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Kerala coronavirus update: Govt imposes Section 144 to curb Covid spread

The Kerala government has imposed section 144 of CrPC, prohibiting the assembly of more than five people to control the surge in coronavirus cases in the state

India's Covid tally inches closer to 6.4 mn-mark; recoveries reach 5.3 mn

Covid caseload inched closer to 64 lakh-mark with 81,484 infections reported in a day, while the number of people who recuperated from the disease crossed 53 lakh pushing the recovery rate to 83.70%

Global coronavirus update: Cases cross 34.2 mn-mark, says Johns Hopkins

The overall number of global coronavirus has crossed the 34.2 million mark, while the deaths have increased to more than 1,021,700, according to the Johns Hopkins University

Coronavirus LIVE: Maharashtra's tally at 1.4 mn, Andhra breaches 700k-mark

Coronavirus update: Maharashtra has 1,384,446 coronavirus cases, Andhra Pradesh 690,000, Tamil Nadu 591,943, Karnataka 592,911, and UP 399,082. Stay tuned for coronavirus India LIVE update

ICMR, Biological E Ltd develop potential treatment for coronavirus

The ICMR in collaboration with a Hyderabad-based biopharmaceutical company has developed "highly purified antisera" prepared by injecting inactivated SARS-CoV2 in horses

Moderna says Covid-19 vaccine won't to be ready before US elections: Report

Stephane Bancel told FT that he did not expect to have full approval to distribute the drug to all sections of the U.S. population until next spring

World Coronavirus Dispatch: US plans $2bn aid as airlines send workers home

Germany plans to give legal protection for work from home and Google launches phone for economic downturn

Covid-19 Factoid: India's death toll doubled in 47 days, fastest in world

India tested more than 1.4 million people on September 30 even as its death toll doubled to over 98,000 in 47 days

September accounted for 41.53% of total Covid-19 cases in country

September accounted for 41.53% of the total Covid-19 cases in the country, with 2,621,418 infections of the over 6.3 mn cases being reported in the month alone

Covid patients' claims denied as insurers, hospitals battle over bills

IndiaSpend spoke to other families around India that struggled to get insurance claims paid for Covid-19 treatment

Covid-19 peak is coming in Mumbai's highrise societies: Shivkumar Utture

We speak with Lalit Kant, former head, epidemiology and communicable diseases, at the Indian Council of Medical Research, and Shivkumar Utture, president, Maharashtra Medical Council

Scientists identify unique patterns in Covid-19 transmission in India

Researchers have found that both cases and deaths due to the disease have been more heavily concentrated in the 40-69 year age group in India than is seen in high-income countries, among other trends

What makes 'Namaste' the perfect greeting in the times of Covid-19 pandemic

As people the world over are choosing to ditch the handshakes and hugs for fear of contracting the coronavirus, namaste is becoming the perfect pandemic greeting

Short-cut to save lives: How pharma is changing to develop Covid-19 vaccine

Making medicines is expensive, and it can take a very long time to get from the discovery of a drug to actually treating patients

New study of coronavirus cases in India offers some surprises to scientists

An ambitious study of nearly 85,000 of those cases and nearly 600,000 of their contacts, published Wednesday in the journal Science, offers important insights

Covid LIVE: Lockdown in Maharashtra extended till Nov; tally nears 1.4 mn

Coronavirus update: Maharashtra has 1,366,129 coronavirus cases, Andhra Pradesh 687,351, Karnataka 592,911, Tamil Nadu 591,943, and UP 394,856. Stay tuned for coronavirus India LIVE update

Top headlines: FM says recovery patch; after LVB crisis at Dhanlaxmi Bank

From patchy economic recovery to crisis deepening at Dhanlaxmi Bank, here top headlines this morning

Karnataka coroanvirus update: Tally crosses 600,000 with 8,856 new cases

Karnataka's Covid tally crossed the 600,000 mark, including 107,616 active cases, with 8,856 new cases getting reported till Tuesday midnight

Dr Reddy's yet to apply for clinical trials of Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine

Sources further added that there were no plans for any emergency-use authorisation of the Sputnik V without relevant and convincing local data

Repurposing capacity for Covid-19 vaccine, say Indian pharma firms

Suresh Jadhav, executive director of the Serum Institute of India (SII), said the biotechnology company has already put in place an expansion plan for new products in the pipeline