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Coronavirus LIVE: Night curfew to be imposed in Gujarat's four cities

Coronavirus live updates: Globally, nearly 109.4 million people have been infected by the virus and the death toll stands at 2,410,914

Kerala, Maharashtra, Karnataka account for 77% of total active cases: Govt

Tripura and Daman and Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli currently have only two active cases each

Pan-European consortium seeks big pharma partner for Covid-19 shot

The consortium hopes to start a mid-stage trial this month and move to late-stage testing in May

Younger people half as likely as adults to catch Covid-19, study says

People under the age of 20 are about half as likely to be infected with Covid-19 as those older, a study says

Life back to normal? Covid's decline in India sparks a shopping spree

Shopping mall parking lots are full again. Stores are buzzing, and there are long lines for hair salons and restaurants

World Coronavirus Dispatch: A look at ASEAN's GDP forecasts for 2021

Youngsters' despair deepens as Covid crisis drags on, China refuses to hand over raw data critical to WHO probe and other pandemic-related news across the globe

Covid-19 vaccination drive: Booster shot round begins in Gujarat

The drive to administer the second dose of the Covid-19 vaccine to those who have been covered in the first phase began across Gujarat

No new community cases of Covid found in New Zealand since lockdown

Health officials said they'd found no evidence the coronavirus had spread further in the community

India Coronavirus Dispatch: Monsoons could cause a spurt in cases

Over 11,000 fresh cases reported, fewer takers for second dose, manual scavengers not a priority for shots-news relevant to India's fight against Covid-19

Second phase of Covid-19 vaccination to start in Karnataka today

India began the vaccination programme on January 16

Australia receives over 142,000 doses of Pfizer coronavirus vaccine

Prime Minister Scott Morrison will also be among the first to receive a dose in a bid to raise public confidence in the program

Covid-19: Pfizer vaccine gets final nod in Japan, to be rolled out soon

Japan, however, was still the last country among the Group of Seven nations to give it the OK as it required an additional clinical trial to be conducted on Japanese people to ensure safety

India records 11,649 new Covid-19 cases, 90 deaths in past 24 hours

There are 139,637 active coronavirus cases in the country, while 10,621,220 have recovered

Global Covid-19 cases top 108.7 million, toll at 2,399,330: Johns Hopkins

The US is the worst-hit country with the world's highest number of cases and deaths at 27,639,317 and 485,332, respectively, according to the CSSE

Russia reports 14,185 new Covid-19 infections, 430 deaths in 24 hours

Authorities said 430 people had died of the disease in the last 24 hours

UK PM Johnson under pressure to lift all Covid-19 lockdown restrictions

In a letter to the prime minister, leaders of the Covid Recovery Group (CRG) said the "tremendous pace" of the vaccination rollout means restrictions in England should begin easing from early March

UK records another 10,972 coronavirus cases as 15 million vaccinated

More than 15 million people of the most vulnerable groups in Britain have received a first dose of a coronavirus jab

UK hits 15 mn Covid vaccination milestone, expands drive to cover over-65s

The UK on Sunday achieved what Prime Minister Boris Johnson hailed as a "significant milestone" as 15 million people received at least their first of two jabs to protect against COVID-19. The news came as the National Health Service (NHS) confirmed that its vaccination programme will officially expand further from Monday, inviting all over-65s and clinically vulnerable groups to receive their jabs. "It has been a truly national, UK-wide effort. We have done it together, Johnson said in a video message from Downing Street. "And in England, I can tell you we have now offered jabs to everyone in the first four priority groups, the people most likely to be severely ill from coronavirus, hitting the first target we set ourselves," he said, declaring that the government's target to cover all the designated top four priority groups of over-70s and frontline health and care workers with at least one of the two-dose Pfizer/BioNTech and Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccines by the middle of February ha

Coronavirus LIVE: 4,092 new cases in Maharashtra; 40 die, 1,355 recuperate

Coronavirus LIVE updates: Globally, more than 109 million people have been infected by the virus and the death toll stands at 2,404,041

Anti-viral coating on face masks may kill coronavirus, UK study finds

Scientists at the University of Cambridge working with an anti-viral coating technology called DioX believe that it could protect facemask users by killing the coronavirus in as little as an hour