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Roll-out and costs

Time to finalise details of vaccination programme

Covid-19 is reshaping daily habits for the better, says new study

DIY, digital content consumption, home cooking here to stay. Health and safety key

Punjab seeks priority grant of Covid vaccine based on its higher death rate

Punjab CM Amarinder Singh has urged PM Modi to ensure priority allocation of Covid-19 vaccine to Punjab on account of its higher mortality rate and high levels of co-morbidities in the state

Not aware where records on Covid vaccine expert group are: Health ministry

The Health Ministry has said in response to an RTI that it doesn't know where records related to agenda circulated in meetings of the National Expert Group on Vaccine Administration for Covid are held

11% of Delhi's symptomatic -ve cases in RAT found Covid +ve through RT-PCR

Nearly 11% of those in Delhi who tested negative for Covid-19 in rapid antigen tests but had symptoms were found to have been afflicted by it in RT-PCR test between September 1 and November 7

UK Queen not to get special treatment, will wait in line for Covid vaccine

The UK's Queen Elizabeth II and her husband Prince Philip will not get preferential treatment, but will instead "wait in line" during the first wave of the Covid-19 vaccines reserved for the over-80s

Job cuts, salary adjustments amid Covid-19 not as widespread, says study

Job cuts and salary adjustments have not been as widespread as originally apprehended despite the severe impact on the revenue of companies in the aftermath of Covid-19 pandemic, a study has revealed.

India Coronavirus Dispatch: Travel agencies plan 'vaccine tourism' packages

The awkward link Covid-Vit D connection, IISc start-ups await nod to launch innovative products, Expert urges vaccination of high-risk population first-news relevant to India's fight against Covid-19

Assocham seeks 200% tax deduction Covid-19 vaccine development expenditure

Industry body Assocham urged the Finance Ministry to allow 200 per cent deduction in tax computation for the expenditure on research and development of the Covid-19 vaccine in the Budget for 2021-22

India's active Covid-19 caseload further shrinks to 400,000 after 138 days

The Covid-19 active caseload in India has dipped to 400,000, the lowest after 138 days, comprising 4.18 per cent of the total coronavirus infections reported so far in the country

World Coronavirus Dispatch: Is natural immunity better than a vaccine?

Scientists probe earlier exposure in Asia, WHO pulled report on Italy's 'chaotic' first response to Covid, Not one case in Victoria for 37 days and other pandemic-related news across the globe

Covid-19 vaccine available in the US from next week? Key updates to know

Experts believe that a Covid-19 vaccine will be ready in the next few weeks, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday in an all-party meeting

India should begin scaling up syringe stocks for Covid vaccination: Experts

The experts said that as India gets ready for Covid-19 vaccine, the government should be well-equipped with a secured stock of syringes in advance.

China speeds testing as Beijing preps large-scale Covid vaccine rollout

China's fledgling pharmaceutical industry has at least five vaccines from four producers being tested in more than a dozen countries including Russia, Egypt and Mexico

With 36,000 fresh cases, India's Covid-19 tally inches close to 10 million

Currently, there are 4,03,248 active cases, whereas 91,00,792 patients have been discharged so far

Mizoram's Covid-19 caseload rises to 3,934 with 21 new cases in a day

At least 21 people, including two Border Security Force jawans, have tested positive for novel coronavirus in Mizoram, pushing the tally to 3,934, an official said on Sunday. Among the fresh cases, a policeman, who was recently discharged from a COVID-19 Care Centre after testing negative, contracted the virus for the second time, he said. Mizoram now has 220 active cases, while 3,708 people have recovered from the disease, he said. The recovery rate is 94.26 per cent. The state has so far reported six COVID-19 deaths. According to the health department, 1,56,651 samples have been tested for coronavirus till date.

Global Covid-19 cases cross 66 mn mark, death toll at 1.5 mn: Johns Hopkins

India comes in second place in terms of cases at 9,608,211, while the country's death toll soared to 139,700

Trump tells supporters Covid-19 vaccine to be available from next week

Earlier this week, a US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) committee voted to give healthcare workers and nursing home residents the first of the Covid-19 vaccines

UK records another 15,539 coronavirus cases with 397 deaths in 24 hours

The figures came as Britain's chief medical officers warned Saturday that the coming winter would be "especially hard" for the health service

Recoveries outnumber new Covid cases in Delhi, positivity rate falls to 4%

The capital city tested 81,473 samples, of which, 3,149 turned out positive while 4,916 people recovered from the Covid-19