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Five more cases of new Covid-19 variant found in India, total at 25

The Centre on Thursday said that five more cases of the mutant Coronavirus from the UK have been detected in the country, taking the total tally of such cases to 25 so far

India registers 21,822 new Covid-19 cases, tally crosses 10.2 million

India's Covid-19 caseload increased to 1,02,66,674 with 21,822 new infections being reported in a day, while the number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 9.8 million

India will have coronavirus vaccine within days, says AIIMS Director

Terming the approval for Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine for use in the UK as a "big step forward", AIIMS Delhi Director Dr Randeep Guleria said that India will have the Covid-19 vaccine within days

New Covid-19 strain could have entered India prior to Dec: AIIMS Director

All India Institute of Medical Sciences director Randeep Guleria on Wednesday said that it is a possibility that the new mutation could have been present in the country even in November

Govt working aggressively for Covid-19 vaccination drive: AIIMS Director

The government is aggressively working on the Covid-19 mass vaccination program and there will be no delay in the inoculation process, Dr Randeep Guleria, director AIIMS said

PM Narendra Modi set to lay foundation stone of AIIMS Rajkot today

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to lay the foundation stone of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) at Rajkot in Gujarat on Thursday via video conferencing

Bengal reports first case of new coronavirus strain first seen in UK

West Bengal has reported its first case of a mutant coronavirus strain that surfaced in the United Kingdom, a senior health official said on Wednesday

India records 20,549 fresh coronavirus cases, taking tally to over 10.2 mn

India's Covid-19 caseload rose to 10, 244,852 with 20,549 new infections being reported in a day, while the number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 9.8 million

2-year-old UK returnee tests positive for new coronavirus strain in UP

A two-year-old girl who recently returned to Meerut with her parents from the UK has been found to be infected with the new Covid-19 strain.

UK-returned women who escaped isolation test positive for new Covid strain

The Anglo-Indian women, who returned from the UK to Delhi and later reached Andhra Pradesh by a special train after escaping from an isolation centre in Delhi, have been tested positive for new strain

Two more contacts of UK returnees test coronavirus positive in Delhi

Two more contacts of people who were found infected with Covid-19 after returning from the United Kingdom have tested positive for the disease, officials said

Daily new Covid cases in India dip below 20,000 for 3rd time this month

The daily new coronavirus infections in India dipped below 20,000 for the third time this month taking the Covid-19 caseload to 10,224,303, while the recoveries crossed 98 lakh

Six UK returnees test positive for new strain of coronavirus in India

Six persons who returned to India from the United Kingdom have tested positive for the new UK variant genome of SARS-CoV2, the Union Health Ministry said on Tuesday

Health Minister inaugurates India's first pneumococcal conjugate vaccine

Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan On Monday inaugurated India's first pneumococcal conjugate vaccine "Pneumosil", which has been developed by the Serum Institute of India

52-year-old UK returnee tests positive for coronavirus in Jabalpur

A 52-year-old woman, who returned to Jabalpur in Madhya Pradesh from the United Kingdom on December 12, has tested positive for coronavirus, an official said on Monday

Vardhan stresses on innovative convergence strategies to improve healthcare

The minister, who digitally inaugurated the Seventh National Summit on Good, Replicable Practices said innovation is a very important coefficient in the delivery of healthcare services

Krishna district officials conduct dry run of Covid vaccination programme

The Krishna district administration successfully conducted a dry run of the Covid-19 vaccination programme by carrying out various exercises that go into the actual event whenever it begins

Limited OPD services to start at AIIMS Kalyani from Jan 2021: Exec Director

The out-patient department of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) will start functioning in a limited manner from January next year, a senior official said

India reports over 20,000 new Covid-19 infections in a single-day

India's Covid-19 caseload rose to 1,02,07,871 with20,021 infections being reported in a day, while recoveries have surged to 9.7 million, according to the Union Health Ministry data

Jharkhand reports 179 new coronavirus cases, taking tally to 113,786

Jharkhand's Covid-19 tally rose to 113,786 as 179 more people tested positive for the infection, a health department official said on Friday