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Wearing Of Mask While Driving Alone Compulsory During Pandemic: HC

New Delhi: Wearing a mask while driving alone in a private vehicle is compulsory in the context of COVID-19, the Delhi High Court said on Wednesday and described the face…

Congress
Oxford Covid-19 Vaccine: Here's What You Need To Know

New Delhi: With the UK giving the green light to the Covid-19 vaccine developed by Oxford University and drug maker AstraZeneca, India is also expected to follow suit soon as a meeting of the decision-making body began on Friday, giving new hope of beginning the end of the pandemic as the New Year ushers in. […]

Oxford-AstraZeneca's 'Covishield' Gets Expert Panel's Clearance, Awaits DCGI Nod
Oxford-AstraZeneca's 'Covishield' Gets Expert Panel's Clearance, Awaits DCGI Nod

New Delhi: Serum Institute of India’s (SII) COVID-19 vaccine candidate – Covishield – has been recommended by the Subject Expert Committee (SEC) which met today to examine the emergency-use authorisation (EUA) application sought by the pharmaceutical firm. With the SEC giving a green signal to Oxford-AstraZeneca’s COVID vaccine candidate, India is one step away from […]

Global-COVID-19-Cases
Global Covid-19 Cases Top 83.9 Million, Deaths Over 1.82 Million

Washington: The total number of coronavirus cases around the globe has topped 83.9 million, while the death toll surged to more than 1.82 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University. In its latest update on Saturday morning, the University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed that the current global caseload and death toll […]

Covid-19-India-Update
India Logs 19,078 New Covid-19 Cases, 224 Deaths In 24 Hours

New Delhi: With 19,078 new coronavirus infections and 224 deaths in the past 24 hours, India’s Covid-19 tally rose to 1,03,05,788 while the death toll touched 1,49,218, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Saturday. Till now, 99,06,387 have recovered. Currently, there are 2,50,183 active cases. The recovery rate stands at 96.08 per […]

Scientists Layout Steps For Safely Receiving COVID-19 Vaccine
Scientists Layout Steps For Safely Receiving COVID-19 Vaccine

New Delhi: Following accounts of potential allergies to the COVID-19 vaccines produced by Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna, scientists have outlined steps on safely receiving the second dose of the therapeutic in individuals who develop a reaction to their first dose. The research, published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice, summarised what is […]

India Successfully Cultured UK COVID Variant: ICMR
India Successfully Cultured UK COVID Variant: ICMR

New Delhi: India has successfully cultured the new ‘more infectious’ coronavirus strain, which had originated in United Kingdom, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said on Saturday. The British Government had recently announced that the newly identified strain of the virus found in their population is up to 70 per cent more transmissible, following […]

Expert Panel Recommends Bharat Biotech's 'Covaxin' For Emergency Use
Expert Panel Recommends Bharat Biotech's 'Covaxin' For Emergency Use

New Delhi: The Subject Expert Committee of Central Drug Standard Control Organization on Saturday recommended Bharat Biotech’s ‘Covaxin’ for emergency use in India. However, the final decision on its approval will be taken by the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI). Expert panel recommends granting permission for restricted emergency use authorization for Bharat Biotech’s indigenously […]

COVAXIN
AIDAN Asks DCGI To Withdraw Approval For Bharat Biotech's Covid-19 Vaccine

New Delhi: The All India Drug Action Network (AIDAN) said it is shocked to learn of the SEC’s recommendation to grant REU approval to Bharat Biotech’s COVAXIN in “clinical trial mode” and “specially in the context of infection by mutant strains”. “In light of the intense concerns arising from the absence of efficacy data and […]

Coronavirus
Coronavirus Global Updates: COVID-19 Cases Top 84.5 Million, Death Toll Exceed 1.83 Million

Washington: The total number of global Covid-19 cases has topped 84.5 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 1.83 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University. In its latest update on Sunday morning, the University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed that the current global caseload and death toll stood at […]

COVID-Vaccine
India Approves Bharat Biotech's Covaxin, SII's Covishield COVID Vaccines For Emergency Use

New Delhi: Eleven months after the first case of deadly coronavirus was detected in India, Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) V.G. Somani on Sunday approved Bharat Biotech’s ‘Covaxin’ and Serum Institute of India’s ‘Covishield’ vaccine for emergency use, paving the way for their roll-out and administration to millions. This is a major relief for […]

COVID-19
COVID-19: Single-Day Cases Breach One-Lakh Mark For Second Time In Three Days

New Delhi: The number of new coronavirus cases in India hit a record daily high since the outbreak of the pandemic with over 1.15 lakh new infections being reported in…

Covid-19 Odisha Update: One Dies, 791 People Test Positive In Highest Single-Day Spike
Covid-19 Odisha Update: One Dies, 791 People Test Positive In Highest Single-Day Spike This Year

Bhubaneswar: After registering 500-plus cases for the last two days, the Covid-19 cases in Odisha saw a steep rise on Wednesday when 791 people tested positive for the infection and…

Vaccine
Zydus Cadila Gets DCGI Nod For Phase III Clinical Trials Of Its COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate

New Delhi: The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has approved conducting phase III trials of the country’s first DNA vaccine candidate against COVID-19 being developed by Zydus Cadila, the Department of Biotechnology said on Sunday. The vaccine candidate has been supported by the National Biopharma Mission (NBM) under the aegis of Biotechnology Industry Research […]

COVID19-Cases
Global Covid-19 Cases Surpass 85 Million Mark

Washington: The total number of global covid-19 cases has surpassed the 85 million mark, while the deaths have surged to more than 1.84 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University. In its latest update on Monday morning, the University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed that the current global caseload and death toll […]

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