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Italy detects new coronavirus strain in a person recently returned from UK

Italy said it has detected a new coronavirus strain with mutations in a person who recently returned from the United Kingdom

Inactivated Covid vaccine safest with lesser bad reactions: Bharat Biotech

Bharat Biotech has claimed that amongst all the vaccine platforms such as an mRNA-based vaccine and DNA-based vaccine, the inactivated vaccines being developed by it for Covid-19 are safest

First in line for vaccine should be those over 65, not frontline workers

The govt must retain, in this last lap, a focus on evidence-based policy making, rather than attempting to appease special interest constituencies of one sort or another

Will consider framing CAA rules as soon as Covid vaccine starts: Amit Shah

The rules of the CAA are yet to be framed as such a massive process could not be carried out because of the corona. As soon as vaccination starts and corona cycle breaks, we will consider it, he said

Set to ship 8 million coronavirus vaccine doses on Monday, US govt says

The chief science adviser for the US government's vaccine distribution effort says it will be shipping nearly 8 million doses of coronavirus vaccine on Monday

US Congress reaches $900 billion deal to aid economy hit by Covid-19

Top Capitol Hill negotiators sealed a deal on an almost $1 trillion Covid-19 economic relief package

Best of BS Opinion: India's farm reforms, Covid-19 vaccine, and more

Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day

US nurse faints after getting Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine shot, recovers

The nurse, Tiffany Dover, was addressing a press conference when she lifted her hand to her head, apologized, and said she was feeling dizzy

Apple temporarily shuts stores in US and UK as coronavirus cases surge

The iPhone maker's shares were down in trading after the bell. That announcement covered at least 12 stores

Paediatric coronavirus vaccine work may begin in India by mid of 2021

Bharat Biotech is testing its whole virus inactivated vaccine, a tech in use for decades, on subjects aged 12 years and above

After 10 million cases

India has been spared the worst, but efforts must continue

Haryana records 577 fresh coronavirus cases, five more fatalities

Haryana's Covid-19 caseload surged to 2,57,644 on Sunday

Maharashtra sees 3,811 new Covid-19 cases, 2,064 recoveries; 98 more die

Maharashtra on Sunday reported 3,811 fresh Covid-19 cases

Kerala coronavirus tally over 0.7 million with 5,711 new additions

Kerala on Sunday recorded 5,711 fresh cases of COVID-19 and 30 related deaths

Noida records 32 new Covid-19 cases, recovery rate goes past 97%

Uttar Pradesh's Gautam Buddh Nagar recorded 32 new Covid-19 cases on Sunday

Sabarimala: Covid-negative certificate after RT-PCR test must for devotees

Post December 26, devotees will be allowed to visit Sabarimala hill shrine only after producing a Covid-negative certificate following an RT-PCR test

Maharashtra: Masks mandatory for next 6 months, says CM Thackeray

The coronavirus situation in the state is under control, through not completely, he said

World Coronavirus Dispatch: Bizarre Covid conspiracies trouble Pakistan

World's richest accumulated $400 bn during pandemic, a new virus variant threatens Britain's covid response, and other-pandemic related news around the globe

India Coronavirus Dispatch: What is govt's plan for vaccine side effects?

Supply-chain ideas that can cut vaccine waste, a virologist's views on vaccine hesitancy, how the pandemic unfolded in the country-news relevant to India's fight against Covid-19

10-day home isolation for asymptomatic Covid-positive air crew: DGCA

Once they recover, they can be declared fit for flying again by their medical supervisor, according to aviation regulator DGCA