Tag: Covid19

United Nations: India is projected to register the greatest increase in the number of deaths among children under 5 in South Asia in 2020 as well as the highest number of maternal deaths as the COVID-19 pandemic disrupts the country’s health services, a UN report has said. The report also noted that India could spend […]

San Francisco: Google blocked over 99 million Covid-related ads in 2020, including those for miracle cures, N95 masks due to supply shortages fake vaccine doses. As claims and conspiracies about the coronavirus’s origin and spread were circulated online, Google launched a new policy to prohibit both ads and monetised content about Covid-19 or other global […]

Boston: Coronaviruses, including SARS-CoV-2, may be vulnerable to ultrasound vibrations, within the frequencies used in medical diagnostic imaging, according to a study that used computer simulations. The researchers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the US modelled the mechanical response of the coronaviruses to vibrations across a range of ultrasound frequencies. They found that […]

Mumbai: Fears of rising global inflation, along with domestic resurgence of Covid-19 infections, pulled down India’s key equity indices on Thursday. High US bond yields spooked investors, while rising Covid-19 infections in many states led the markets to close in the red for the fifth consecutive session. In the initial phase of day’s trade, both […]

New Delhi: The Central government on Friday asked states and Union Territories to increase the number of oxygen beds, ventilators and ICU beds, plan for adequate oxygen supply, and strengthen…

New Delhi: GST rates are unlikely to witness any major changes during the extended run of the pandemic as the Centre and the states have agreed not to disturb the…

Bhubaneswar: In view of increase in COVID-19 positive cases, Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Friday reduced the number of participants at marriage ceremonies to 100 while 50 persons will be…

New Delhi: Scientists have predicted using a mathematical model that the ongoing second-wave of COVID-19 pandemic across the country could peak by mid-April, following which the infections may see a steep decline by the end of May. During the first wave of COVID-19 infections across India, the mathematical approach, named SUTRA, predicted that the initial […]

New Delhi: India has crossed the landmark milestone of four crore Covid-19 vaccinations, the Health Ministry said on Friday. The countrywide vaccination drive was rolled out on January 16 for healthcare workers and vaccination of the frontline workers started from February 2. The next phase of vaccination had commenced from March 1 for those who […]

New Delhi: Eight states including Maharashtra and Delhi are reporting a rising trajectory of new COVID-19 cases as India recorded one lakh infections in just three days including the latest spike of over 40,000 cases in the biggest daily increase in nearly four months. The Union Health ministry while giving the latest COVID-19 update on […]

Mumbai: Actor Kartik Aaryan on Monday said he has tested positive for COVID-19 and asked his fans to pray for him. The 30-year-old actor, on Saturday, walked the ramp for designer Manish Malhotra at the ongoing Lakme Fashion Week, here. He was joined by his upcoming “Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2” co-star Kiara Advani. Aaryan took to […]

Chandigarh: Eighty-one per cent of the 401 samples sent by the government for genome sequencing have tested positive for the UK variant of COVID-19, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh said on Tuesday, asking the Centre to widen the vaccination net to cover those younger than 60. Expressing concern over the COVID-19 situation, the chief minister […]

New Delhi: India reported 47,262 coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, the highest single-day spike since early November taking the total tally to 1,17,34,058. There was a slight dip in cases on Tuesday at 40,715. Prior to this, the country registered an increase in cases for 12 consecutive days. According to the Health Ministry, […]

New York: US pharmaceutical company Pfizer has begun Phase 1 clinical trial of a novel oral antiviral drug for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19. The oral antiviral clinical candidate “PF-07321332”, a SARS-CoV2-3CL protease inhibitor, has demonstrated potent in vitro anti-viral activity against SARS-CoV-2, as well as activity against other coronaviruses, the company said in […]

New Delhi: It has been a year since India’s 1.3 billion people responded positively to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s call for a ‘janata curfew’ to break the chain of novel coronavirus, which had then started to spread in some parts of the country. Since the 14 hour-long ‘janata curfew’ on March 22, 2020, announced by […]