Health News Updates

New Delhi: The daily rise in new coronavirus infections in India remained above 90,000 for the third consecutive day taking the nationwide COVID-19 tally of cases to 1,26,86,049, according to…

New Delhi: The Union Health Ministry on Saturday informed that nearly 14 lakh beneficiaries have been vaccinated against Covid-19 in the country, including 3,47,058 in the last 24 hours. According to data released by the ministry, the highest number of 1,84,699 vaccinations in the country has been reported from Karnataka, followed by Andhra Pradesh (1,33,298), […]

Geneva: A World Health Organization (WHO) panel of vaccine experts is set to issue recommendations on Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine on Tuesday. The WHO had granted emergency use validation for the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine on December 31, 2020, opening the door for countries to expedite their own regulatory approval processes to import and administer the vaccine. […]

New Delhi: India has flown the first lot of coronavirus vaccines to Africa, after having shipped these to friendly South Asian neighbours when a Royal Air Maroc plane left India for Moroccan capital Rabat on Friday evening. The Indian embassy in Rabat tweeted: “In a manifestation of excellent relationship between India and Morocco, the first […]

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: A total of 14,892 people were vaccinated in Odisha on the eighth day of the immunization drive. The country on Saturday administered vaccine to as many as 1,46,598 healthcare and frontline workers, taking the toll of total beneficiaries who have been inoculated to 15,37,190. Today, vaccinations sessions were organized in 27 states and […]

Washington: The coronavirus pandemic has hit the world like never before. Here are some updates on the COVID-19 cases and death toll from around the world on Sunday. The total number of global coronavirus cases has topped 98.6 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 2.11 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University. In […]

New Delhi: India’s COVID-19 caseload has gone up to 1,06,54,533 with 14,849 people testing positive for the coronavirus infection in a day, while the number of recoveries has surged to 1,03,16,786, according to the health ministry. The death toll due to the viral disease has climbed to 1,53,339 with 155 more fatalities, the ministry’s data […]

Washington: In yet another grim milestone, the total number of global coronavirus cases has topped the 99 million mark, while the deaths have surged to more than 2.12 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 […]

New Delhi: India on Monday continued its streak of low single-day coronavirus cases with 13,203 fresh infections reported in the last 24 hours which pushed the overall tally to 1,06,67,736, health officials said. For the past 18 days, the country has been recording less than 20,000 daily new infections. Also, the death toll remained below […]

Washington: The overall global Covid-19 caseload has topped 131.6 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 2.85 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University. In its latest update…

New York: US-based drugmaker Moderna on Monday said its Covid-19 vaccine retains neutralising activity against emerging variants first identified in the UK and South Africa. Vaccination with the Moderna Covid-19 Vaccine produced neutralising titers against all key emerging variants tested, including B.1.1.7 and B.1.351, first identified in the UK and South Africa, respectively, the company […]

New Delhi: India on Tuesday recorded 9,102 fresh cases of coronavirus infections in last 24 hours, less than 10,000 cases for the first time in almost seven months, increasing the overall tally to 1,06,76,838, health officials said. For the past 19 days, the country has been recording less than 20,000 daily new infections. Also, the […]

New Delhi: On the 11th day of the COVID-19 vaccination drive on Tuesday, only 5,615 healthcare and frontline workers were given the coronavirus vaccine. With this, the tally of those vaccinated across the country reached to over 20 lakh on Republic Day. As per the provisional report, 5,615 beneficiaries were vaccinated in five states – […]

New York: In yet another grim milestone, the total number of global coronavirus cases has topped the 100 million mark on Tuesday, according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University. The global case count reached 10,00,32,461, with a total of 21,49,818 deaths worldwide, as of 2:22 p.m. local time (1922 […]

New Delhi: With 12,689 new cases in a day India’s COVID-19 tally mounted to 1,06,89,527, while 1,03,59,305 people have recuperated from the infection so far pushing the national recovery rate to 96.91 per cent on Wednesday, according to the Union Health Ministry’s data. With 137 more fatalities, the death toll reached 1,53,724, the data updated […]