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MHA extends Covid guidelines to April 30; states can impose local curbs

According to the guidelines, states and UTs, where the proportion of RT-PCR tests is less, should rapidly increase it, to reach the prescribed level of 70 per cent or more

Covid: Cabinet approves vaccination for people above 45 years from April 1

'We request that all eligible should immediately register and get vaccinated,' said Union Minister Prakash Javadekar

Over 3.25 million vaccine doses administered on March 22, highest so far

More than 32.53 lakh COVID-19 vaccine doses were administered on Monday, the highest single-day vaccination so far

Pfizer to develop new vaccines on its own using mRNA technology: Report

Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna's Covid-19 vaccines use mRNA technology

Covid-19: 795 foreign variant infections reported in India so far

The total number of coronavirus cases of the UK, South Africa and Brazil variants in India stand at 795 till date, the Health Ministry said on Tuesday.

Covid-19: Maharashtra's Parbhani district to be under one-week lockdown

Parbhani district in Maharashtra's Marathwada region will remain under a lockdown from March 24 to March 31

Why did govt extend the interval between Covishield doses to 8 weeks?

The government has increased the time interval between the two doses of Covishield - the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine against Covid-19, from four-six weeks to four-eight weeks

Regeneron and Roche's antibody cocktail shown helping in Covid-19 cases

Roche has said that it and Regeneron can produce more than 2 million doses annually

DATA STORY: India reports most Covid recoveries in a day since Dec 24

India has so far vaccinated 48,494,594 people. That is 414.97 per cent of its total caseload, and 3.4893 per cent of its population

India Coronavirus Dispatch: Gurugram biotech firm develops oral vaccine

The rise of e-commerce usage amid the pandemic, why post-vaccination serosurveys are important, and more-news relevant to India's fight against Covid-19

81% of Punjab samples sent for sequencing show UK variant: Amarinder

Expressing concern over the Covid-19 situation, the chief minister urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to widen the vaccination ambit

CARS24 to cover coronavirus vaccination cost for all employees

Online used car marketplace CARS24 on Tuesday said it will cover the COVID-19 vaccination cost for all its employees and two other family members as a preventive measure during the pandemic.

Tale of two countries: India's Covid-19 trajectory is similar to the US'

After four months of the US witnessing its second wave, India is also seeing a resurgence in cases. Earlier, India had registered 30,000 cases three months after the US did

AstraZeneca may have used outdated info in coronavirus vaccine trial: US

Results from a US trial of AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine may have used "outdated information," US federal health officials said in a statement early Tuesday

Doubling time of coronavirus cases decreases from 504.4 days to 202.3 days

The doubling time of Covid-19 cases in India has decreased from 504.4 days on March 1 to 202.3 days on March 23, the Health Ministry said

Mexico thanks Indian government for sending 870,000 Covid-19 vaccines

The Mexican government on Tuesday expressed gratitude towards India for the delivery of 870,000 Covid-19 vaccines to fight against the pandemic

India records 40,715 coronavirus cases in a day, 199 new fatalities

India recorded 40,715 coronavirus cases in a day, taking the nationwide infection tally to 11,686,796, while the active caseload at 345,377 registered an increase for the 13th day in a row

Global Covid-19 caseload tops 123.6 million: Johns Hopkins University

The overall number of global Covid-19 cases has surpassed 123.6 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 2.72 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University

Why another lockdown may not be a solution to rising Covid numbers in India

Experts point out that lockdowns will once again destroy livelihoods and squeeze the economy. Instead, they say, India must double down on genomic sequencing to spot new variants

Spain broadens use of AstraZeneca's Covid jab to adults under age of 65

Spain's health minister has said the country will resume the use of the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine on Wednesday by extending it to adults under the age of 65