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Covid-19 vaccination best bet as country returns to normalcy: Experts

Reddy suggests that while vaccines might offer best protection from serious illness, continued masking for the next few months till the situation becomes amply clear is the need of the hour

Over 15 mn adolescents in 15-18 years group fully vaccinated: Mandaviya

Over 70 per cent of beneficiaries in the same age group have received the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine so far, according to Union Health Ministry data

Covid-19 pandemic: Six African countries to receive mRNA vaccine technology

The technology transfer project, launched last year, aims to help low- and middle-income countries manufacture mRNA vaccines at scale

Coronavirus pandemic: Karnataka reports 1,333 fresh cases, 19 deaths

The declining trend in daily COVID-19 infections continued in Karnataka on Friday as well with the state logging 1,333 fresh infections and 19 fatalities

Mumbai sees 202 Covid-19 cases, 1 death; active tally now 1,780

Mumbai on Friday reported 202 COVID-19 cases and one death, taking the tally to 10,55,193 and the toll to 16,686, a civic official said

Bigger than Wuhan, Hong Kong outbreak defies China's 'Covid Zero' playbook

Daily cases in the city have surged to more than 6,000 from a little over 100 in less than a month

Covid-19: Kerala records 7,780 fresh cases, 18 deaths in last 24 hours

'As the number of recoveries were more than the new cases, the active cases dropped below one lakh to 85,875'

Six African countries will receive mRNA vaccine technology

The 6 African countries selected to receive mRNA vaccines technology against Covid are Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa and Tunisia, a European Union and African Union nations meet heard.

'Over 20 mn adolescents in 15-18 age group fully vaccinated against Covid'

Over 70 per cent of beneficiaries in the same age group have received the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine so far, according to a health ministry data

Omicron subvariant BA.2 may cause severe disease, lab study suggests

A Japanese team led by researchers from the University of Tokyo found that similar to BA.1, BA.2 subvariant of Omicron appears to largely escape the immunity induced by COVID-19 vaccines

Over 1.7 billion Covid vaccine doses provided to states, UTs so far: Centre

The Central government on Friday said that it has provided more than 171.76 crore Covid vaccine doses provided to States and Union Territories so far.

Data story: India logs 25,920 new cases; active tally drops below 300,000

India has so far administered 1,746,499,461 vaccine doses. That is 4082.49 per cent of its total caseload, and 124.65 per cent of its population

India reports 25,920 new Covid-19 cases, 492 deaths in last 24 hours

The weekly positivity rate stands at 2.76 per cent.

Oscars to require negative Covid tests for all attendees, vaccines for most

Performers and presenters at the film industry's highest honors also must undergo polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing, but will not need to show proof of vaccination, the source said

Maha: Thane district's Covid-19 count grows by 114; four more die

Thane's mortality rate is 1.67 per cent

California adopts USA's first 'endemic' virus policy for Covid-19

A disease reaches the endemic stage when the virus still exists in a community but becomes manageable as immunity builds

Global Covid caseload at 419.4 million, fatalities at 5.86 million

The US continues to be the worst-hit country with the world's highest number of cases and deaths

Top headlines: Big tech in data localisation row, banks told to up UPI cap

States start easing Covid-19 curbs as cases decline. More on that in our top headlines.

Covid-19 pandemic: Canada approves Novavax vaccine for adults

Canada approved the Novavax Covid-19 vaccine for people aged 18 and over, making it the fifth Covid-19 vaccine authorized in the country

West Bengal registers 467 new coronavirus cases, 15 more deaths

West Bengal's Covid tally went up to 20,12,475 after 467 fresh infections, 28 more than the previous day's figure, were reported from different districts, state health department said in a bulletin