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Covid-19: India records 12,881 new cases, 101 fresh fatalities in 24 hours

The COVID-19 case fatality rate has dropped to 1.42 per cent, while the number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 1,06,56,845

Top headlines: Sebi eases listing rules for large IPOs, Bitcoin hits record

A month into the Covid-19 immunisation drive, as many as 21 states and Union Territories (UTs) have not administered a single shot of Covaxin from Bharat Biotech. Read top news with Business Standard

Widely unfair: UN says 130 countries haven't received Covid-19 vaccine dose

While addressing a high-level meeting of the UN Security Council, Guterres said that 130 countries have not received a single dose of vaccine

Brazil nears 10 million Covid cases, 56,766 infections reported in 24 hrs

In Brasilia, Health Minister Eduardo Pazuello presented the schedule for the distribution of vaccines throughout the country to a virtual meeting with governors and health secretaries

Crippling weather hampers vaccine deliveries, distribution in parts of US

Across a large swath of the nation, including Deep South states like Georgia and Alabama, the snowy, slippery weather either led to the closing of vaccination sites outright or held up shipments

India issues new Covid-19 SOPs for travellers from UK, S Africa, Brazil

Amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, India is following point-of-entry procedures for identifying international travellers, particularly at-risk travellers to India through multi-pronged strategy

India's Covid-19 'human barricade' to keep cases under control: Experts

Cases that were rising by nearly 100,000 a day in September are now growing at just 10,000 a day

Covid-19 pandemic: Plasma therapy gets thumbs down from expert panel

The absence of drugs to target the Sars-CoV-2 virus had triggered research on repurposed drugs, as well as biologics

States shying away from administering Bharat Bio's Covid-19 vaccine Covaxin

A month on, 21 states and UTs have not administered a single shot of the vaccine

India announces gift of 200,000 Covid-19 doses for UN peacekeepers

India, hailed as the pharmacy of the world, on Wednesday announced a gift of 200,000 COVID-19 doses for UN peacekeepers. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar made the announcement at the UN Security Council open debate on the implementation of resolution 2532 (2020) on the cessation of hostilities in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. "Keeping in mind the UN Peacekeepers who operate in such difficult circumstances, we would like to announce today a gift of 200,000 doses for them," Jaishankar told the UN Security Council in a virtual address. Quoting the Bhagvad Gita, Jaishankar said, "Do your work with the welfare of others always in mind." He told the meeting that it is this spirit in which India approaches the COVID challenge and urged the Council to work collectively to address its different dimensions. Jaishankar said India is working actively with GAVI, World Health Organisation and ACT Accelerator and its contribution has also supported the SAARC COVID-19 Emergency ...

Stop vaccine nationalism, encourage internationalism: India at UNSC meeting

India, which has shipped Made In India' COVID-19 vaccines to around 25 nations, on Wednesday urged the international community to stop vaccine nationalism and actively encourage internationalism

Principal Secretary to PM chairs meeting on Covid-19 vaccination

Plans to involve private healthcare facilities discussed

Bengal elections: Covid vaccination of polling officials to begin on Feb 22

The COVID-19 inoculation process of polling officials who will be involved in the ensuing assembly elections in West Bengal will commence from February 22, a senior health official said.

LIVE: India will provide 200,000 vaccine doses to UN Peacekeepers, says EAM

Coronavirus live updates: Only two states -- Maharashtra and Kerala -- contribute to 72 per cent of active cases of Covid-19, says health ministry. Global Covid cases have crossed 110-million mark.

In a first, Britain okays trial where volunteers will be exposed to virus

The trial, due to start within a month, will see up to 90 healthy volunteers aged between 18 and 30 exposed to the smallest amount of the virus needed to cause infection

Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine supply to the EU 30% below plans: Report

Only about 2 million of those doses due in December have been delivered

AI-based software tool for automated diagnosis of Covid-19 lung infection

A new software tool that reveals the severity of lung infections in COVID-19 patients has been developed by researchers from the Indian Institute of Science

New York sues Amazon over worker safety during Covid-19 pandemic

New York claims the company failed to provide workers with a safe environment at two warehouses in the state

South African president Cyril Ramaphosa gets jab to start vaccination drive

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa was among the first in his country to receive a COVID-19 vaccination to launch the inoculation drive on Wednesday, effectively joining an observational study because the Johnson & Johnson vaccine is not yet authorised for general use anywhere in the world. Ramaphosa was broadcast live getting the shot at a district hospital in Khayelitsha, a poor Cape Town township, as part of the government's campaign to convince its 60 million people that the J&J vaccine is safe. Ramaphosa took off his suit jacket and rolled up his left sleeve for the jab. Can I close my eyes? he joked as he was injected. Observers applauded after the shot was administered. A nurse was announced as the first person in South Africa to receive a COVID-19 vaccine when she was injected at the hospital shortly before Ramaphosa. Health Minister Zweli Mkhize also received a vaccination at the Khayelitsha hospital on Wednesday. South Africa is by far the worst-affected country

Oxford Economics ups India growth forecast to 10.2% for 2021

The forecasting firm cited receding Covid-19 risks and the shift in the monetary policy outlook