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Orders Placed for One Crore Doses of ZyCov-D

November 8, 2021 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Nov 8: The central government has placed an order for 10 million doses of Zydus Cadila’s DNA Covid-19 vaccine at a price of 265 rupees ($3.57) per dose, the Ahmedabad-based pharma major said on Monday. The three-dose vaccine, ZyCoV-D, was approved by the country’s drug regulator in August for emergency use in adults […]

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Covid-19: India registers 10,929 new cases, lowest in 255 days

November 6, 2021 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: The Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry on Saturday recorded 10,929 new cases of Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, which is the lowest in the last 255 days. The daily rise in COVID-19 cases has been below 20,000 for 29 straight days and less than 50,000 daily cases have been reported for […]

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Pfizer Claims 90% Efficacy of its Antiviral Pill for Covid Treatment

November 5, 2021 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Nov 5: After the United Kingdom approved an antiviral pill manufactured by Merck for the treatment Covid-19, its competition Pfizer Inc. on Friday claimed that its experimental antiviral pill for the infectious disease cut rates of hospitalization and death by nearly 90% in high-risk adults. The Pfizer joined the race with others […]

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Covid-19: Game-Changing Development, Britain Approves First Covid Treatment Pill

November 4, 2021 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Nov 4: Even as the World Health Organisation warned of an approaching catastrophe in Europe over the rising number of Covid-19 case, Britain on Thursday became the first country in the world to approve a conditional authorization to an antiviral pill for the treatment of the Coronavirus infection. The pill jointly […]

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Good News for Covaxin-Users, WHO Grants Recognition

November 3, 2021 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Nov 3: In a major relief to the Covaxin users in India wanting to go abroad, the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Wednesday finally granted emergency use listing (EUL) for the Bharat Biotech-developed COVID-19 vaccine paving way for easing entry in various countries for the Covaxin-administered passengers. “WHO has granted emergency […]

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Covid-19: PM Modi launches month-long, door-to-door vaccination drive

November 3, 2021 virendra pandit

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday launched a month-long Har Ghar Dastak (House-to-House) Covid-19 vaccination campaign during a virtual review meeting with the Chief Ministers and district administrators of states which reported a lesser vaccination percentage. He reviewed the districts that covered less than 50 percent of the adult population with at least […]

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Covid-19: China’s broadest outbreak after Wuhan in December 2019

November 3, 2021 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: As it did in 2020, China is sitting tightly on information about the exact numbers of any deaths and infections because of the fresh outbreak of the Covid-19 in the last couple of weeks but ‘circumstantial, and filtering out reports’ show that the country is currently amid its biggest health […]

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Dhanteras: Nepal, Bhutan celebrate Ayurveda Day

November 3, 2021 virendra pandit

New Delhi: Nepal and Bhutan, which share India’s rich culture and tradition, observed the Ayurveda Day on Tuesday to commemorate the founder of the ancient medicinal system and gods’ physician, Lord Dhanvantari, to mark the festival of Dhanteras. The Swami Vivekananda Cultural Centre, the Indian Embassy in Kathmandu, and the Ayurveda Campus, Institute of Medicine, […]

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India reports 10423 new cases of covid-19, lowest since May 2020

November 2, 2021 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: India recorded its lowest daily Covid cases in 250 days today with the country reporting 10,423 cases, which was also 16 percent lower than yesterday. “India has registered a huge decline in the number of Coronavirus cases as the country reported 10,423 Covid cases,” 15,021 recoveries and 443 deaths in the last 24 […]

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Covid-19: As WHO still undecided, Australia approves India’s Covaxin

November 1, 2021 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: As New Delhi awaits the World Health Organization (WHO)’s approval, Australia on Monday approved Covaxin, India’s first indigenously developed vaccine against the pandemic, giving an enormous boost to the Atmanirbhar Bharat (Self-Reliant India) campaign. Now students and other travellers vaccinated with both Covaxin and Covishield will be allowed to travel […]