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Centre, state officials to review Co-Win portal functioning today

The chief of the CoWin portal and union health secretary Rajesh Bhushan are scheduled to meet representatives from states

India's Covid-19 active caseload stands at 1,68,358: Health ministry

The country added 12,286 new cases in the last 24 hours

'Premature and unrealistic' to think Covid will end soon, says WHO official

The recent arrival of effective vaccines could at least help dramatically reduce hospitalisations and death, the official said

India Coronavirus Dispatch: List of comorbidities that qualify you for jabs

Only Co-Win's web portal to be used for registration, spike in medical oxygen use, one phone number for four beneficiaries-news relevant to India's fight against Covid-19

Pfizer, Oxford vaccines reduce severe Covid-19 in elderly, study finds

Experts say the new analysis adds to growing evidence that the vaccines are working

World Coronavirus Dispatch: Pandemic may not vanish by 2021-end, says WHO

Variants spreading fast in Japan, Donald and Melania Trump quietly got vaccines, Single AstraZeneca shot can significantly protect elderly and other pandemic-related news across the globe

Those who can afford should get vaccinated in pvt hospitals: Harsh Vardhan

Vardhan and Goel received Bharat Biotech's Covaxin and paid Rs 250 each for the doses

Twitter to block users tweeting misinformation about Covid-19 vaccine

Twitter has announced to label Tweets that may contain misleading information around Covid vaccinations and will permanently suspend repeated offenders.

Japan receives 526,500 doses in third batch of Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine

Japan has received its third batch of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine, with the shipment containing up to 526,500 doses developed by US pharmaceutical giant and its German partner BioNTech

Minimum wage hike all but dead in big $1.9 trillion Covid-19 relief bill

"At this moment, we may not have a path but I hope we can find one" for pushing the federal pay floor to USD 15 an hour, said No. 2 Senate Democratic leader Richard Durbin of Illinois

Covid-19: India records 12,286 infections, 91 fatalities in 24 hours

The recoveries have surged to 1,07,98,921, according to data updated by the Union Health Ministry on Tuesday

Global Covid-19 caseload tops 114.4 million: Johns Hopkins University

The total number of global Covid-19 cases has topped 114.4 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 2.53 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University

SBI commits Rs 11 crore to support government's Covid-19 vaccination drive

In order to support the next phase of the government's COVID-19 vaccination drive, the State Bank of India (SBI) has decided to contribute Rs 11 crore to the PM CARES Fund, said an official statement

First Covid-19 vaccination begins in Africa: World Health Organisation

The first Covid-19 vaccination campaigns in Africa using doses provided by Covax, a global initiative for equitable access to Covid-19 vaccines, began in Ghana and Cote d'Ivoire, the WHO said

Iran warns of '4th wave' of coronavirus as death toll rise to 100 in 24 hrs

Iranian health authorities issued a warning over a 'fourth wave' of the Covid, after registering more than 100 deaths in 24 hours for the first time since early January

Pak may witness third Covid-19 wave amid dull vaccination drive: Experts

Pakistan may witness a resurgence in the number of C cases that might lead to a third wave of coronavirus in the country as restrictions related to the virus have been relaxed

France reports 4,703 new cases of coronavirus, 375 deaths in 24 hours

France has recorded a total of 86,803 coronavirus-related fatalities as of Monday, with 375 new deaths registered in the past 24 hours, according to health authorities

Brazil health secretaries call for lockdown as coronavirus cases soar

Brazil's health secretaries called for lockdowns and curfews in many parts of the country because hospitals are running short of intensive care unit beds as Covid daily kills more than 1,000 people

J&J Covid vaccine shipping to US, but new deliveries hinge on regulators

(Reuters) - Johnson & Johnson will ship nearly 4 million doses of its newly authorized single-dose COVID-19 vaccine around the United States this week, but a top executive said on Monday that the next round of deliveries is contingent on regulatory approvals at a new plant.

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