Amid COVID-19 surge in Delhi, RT-PCR tests to be increased from 18000 to 27000 daily
As daily cases rise in Delhi, the number of RT-PCR tests have been increased the decision was taken after an all-party meeting in the national capital.
Nov 19, 2020, 15:00 PM IST
Tamil Nadu COVID-19 count breaches 7-lakh mark; recovery rate over 93%
As per the state health depatment bulletin on Thursday, Tamil Nadu has surpassed a total of 7-lakh COVID-19 cases with 3,077 new cases of infection. The death toll in the southern state rose to 10,825 with 445 more fatalities.
Oct 23, 2020, 12:15 PM IST
AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine trial volunteer in Brazil dies
Brazilian health authority Anvisa said on Wednesday that a volunteer in a clinical trial of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University had died but added that the trial would continue.
Oct 22, 2020, 08:35 AM IST
India's COVID-19 cases peaked in September, crisis can be controlled by February: Govt panel
If all COVID-19 protocols are followed, the coronavirus pandemic can be controlled by February-end with minimal active symptomatic infections, a government-appointed committee stated.
Oct 18, 2020, 19:56 PM IST
Taal Thok Ke: Narendra Modi govt mismanaged COVID-19 pandemic, says Congress' Shashi Tharoor
Congress' Shashi Tharoor has insulted India on a Pakistani TV. He has said that India's coronavirus situation is worse than Pakistan. He also added that the people of Tablighi Jamaat are the worse affected.
Oct 18, 2020, 19:20 PM IST
Sambit Patra: Shashi Tharoor has insulted India and its shameful
BJP's spokesperson Sambit Patra in a press conference has attacked Congress' Shashi Tharoor in his recent interview to a Pakistani channel. Patra has said that Tharoor has insulted India and it's shameful.
Oct 18, 2020, 13:38 PM IST
Shashi Tharoor insults India on a Pakistani channel
Congress' Shashi Tharoor has insulted India on a Pakistani TV. He has said that India's coronavirus situation is worse than Pakistan. He also added that the people of Tablighi Jamaat are the worse affected.
Oct 18, 2020, 13:22 PM IST
Coronavirus: US President Donald Trump admitted in hospital
In the latest coming in US President Donald Trump has been admitted to the hospital. He and his wife Melania Trump were declared coronavirus positive yesterday.
Oct 03, 2020, 07:34 AM IST
Family, friends major source of COVID-19 infections, says French Health Minister
Gatherings of family are a major source of COVID-19 infections, French Health Minister Olivier Veran said on Thursday, adding the spread of the disease had accelerated in the last weeks.
Sep 18, 2020, 07:07 AM IST
COVID-19 antibody treatment may cut hospitalisation risk
Raising hope of Covid-19 treatment at an early stage, an antibody therapy has been found to quickly reduce SARS-CoV-2 viral load in newly infected patients and cut hospitalisation risk, US-based pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly said, while revealing interim results of a clinical trial.
Sep 17, 2020, 13:58 PM IST
Indian scientists prepare web-based COVID predictor to predict sequence of viruses online
They also carried out integrating the knowledge of genetic variability, recognise candidates of synthetic vaccine based on conserved genomic regions that are highly immunogenic.
Sep 13, 2020, 17:39 PM IST
How coronavirus cases are rising daily in India: COVID-19 vaccine is the only hope
UK's Oxford University coronavirus vaccine (Covishield) trial permission can soon be given in India. India has recorded 94,372 coronavirus cases in the last 24-hours.
Sep 13, 2020, 14:24 PM IST
This is what cells infected with SARS-CoV-2 looks like: In Pics
As several countries battle a resurgent novel coronavirus infection, scientists, researchers, medical professionals, have been hard at work trying to extract more information about the virus to help find effective treatments and preventive methods.
Sep 12, 2020, 09:51 AM IST
Punjab announces COVID-19 relaxations in urban areas; non-essential shops, hotels, restaurants to open till 9 PM
CM Singh also announced the three-month extension for all retiring doctors and specialists under the age of 60.
Sep 07, 2020, 22:16 PM IST
CISF DG Rajesh Ranjan reviews operational preparedness of Delhi Metro, interacts with commuters
The visit comes post the resumption of the metro rail services across India after more than five months of COVID-19 halt.
Sep 07, 2020, 20:10 PM IST
India conducts 1.33 crore COVID-19 tests in last 2 weeks, total crosses 4.95 crore
"The daily testing average had been on a continuous upward incline from around 7 lakh tests being conducted per day in the 3rd week of August to 10 lakh tests per day in the 1st week of September," added the Union Health Ministry.
Sep 07, 2020, 19:39 PM IST
Russia likely to start COVID-19 vaccine distribution for public from this week
"Within days, between September 10 and 13, we are to obtain permission to release a batch of the vaccine for civilian use. Respectively, from that moment on the population will begin to be vaccinated," said associate member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Denis Logunov.
Sep 07, 2020, 18:32 PM IST
Himachal Pradesh Assembly's monsoon session begins on Monday under strict COVID-19 guidelines
The speaker said the assembly complex will be sanitised twice a day during the session.
Sep 07, 2020, 16:58 PM IST
India beats Brazil to become second-worst COVID-19-hit country in world, records 90,802 coronavirus cases in 24 hours
India overtook Brazil that has witnessed 41,37,521 cases, while the US, which is the worst-hit country, has a total of 62,77,004 COVID-19 infections.
Sep 07, 2020, 16:29 PM IST
Curb COVID-19 chain, keep mortality rate below 1%: Centre tells Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka amid spike in cases
Five States account for more than 60% of the total active cases in the country with Maharashtra contributing maximum to the active caseload.
Sep 05, 2020, 21:10 PM IST
