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Lowest Covid Cases in Last 147 Days

August 10, 2021 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Aug 10: India reported 28,204 new Coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, the lowest since March 16, according to the health ministry’s data on Tuesday. As many as 373 deaths were reported on Monday, pushing the tally to 428,682. The active cases fell to 3,88,508, the lowest in 139 days. In terms of […]

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Vaccination Eligibility Extended to Foreign Nationals Residing in India

August 9, 2021 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Aug 9: The foreign nationals residing in India will now be eligible to receive Covid-19 vaccination in India, the government announced on Monday. Like other eligible beneficiaries, foreign nationals can also register on CoWin platform to get the shot, and their passport will be considered as the document to verify their identity. “In […]

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Covid-19: Essar donates oxygen generator plant at Jamjodhpur

August 9, 2021 virendra pandit

Ahmedabad: Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani on Monday virtually inaugurated an oxygen generator plant donated by the Essar Foundation, Essar Group’s CSR arm, at Jamjodhpur, to strengthen medical facilities in the state. During the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic in April-May this year, the Essar Group had set up a 100-bed Covid care center […]

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“Mixing Vaccine Doses Safe, Rather Give Better Immune Response:” ICMR

August 8, 2021 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Aug 8: A new study by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has sought to allay the apprehensions of the people pointing out that mixing doses of Covishield and Covaxin vaccines is not only safe but also elicits a better immune response. This is the first study which reports the effects of heterologous […]

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Indian-American Congressman Asks US to do More for India to End Pandemic

August 7, 2021 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Aug 7: The United States has so far allocated only 7.5 million doses of Covid vaccines to India, which is not enough, a top Indian-American Congressman said while urging the Biden Administration to do more. Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi said this after securing the support of 116 members of the Congress on his ongoing […]

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India Approves J&J Vaccine for Emergency Use, Fifth So Far

August 7, 2021 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Aug 7: The government has on Saturday granted Johnson & Johnson’s single dose Corona vaccine the Emergency Use Authorisation, making it the fourth vaccine to be approved in the country. So far, India has been administering Serum Institute of India’s Covishield, Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin and the Russian Sputnik V vaccines. The Moderna […]

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Covovax for Adults by October, for Children Early Next Year: SII

August 6, 2021 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Aug 6: While India recorded 44,643 new Corona cases and 464 deaths in the last 24 hours on Friday, marginally higher than the previous day, the Serum Institute of India CEO Adar Poonawalla said he was hopeful that Covovax, another Covid-19 vaccine being manufactured by his company in India, would be launched in […]

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Covid-19: Delta threatens Dragon as half of China sees restrictions

August 5, 2021 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: As the highly infectious Delta variant of SARS-Cov-2 spread to 135 countries, it has reached half of China, including the capital Beijing, forcing the government to re-impose restrictions and speed up vaccination and testing of all 12 million people of the pandemic’s epicenter, Wuhan. In the last week, more than […]

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Covid-19: Long-lasting virus symptoms rare in children, says Lancet

August 4, 2021 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Children seem to be relatively safer from the Covid-19 pandemic as long-lasting symptoms of the disease are rare in their cases, The Lancet has said. Most coronavirus-infected kids usually recover after six days, and the number of those experiencing symptoms beyond a month is low, according to a study published […]

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Government Cautions Travellers: “R Factor Rising in Some Districts”

August 3, 2021 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Aug 3: The Covid pandemic is still raging in the country and it is “still not over,” the government cautioned on Tuesday amidst people over-crowding the streets and shops in urban centres and more particularly at the tourist destinations as the travel restrictions eased. The cautioning came even as India on […]