Tag: covid
Congress Disrupting Parliament To Protect Interest Of Family: Ravi Shankar Prasad
Hitting out at the Congress for disrupting Parliament proceedings, former Union Minister and senior BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad on Thursday said they are not allowing Parliament to function only to protect the interest of a family. ....
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. ....
As Covid-19 Fears Loom, Maharashtra Postpones School Reopening
The Maharashtra government has postponed the reopening of schools - scheduled to re-start from August 17 - following a meeting of the Covid-19 Task Force held late on Wednesday, officials said here on Thursday. ....
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. ....
UP Schools Reopen With Excitement, Hesitancy
Schools in Uttar Pradesh reopened on Monday with classes from 9 to 12 having 50 per cent attendance. ....
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. ....
Delhi Reports 57 Fresh Covid Cases, Zero Deaths
The national capital recorded 57 new Covid cases and zero deaths in the past 24 hours, the daily health bulletin of Delhi government said on Friday. ....
