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India's Covid-19 caseload breaches 9.5-million mark, 8.9 million recovered

India's Covid-19 caseload went past 9.5 million, while the total number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 8.9 million, pushing the national recovery rate to 94.11 per cent

Global coronavirus cases top 64.4 million: Johns Hopkins University

The overall number of global coronavirus cases has topped 64.4 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 1.49 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University

Nearly 100 world leaders to speak at UN session on Covid-19, recovery path

Nearly 100 world leaders and several dozen ministers are slated to speak at the UN General Assembly's special session on the response to Covid-19 and the best path to recovery from the pandemic

Don't get carried away with Covid-19 vaccine 'over optimism': UK PM Johnson

UK PM Johnson hailed the "searchlights of science" which have fought back against Covid-19 with an approved Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine but urged the public to not get carried away with "over optimism"

At least 100 mn people will get Covid-19 vaccine by end of Feb 2021: US

The US is confident that at least 100 million people would have got coronavirus shots by the end of February 2021 and this operation would have covered the entire "at risk" population

Putin orders Russia to begin mass coronavirus vaccinations next week

Russian President Vladimir Putin instructed the government to begin large-scale vaccinations against the coronavirus next week

Word leaders to address a high-level, special session of UNGA on Covid-19

World leaders, the top leadership of the UN and vaccine developers will address a two-day, special session of the UN General Assembly on Covid-19 this week and discuss the pandemic's impact

Coronavirus LIVE: Kerala reports 6,316 fresh Covid-19 positive cases

Coronavirus live updates: At 1,828,826, Maharashtra has the highest number of coronavirus cases, followed by Karnataka 886,227, Andhra Pradesh 868,000, Tamil Nadu 783,319 and Kerala 608,357

Russia to present Sputnik V vaccine against coronavirus at United Nations

Russia's permanent mission to the UN and the Health Ministry will hold a presentation, which will provide detailed information on the Russian vaccine against the novel coronavirus disease

South Korea reports 511 more Covid-19 cases, tally stands at 35,163

South Korea reported 511 more cases of coronavirus infections, taking total caseload in the country to 35,163

Deaths in US due to Covid-19 top 270,000: Johns Hopkins University

US Covid-19 deaths has surpassed 270,000, according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University

US CDC set to shorten Covid-19 quarantine to 10 days, 7 if tested negative

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is set to shorten the recommended length of quarantine after exposure to someone who is positive for Covid-19, as the virus rages across the US

Healthcare workers to be first to get Covid-19 vaccines, US panel says

Health care workers and nursing home residents will be the first in the United States to get Covid-19 vaccines, a high powered government panel announced

Coronavirus LIVE: Phase 2/3 trials of Sputnik V vaccine starts in India

Coronavirus LIVE update: At 1,828,826, Maharashtra has the highest number of coronavirus cases, followed by Karnataka 884,897, Andhra Pradesh 868,064, Tamil Nadu 781,915 and Kerala 602,982

Brazil registers 287 new Covid-19 fatalities, toll now at over 173,000

Brazil registered 21,138 new infections and 287 new deaths from Covid-19 in the past 24 hours, raising its national caseload to 6,335,878 and death toll to 173,120

Hospitalisations of coronavirus patients hit an all-time high in US

Hospitalisation of coronavirus infected patients in the US have reached an all-time high as the country is witnessing an ongoing resurgence of new confirmed cases

India sees largest drop in malaria cases in south-east Asia between 2000-19

India made strong progress in the fight against malaria, recording the largest reduction in cases in South-East Asia from 20 million in 2000 to about 5.6 million last year, WHO said

Global coronavirus cases surpass 63-million mark: Johns Hopkins University

The overall number of global coronavirus cases has surpassed the 63-million mark, while the deaths have surged to more than 1.46 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University

Hoping two Covid-19 vaccines would be approved soon, says UK PM Johnson

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he hoped that two promising coronavirus vaccine candidates would be approved shortly

Coronavirus LIVE: Must know Covid origin to curb future outbreaks, says WHO

Coronavirus live updates: At 1,823,896, Maharashtra has the highest number of coronavirus cases, followed by Karnataka 883,899, Andhra Pradesh 867,683, Tamil Nadu 780,505 and Kerala 599,600