Coronavirus india

A DECISIVE TURNING POINT: PM MODI ON VACCINE APPROVAL

04 Jan 2021

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday lauded scientists of the country after the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) gave approval to Serum Institute of India’s ‘Covishield’ vaccine and Bharat Biotech’s ‘Covaxin’ for emergency use, paving the way for its roll-out and administration to millions. “A decisive turning point to...

INDIA’S WAIT OVER, DRUG REGULATOR CALLS COVID-19 VACCINES 110% SAFE

04 Jan 2021

India’s central drug authority, Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI), on Sunday announced the formal approval for the Covid-19 vaccines of Oxford-AstraZeneca, manufactured by the Serum Institute, and Bharat Biotech, saying they would be administered in two dosages each. Drugs Controller General of India V.G. Somani said that the two...

India’s Covid-19 recovery rate reaches 96.08%

02 Jan 2021

India recorded 21,822 fresh infections in the last 24 hours, 6% higher than on Thursday. India’s tally has surged to 1,02,66,674, and 1.48 lakh deaths linked to the disease have been recorded so far. The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 98,83,461 pushing the national...

Daily Covid recoveries outnumber new cases for 33 days in a row

01 Jan 2021

Daily recoveries of Covid-19 have outnumbered daily new cases in India for the last 33 days successively. The national recovery rate has now crossed 96 percent. India›s caseload currently stands at 10,281,229, with 21,957 fresh Covid-19 cases. The country›s death toll has mounted to 148,932. With 1,932,112 cases, Maharashtra has...

Punjab to send 5% of total positive samples daily to premier institutes to check new mutated strain

31 Dec 2020

CHANDIGARH: Principal Secretary Medical Education and Research DK Tiwari on Wednesday said that in order to check the mutation of new mutated strain (N501Y) SARS-CoV-2 virus in Punjab, the state government has decided to send 5% positive samples per week to Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (IGIB), Delhi and...

J&K EXTENDS COVID CURBS TILL 31 JANUARY, CONFUSION ON GROUND IRKS PARENTS, STUDENTS

31 Dec 2020

SRINAGAR: Covid-19 restrictions in Jammu & Kashmir’s containment zones have been extended up to 31 January 2021, as per the latest communication of the administration.However, people have no fresh information about containment and red zones in Jammu and Kashmir as such notification has not been issued for a long time...

Despite Britain’s nod, India in no hurry to approve Covid vaccine, seeks more data

31 Dec 2020

The analysis of the additional data and information submitted by Serum Institute of India (SII) and Bharat Biotech is still being conducted by regulator Central Drug Standard Control Organisation’s (CDSCO) Subject Expert Committee and their next meeting will be held on 1 January 1. The Subject Expert Committee met on...

INDIA’S COVID RECOVERY RATE ALMOST REACHES 96%

31 Dec 2020

India recorded 20,549 fresh infections in the last 24 hours, taking the Covid-19 caseload to 1,02,44,852. The recoveries crossed 98 lakh on Wednesday. The death count increased to 1,48,439 with 286 new fatalities. The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 978,34,141 pushing the national recovery...

Covid vaccination dry run test held in Gandhinagar

30 Dec 2020

Gandhinagar: A dry run test was conducted for corona vaccination in Gandhinagar city on Tuesday. The dry run test was held at five places decided in Gandhinagar Municipal Corporation area. In the dry run test, 125 beneficiaries were called for vaccination at different places. Through this dry run, all the...

INDIA RECORDS 16K NEW CASES, LOWEST IN 6 MONTHS

30 Dec 2020

New Delhi: The daily new coronavirus infections in India dipped below 20,000 for the third time this month taking the Covid-19 caseload to 1,02,24,303, while the recoveries crossed 98 lakh on Tuesday. A total of 16,432 new infections were reported in a span of 24 hours, the lowest in a...

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