In a joint statement, the country representatives of UNICEF and WHO described the arrival of the COVAX vaccines as a momentous occasion critical to bringing the pandemic to an end.
As new coronavirus cases crossed the 13,000 mark for the third time in six days on Wednesday, the Centre rushed multi-disciplinary teams to nine states and the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir mos
A total of 13,742 new cases have been reported in a span of 24 hours, whereas 14,037 recoveries were registered during the same period. It has led to a net decline of 399 cases in the total active cas
The central government has rushed high-level teams to Maharashtra, Kerala, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Punjab, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, and Jammu and Kashmir to support them in t
In a recent turn of events, while ayurveda company Patanjali- led by Yoga guru Ramdev has claimed that the medicine Coronil can be used for COVID-19, Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh took to Tw
India's total tally of COVID-19 cases surged to 1,10,30,176 with 13,742 new infections, while the recoveries have surged to 1,07,26,702, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated?on Wednesda
Speaking of the E484K strain along with the N440K one that has been detected in Kerala and Telengana, Paul said, “The three variants (UK, South Africa and Brazilian strains) as well as the N440K and
The Union health ministry on Tuesday asked Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Jammu and Kashmir and Chhattisgarh to expedite the vaccination of healthcare and frontline workers
NITI Aayog Member (Health) V K Paul said that 187 people have tested positive for the UK strain of SARS-CoV-2 in the country so far, while six have been detected with the South Africa variant. Also, o
According to the chairman of the Hyderabad-based vaccine maker, Dr Krishna Ella, this will be the first time the company can provide an answer to how many symptomatic Civid-19 cases, its vaccine was a
The campaign aims to accelerate the full immunisation of children and pregnant women in the country and the first phase has been rolled out from Monday for 15 days, the ministry said.
Ramesh Pathirana said Sri Lanka is likely to go only with the AstraZeneca vaccines for the second phase of vaccination as the Chinese and Russian vaccines are not ready yet.
A total of 10,584 new infections and 13,255 recoveries were recorded in a span of 24 hours, leading to a net decline of 2,749 cases in the total active caseload, the Health Ministry said.
Due to fresh surge in Covid-19 cases in Maharashtra, Gujarat, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, travellers from these states to undergo testing on arrival in Uttarakhand, Dehradun DM said on Tu
India's total tally of COVID-19 cases surged to 1,10,16,434 with 10,584 new infections being reported in a day, while the recoveries have crossed 1.07 crore, according to the Union Health Ministry dat
The lives lost, as recorded by Johns Hopkins University on Monday, are about equal to the population of Kansas City, Missouri, and greater than that of Miami; Raleigh, North Carolina; or Omaha, Nebras
Chairing a meeting of the Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA), Delhi Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal directed officials to speed up the ongoing vaccination drive in the city and ensure the curr