The national capital crossed the 20 million vaccine doses milestone against the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) on Saturday with over 85% of Delhi’s population already receiving at least one Covid jab, according to government data. Delhi has now become the 18th state or Union Territory to surpass the 20-million figure forRead More

Earlier this month, the UK announced that Indians, fully vaccinated with Covishield vaccine, will no longer require to undergo quarantine on their arrival in Britain from October 11. Published: 22 Oct 2021, Updated: 22 Oct 2021 8:49 pm Poland recognised India’s Serum Institute made Covid-19 vaccine Covishield which now sharesRead More

Over the past 24 hours, Lithuania has registered 3,331 new coronavirus infections and 11 COVID-19-related deaths, Statistics Lithuania said on Wednesday morning. This is the biggest increase in the number of new daily cases this year, according to Statistics Lithuania. On Wednesday, the number of hospitalized COVID-19 patients stood atRead More

South Korea reported 1,073 more cases of COVID-19 as of midnight Monday compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 344,518. The daily caseload was up from 1,050 in the prior day, hovering above 1,000 for 105 straight days since July 7. The daily average tallyRead More

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The World Health Organisation’s approval for Covaxin gets further delayed as the world health body on Monday sought more information from the vaccine’s Hyderabad-based manufacturer Bharat Biotech, which is seeking the WHO clearance for the home-grown Covid-19 shot since July. “We are aware that many people are waiting for WHO’sRead More

In a first since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic in India, Mumbai did not record a single Covid-19 death on Sunday. In a tweet, Mumbai civic commissioner Iqbal Singh Chahal said the city reported zero deaths due to the virus on Sunday — the first time since March 26,Read More

Jakarta [Indonesia], October 16 (ANI/Xinhua): The number of COVID-19 cases in Indonesia rose by 997 within one day to 4,234,011, with the death toll adding by 44 to 142,933, the country’s Health Ministry said on Saturday. According to the ministry, 1,525 more people were discharged from hospitals, bringing the totalRead More

More than 60 per cent researchers faced negative experiences as a result of their media appearances or their social media comments about Covid-19 pandemic, revealed a survey conducted by science journal Nature. About 22 per cent received threats of physical or sexual violence, while 15 per cent received death threats.Read More

Scientists from the Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics here and Banaras Hindu University (BHU) have found that several isolated and indigenous people such as Andaman Islanders with long DNA segments (homozygous) in their genome are most likely to be more susceptible to Covid-19. A press release from CSIR-Centre forRead More