In an order dated June 22 circulated to all district police chiefs "for urgent implementation and remarks", the Police Department referred to an April 27 directive of the State Disaster Management Authority making it compulsory to

Data story: India logs 16,103 new Covid cases, death toll at 525,199

India has added 112,456 cases in the past 7 days