Tag: Covid19

Haridwar: Amid rising coronavirus cases nationwide, a sea of saffron-clad seers and ash-smeared Nagas converged at Har ki Pairi in Haridwar for a holy dip in the Ganga during the…

New Delhi: On the first day of testing, all officials working in Parliament were asked to go for coronavirus or Covid-19 tests. The testing will continue till Tuesday to cover other staff and security personnel. Parliament officials told IANS that Real-Time Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests and Rapid Tests will be done. RT-PCR […]

New Delhi: West Bengal, which is midway through its poll process, as well as Tamil Nadu, Assam, and the Union Territory of Puducherry, where voting has concluded, witnessed a massive…

Hyderabad: The stage is set for phase II clinical trials of Bharat Biotech’s coronavirus vaccine from Monday. The Hyderabad-based vaccine maker received the approval from Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation under the Directorate General of Health Services to conduct the phase II trials of indigenous vaccine candidate Covaxin. Joint Drugs Controller Dr S. Eswara Reddy […]

Puri: In view of the rising COVID-19 cases in the district, the Suara and Mahasuara Nijog of Puri Lord Jagannath Temple on Sunday decided not to sell the ‘Baradi Mahaprasad’ at ‘Bhoga Mandap’ to the devotees except from Puri. In a meeting held between the Sri Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) and the Nijog, it was […]

New Delhi: For the second consecutive day, India has clocked recovery of more than 70,000 Covid-19 patients in a single day, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Sunday. The ministry said that 73,642 patients have recovered and they were discharged from either home/facility isolation or hospitals in the last 24 hours, taking […]

New Delhi: The clinical trials for the Covid-19 vaccine candidate developed by the University of Oxford, which was expected to start at The Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) in Chandigarh, have been delayed by at least a week. The trials that were expected to commence in the first week of September […]

New Delhi: As the coronavirus pandemic and the eventual lockdowns have brought the multiplex industry to a grinding halt, PVR has deferred a significant portion of its capitatl expenditure (capex) plans and it will reassess them once the shutdown is over and its operations resume. Nitin Sood, Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of PVR has said […]

Washington: While scientists around the world are confined to their homes during the Covid-19 pandemic, NASA’s Earth-observing satellites continue to orbit and send back images that reveal connections between the pandemic and environment. “Satellites collect data all the time and don’t require us to go out anywhere,” said Hannah Kerner, an assistant research professor at […]

New Delhi: With India taking 85 days to administer 10 crore (100 mn) Covid vaccine doses, a rough calculation shows that all eligible Indians can expect to be fully inoculated…

New York: A Q-tip cotton swab inserted into your nose to gauge the presence of Covid-19 infections is a pain and not a pleasant experience. Now, that can soon become…

New Delhi: As individuals above 45 years of age in the country can now get Covid-19 vaccines, Amazon India on Monday said that it will cover the cost of Covid-19…

Mumbai: Maharashtra School Education Minister Varsha Gaikwad announced on Monday that class 10 and 12 board exams will be postponed given the current Covid situation in the state. “Imp Announcement:…

New Delhi: The Health Ministry on Monday said that nearly 30 lakh doses of vaccine were given on Day 1 of the “Tika Utsav” which has pushed the cumulative coverage…

New York: Researchers have developed a new antibody test for the virus that causes Covid-19 that can handle a much larger number of donor samples at lower overall cost than standard antibody tests currently in use. In the near term, the test can be used to accurately identify the best donors for convalescent plasma therapy and […]