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SA to nominate Covid doctors for Nobel as first vaccines from India arrive

President Cyril Ramaphosa announced this and easing of the lockdown restrictions on Monday evening as the country''s first batch of 10 lakh vaccines arrived from India

Budget 2021: Allocation won't cover 300-million target for vaccination

There is yet no clarity on how this fund will be raised, how much states will contribute, and how much the new vaccines will cost

'Get well soon' outlay: Health care gets best-ever shot in Budget 2021

Allocation jumps 118% over RE to Rs 2.23 trillion; Rs 35,000 cr earmarked for Covid vaccination

India sending Covid-19 vaccines testimony of bonds of friendship, says Oman

Oman on Monday thanked India for sending coronavirus vaccines and said that the initiative is a "testimony of the bonds of friendship and cooperation between our governments and peoples"

SII, Bharat Biotech welcome enhanced focus on health in Budget 2021

Serum Institute of India and Bharat Biotech applauded the government's increased allocation for the healthcare sector and on providing Rs 35,000 crore towards Covid-19 vaccination in 2021-22 fiscal.

Delhi records single-day rise of 121 Covid-19 cases; death toll now 10,856

The tally of active cases has dropped to 12,265 from 1,361 on Sunday

Bharat Biotech hails Rs 35,000 cr budget allocation for Covid vaccination

The indigenous Covid-19 vaccine Covaxin and Oxford's Covishield are being produced in the country

India Coronavirus Dispatch: A look inside Serum's manufacturing facility

Falling weekly death toll, false claims about Covid-19 vaccines, how long vaccine-derived antibody protection lasts-news relevant to India's fight against Covid-19

India's coronavirus recovery rate touches 97%, Health ministry says

With a consistent rise in cumulative recoveries of coronavirus cases, India's Covid-19 recovery rate has reached 97 per cent, informed the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) on Monday

World Coronavirus Dispatch: Africa deaths may be higher than official count

Singapore suspends Malaysia biz bubble, Biden vaccine plan struggles to meet campaign pledge, much of Western Australia goes under five-day lockdown and other pandemic-related news across the globe

Budget 2021: FM Sitharaman proposes doubling of healthcare spending

India, which has the world's second highest coronavirus caseload after the United States, and currently spends about 1 per cent of gross domestic product on health

Rs 35,000 cr budgeted for Covid-19 vaccination expenditure in FY22: FM

The Budget outlay for health and well being is Rs 2.23 lakh crore in 2021-22 as against BE of Rs 94,452 crore and marks an increase of 137 per cent, says Nirmala Sitharaman

No Covid-19 vaccine to private hospitals if rules flouted: Goa govt

The Goa health department has warned of discontinuing the supply of Covid-19 vaccines to the private hospitals which are found to be inoculating people who are not healthcare workers

Valuing strong ties: Jaishankar after India-made vaccines reach Kuwait

A consignment of India-made vaccines arrived in Kuwait on Monday, tweeted External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, adding that it shows the close friendship and strong ties between the two nations

Global Covid cases top 102.9 mn, death toll exceeds 2.2 mn: Johns Hopkins

The total number of global coronavirus cases has topped 102.9 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 2.22 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University

Oil treads warily higher amid patchy vaccine rollouts, new Covid variant

Oil prices edged higher after a weak start, holding on to the past three months of gains, although patchy vaccine rollouts, new infections and the discovery of new variants are keeping a lid on prices

Greece finds 1st case of new coronavirus strain detected in South Africa

Greek authorities announced that the first case of the mutated coronavirus strain detected in South Africa was diagnosed in Thessaloniki city in northern Greece

AstraZeneca to increase vaccine supply to EU: European Commission president

Pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca has promised to increase its vaccine supply to the European Union (EU), European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said

Israel vaccinates over 3 million people against Covid-19: Health ministry

The number of people vaccinated against the Covid-19 in Israel has exceeded three million, the state's Ministry of Health said

Easing lockdown has to be done "very cautiously", warns UK expert

Lifting coronavirus lockdown measures would have to be done "very slowly, very cautiously" to avoid a resurge in infections, a British medical expert warned.