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India administers 1.25 Cr Covid-19 vaccine dose daily: PM Modi

September 6, 2021 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday praised the work of the health department. PM Modi said that “India is administering 1.25 crore Covid vaccines daily which is higher than the population of several countries.” The government of India, The states’ government, and The Union Health Ministry are trying hard and working fabulously […]

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SC Stays Class 11 Offline Examinations in Kerala

September 3, 2021 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Sept 3: The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Kerala government to put on hold its decision to start class 11 examinations physically from Monday. Terming the prevailing Covid-19 in the southern-most state as “alarming,” the apex court ordered an interim stay on the state government’s decision. The apex court pointed out that […]

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CORBEVAX Approved for Trials on Children: Govt

September 3, 2021 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Sept 3: Even as India logged 45,352 new Coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours on Friday, marginally down from Thursday, the Hyderabad-based pharmaceutical firm Biological E. has received the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) approval for initiating the Phase II/III study to evaluate its CORBEVAX vaccine in children aged above 5 […]

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Positivity Rate Declining but Second wave is Still On: Govt

September 2, 2021 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Sept 2: The central government said on Thursday there was an overall declining trend in weekly positivity of the coronavirus disease across India since the week ending May 10 but the second wave of the pandemic was yet to come to an end. Speaking at a press briefing on the prevailing Covid-19 situation, […]

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Covid-19: WHO monitors Mu, a new vaccine-resistant VOI

September 1, 2021 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Global health watchdog World Health Organization (WHO) is monitoring a new coronavirus variant named Mu, first identified in Colombia in January this year. Mu, known scientifically as B.1.621, has been classified as a “Variant of Interest” (VOI), the WHO said on Tuesday in its weekly pandemic bulletin, according to media […]

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Covid-19: As Delta spreads, 236,000 Europeans may die by December 1, warns WHO

August 30, 2021 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday warned that another 236,000 people could die from Covid-19 in Europe by December 1, sounding the alarm over rising infections due to the globally dominant Delta variant and stagnating vaccination rate on the Continent. Countries across the region have seen infection rates tick […]

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Covid-19: New Delhi to reopen educational institutions from September 1

August 30, 2021 virendra pandit

New Delhi: The national capital is all set to reopen schools, colleges, and coaching institutes from September 1 with 50 percent capacity, provided these institutions adhere to the Covid-19 appropriate norms. Since the government has allowed educational institutions to function with 50 percent student capacity per class, they will have to prepare multiple timetables to […]

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Record 93 Lakh Vaccination on Friday

August 27, 2021 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Aug 27: India on Friday administered a record 93 lakh vaccine doses against coronavirus disease (Covid-19), the union health ministry data said. The Union health minister Mansukh Mandaviya in an earlier tweet said India administered over 90 lakh vaccines on Friday stating that the number was expected to go further up as final […]

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Covid-19: Pandemic may turn into endemic in India, says WHO chief scientist

August 25, 2021 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Amid reports of a resurgence of infections in some states and speculations about the third wave of Covid-19 might be hitting India in September-October, World Health Organization (WHO) Chief Scientist Dr. Soumya Vishwanathan has said the pandemic may turn into an endemic in the country. India may be entering some […]

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Covid-19: Pandemic pushed 80 mn more Asians into extreme poverty, says ADB

August 24, 2021 virendra pandit

New Delhi: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) said on Tuesday that the coronavirus disease, that triggered Covid-19, has pushed an estimated 75 million to 80 million more people in developing Asia into extreme poverty as of 2020 compared with what would have happened without the pandemic. According to a new ADB report, “Key Indicators for […]