Tag: corona
Many Concerns Over Kerala's Covid-19 Situation, Says Central Team
The central team sent from New Delhi to Kerala to look into the Covid-19 situation of the state on Friday said there are many concerns regarding Kerala's Covid-19 situation. The sustained rise in the positivity rate is one. "Let us discuss this with the state. It's a comprehensive situation. Let us see how things unfold," Dr Sujeet Kumar Singh, director of the National Centre for Disease Control said.....
RT-PCR Negative Certificate Must For Travellers From Kerala To Tamil Nadu
The Tamil Nadu government has made a negative RT-PCR test mandatory for people travelling to the state from Kerala. This will be made effective from August 5 onwards. ....
41,134 New Covid Cases, 424 Deaths In India In 24 Hours
India on Monday reported 41,134 fresh Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours with 424 deaths, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare data showed. ....
Mansukh Mandaviya Discusses Covishield Supply With SII's Adar Poonawalla
The Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya held a meeting with Serum Institute of India CEO Adar Poonawalla on Friday here. ....
Mumbai Records First Death From Delta Plus Variant As 63-year-old Fully Vaccinated Woman Succumbs
A 63-year-old woman with a lung disease but fully vaccinated is the first fatality linked to Covid’s Delta Plus variant in Mumbai. The woman died of Delta complications in July, which was confirmed by genome sequencing, according to a source.....
Bharat Biotech's Intranasal Vaccine Gets Nod For Phase 2/3 Trials
India's first intranasal vaccine, being developed by Bharat Biotech in collaboration with the Department of Biotechnology and its PSU, the Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC), on Friday got regulatory approval for Phase 2/3 trials. ....
India Sees Further Decline In Daily Cases To 32,937 Today; Covid Deaths Remain Above 400
Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya will be visiting Kerala today as the Covid spike in the state refuses to abate. There is no let-up in the surge as Kerala saw nearly 20,000 new Covid-19 infections. This means that the state is seeing more than half of the total cases in the country. If we look at the Covid tally, the cumulative numbers have come down with Sunday recording around 36,000 cases. National Capital Delhi saw zero deaths.....
India Covid Update: At 25,166, India Sees Major Decline In Daily Covid Cases
India on Tuesday registered a major fall in the daily Covid-19 cases as fresh infections reported in the last 24 hours came down to 25,166. The last time there were cases close to this number was last year December 22, when around 24,000 cases were reported. ....
Zydus Cadila's 3-dose Vaccine Gets Emergency Use Approval In India, Will Be First Jab For 12-18 Year Olds
Zydus Cadila's three-dose indigenous Covid-19 vaccine ZyCoV-D, the world's first DNA-based Covid vaccine that can be administered to people aged 12 and above, on Friday received emergency use authorisation (EUA) in India, an official statement said. ....
India Records Sharp Single-day Surge With 37,593 New Covid Cases
India on Wednesday witnessed a surge in new Covid cases after 37,593 fresh infections and 648 deaths were reported in the last 24 hours, as per the Covid bulletin released by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. ....
