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Coronavirus LIVE: Wearing masks mandatory for next 6 mnths, says Thackeray

Coronavirus live updates: Kerala reported the maximum number of new cases in the country on Saturday with 6,293 new Covid-19 infections in the last 24 hours.

72% of Covid-related cyberattacks coming via fake emails in India

72 per cent of Covid-19-related attacks today are scamming or spear-phishing which is the fraudulent practice of sending emails ostensibly from a known or trusted sender

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu receives first Covid-19 vaccine in Israel

Shipments of the Pfizer vaccines began arriving in Israel last week. Moderna and AstraZeneca vaccines are on order

Covid-19: India reports 26,624 new cases in 24 hrs, death toll at 1,45,477

The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 95,80,402 pushing the national recovery rate to 95.51 per cent, while the COVID-19 case fatality rate stands at 1.45 per cent

US reports all-time high with over 400,000 new Covid-19 cases in 24 hours

A total of 403,359 new cases and 2,756 deaths were reported across the country on Friday, according to data updated Saturday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Global Covid19 cases surpass 76 mn, death toll up by 1.68 mn: Johns Hopkins

The US is the worst-hit country with the world's highest number of cases and deaths at 17,631,293 and 316,006, respectively, according to the CSSE

439 fresh Covid-19 cases, 20 deaths in Punjab; state tally rises to 162,705

A total of 36,59,116 samples have been collected for testing so far in the state

More men than women freelancing during Covid-19 pandemic: Survey

A survey has revealed that more men compared to women are freelancing since the onset of the pandemic

Govt must indemnify vaccine makers against all lawsuits: Adar Poonawalla

Vaccine manufacturers need to have protection against all lawsuits for their vaccines especially during a pandemic, Serum Institute of India (SII) Chief Executive Officer Adar Poonawalla has said. He also said that the vaccine makers are going to propose this to the government, while speaking at a virtual panelon the challenges of developing a COVID-19 vaccine at the CarnegieIndia's Global TechnologySummit on Friday. "We need to have the government indemnify manufacturers, especially vaccine manufacturers, against all lawsuits. In fact, COVAX and other countries have already started talking about that," Poonawalla said. It is becausewhen frivolousclaims come up, and something is blown out of proportion in the media, skepticism sets in that definitely something can happen due to the vaccine and to dispel that, the government needs to step in to spread the right information, he added. "..the government can act, the US, for example, has in fact invoked a law, to say that during a ...

There may not be a second peak of Covid-19 in India, say experts

Healthcare experts have said that there may not be a second peak of Covid-19 in the country, and even if it occurs, it is unlikely to be as strong as the first one.

Kerala govt warns of surge in coronavirus cases following local body polls

Kerala Health Minister K Shailaja on Saturday warned of a spike in Covid-19 cases, days after the local body elections in the state

World Coronavirus Dispatch: Hong Kong clinics ban fathers during childbirth

Chaos in New South Wales as travelers rush to get out of the state, Big businesses showed resilience in a daunting year and other pandemic-related news around the globe

Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine set to get clearance by year-end: Report

The Oxford University vaccine against COVID-19 being produced by AstraZeneca is likely to get regulatory approval from the UK's independent regulator by the end of this year

India at cusp of authorizing 1st set of Covid-19 vax: Harsh Vardhan

Harsh Vardhan announced that India is at the cusp of authorizing the first set of Covid-19 vaccines and expressed the need for an expeditious vaccination drive to cover all the target populations

India Coronavirus Dispatch: 'New app must avoid Aarogya Setu mistakes'

The country's 'R value' improves to its lowest so far, cases cross 10 million, 60% of Indians may have been exposed to the virus, and more-news relevant to India's fight against Covid-19

India requires Rs 80,000 cr for vaccine distribution next year: Serum

Serum Institute of India said that the country would require a massive funding of Rs 80,000 crore for distribution of the Covid vaccine for the next one year

China says it has already given 1 mn Covid-19 vaccine shots, planning more

Vaccines developed by Sinovac Biotech Ltd. and the state-owned China National Biotec Group Co. have been dispensed in the country since they were granted emergency-use authorization in July

Approval of 2nd Covid-19 vaccine another milestone in this fight: Biden

The approval of the second COVID-19 vaccine is another milestone in the US' fight against the deadly pandemic, President-elect Joe Biden has said

South Koreans line up for virus tests as coronavirus cases surge

Long lines are snaking from coronavirus testing sites in the South Korean capital of Seoul on Saturday as the country reports 1,053 more confirmed cases, the fourth straight day over 1,000

Global partnership COVAX secures 2 billion coronavirus vaccine doses

Global vaccine partnership COVAX has lined up almost two billion doses of existing and candidate Covid-19 vaccines for use worldwide