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No second Covid wave in Mumbai, case spike due to higher testing: BMC chief

Over 5.6 million Covid-19 cases have been reported in the country so far, 30% from Maharashtra alone. Mumbai is reporting around 2,000-2200 cases daily

Six months since lockdown: More testing, vax trials but Covid far from over

Ramanan Laxminarayan noted that the infection is spreading widely across the country, including into rural India, although the visibility is lower in places where testing is weak or inadequate

India Coronavirus Dispatch: Rural districts see surge as India unlocks

Chandigarh patients complain of treatment delays, Chhattisgarh opts for lockdowns, Firm with no ventilator model gets PM CARES order--news on how the country is coping with the pandemic

World Coronavirus Dispatch: J&J announces final stage trials of vaccine

French biz confidence up despite resurgence, China eases entry rules for some foreigners, tough times for airlines as attempts to reopen falter, and other pandemic-related news across the globe

How much coronavirus we encounter affects the outcome. So wear a mask

The findings, released at a conference on the new disease, suggest that face masks and other measures lead to milder disease even when they fail to thwart transmission

India coronavirus update: Over 570,000 cases, above 91,000 deaths

With a spike of 86,508 coronavirus cases in 24 hours India's tally on Thursday reached 57,32,518 and there were 1,129 deaths in one day

Coronavirus LIVE: 3,714 new cases take Delhi tally to over 256,000

Coronavirus India update: Maharashtra has 1,242,770 coronavirus cases, Andhra Pradesh 639,302, Tamil Nadu 552,674, Karnataka 533,850, and UP 364,543. Stay tuned for coronavirus India LIVE update

Karnataka coroanvirus update: Covid tally crosses 540,000 with 6,997 cases

With 6,997 new cases across the state, Karnataka's Covid-19 tally touched 5,40,847 on Wednesday while active cases rose to 94,652

India's Covid diplomacy: US to Russia, Delhi part of every vaccine alliance

India is party to Sputnik-V, the vaccine under development jointly by Russia's Gamaleya National Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology and Indian pharma company Dr Reddy's Laboratories

UK working on potential 'human challenge' trials of Covid-19 vaccine

'We are working with partners to understand how we might collaborate on the potential development of a Covid-19 vaccine through human challenge studies,' a government spokeswoman said

Johnson & Johnson kicks off giant study of single shot Covid-19 vaccine

J&J became the fourth vaccine maker to move its candidate into late-stage human studies in the US

UP govt allows phase-III trial of Covaxin in Lucknow and Gorakhpur

The Uttar Pradesh Government on Wednesday allowed the phase-3 trial of anti-COVID-19 vaccine ''Covaxin'' in Lucknow and Gorakhpur.

Russia to soon register second Covid-19 vaccine, says Vladimir Putin

Putin also complimented the country's ability to counter the pathogen adding that the healthcare system is "now ready to efficiently counter' Covid-19

Covid-19 herd immunity may be an impractical public health strategy: Study

"The herd immunity concept is tantalizing because it spells the end of the threat of Covid-19," said study lead author Toby Brett

Ready to offer Covid-19 vaccine to UN staff, offices free of cost: Russia

Russia is sure that all capacities of the global pharmaceutical industry need to be employed so as to provide free access to vaccination for the population in the foreseeable future, Putin remarked

India Coronavirus Dispatch: Why many hospitals are facing oxygen shortage

Anxiety and poor sleep impact frontline docs, Assam's positivity rate rises, results of the second national sero-survey--news on how the nation is coping with the pandemic

World Coronavirus Dispatch: Airlines urge mandatory tests to prop demand

Fujifilm to seek nod for Covid drug, UK economy faces gloomy fourth quarter, Deutsche Bank to close 100 retail branches and other pandemic-related news across the globe

Bharat Biotech inks deal with Washington varsity for intranasal Covid vax

Bharat Biotech on Wednesday announced a licensing agreement with Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis for a novel chimp-adenovirus, single dose intranasal vaccine for Covid-19

Global coroanvirus update: Cases top 31.5 million, says Johns Hopkins

The overall number of global coronavirus cases has topped 31.5 million, while the deaths have increased to more than 969,000, according to the Johns Hopkins University

With spike of 83,347 cases, India's Covid-19 tally crosses 5.6-mn mark

With a spike of 83,347 new cases and 1,085 deaths in the last 24 hours, India's COVID-19 count stood at 5,64,601