Pandemic
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COVID-19: India reports 20,139 fresh cases, 38 fatalities in last 24 hours
India | Jul 14, 2022, 12:25 PM ISTCOVID-19: The total active cases in India have risen to 1,36,076, the health ministry data showed on Thursday.
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Govt to provide free Covid booster doses for people in 18-59 age group from July 15
India | Jul 13, 2022, 05:18 PM ISTCovid booster dose: The drive, aimed at boosting the uptake of Covid precaution doses, will be held as part of the government's Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav to celebrate the 75th anniversary of India's Independence, they said.
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COVID-19 vaccine: Ashok Gehlot asks Centre to make 'precautionary dose' free amid rising cases
India | Jul 13, 2022, 12:40 PM ISTCOVID-19 vaccine: The central government provides free of cost precautionary dose to people above 60 years of age, CM Gehlot said the same benefit should be extended to the 18-45 age group in the country.
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COVID-19: India reports 16,906 fresh cases, 45 fatalities in last 24 hours | DETAILS
India | Jul 13, 2022, 09:30 AM ISTCOVID-19: The total active cases in India have risen to 1,32,457, the health ministry data showed on Wednesday.
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COVID-19 pandemic 'nowhere near over', says World Health Organization
World | Jul 13, 2022, 08:37 AM ISTCOVID-19 updates: Last Friday (July 8), the WHO's Emergency Committee concluded that the virus remains a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) and warned of several interlinked challenges.
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COVID-19: India logs 18,840 fresh cases, 43 deaths in last 24 hours; active cases jump to 1,25,028
India | Jul 09, 2022, 09:34 AM ISTCOVID-19: The total active cases in India have risen to 1,25,028, the health ministry data showed on Saturday.
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COVID-19: India logs 18,815 fresh cases, 38 deaths in last 24 hours; active cases jump to 1,22,335
India | Jul 08, 2022, 10:32 AM ISTThe total active cases of COVID-19 in India have risen to 1,22,335, the health ministry data showed on Friday.
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COVID-19: India logs 16,159 fresh cases, 28 deaths in last 24 hours; active cases jump to 1,15,212
India | Jul 06, 2022, 02:09 PM ISTCOVID-19: The total active cases in India have risen to 1,15,212, the health ministry data showed on Wednesday.
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Singapore President Halimah Yacob, Parliament Speaker, and minister test COVID-19 positive
World | Jul 05, 2022, 08:16 AM ISTMadam Halimah, 67, said in a Facebook post on Monday, “Just tested positive for Covid-19 with mild flu-like symptoms. Thankfully, I have been vaccinated and boosted. I hope to recover soon and am sorry to have to miss the events this week.”
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India logs 17,092 fresh COVID-19 cases, 29 deaths in last 24 hours; active cases jump to 1,09,568
India | Jul 02, 2022, 11:22 AM ISTThe total active cases of COVID-19 in India have risen to 1,09,568, the health ministry data showed on Saturday.
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COVID: India registers 14,506 fresh cases, 30 deaths in last 24 hours; active cases jump to 99,602
India | Jun 29, 2022, 09:26 AM ISTThe total active cases of COVID in India have risen to 99,602, the health ministry data showed on Wednesday.
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COVID pandemic: Singapore reports 11,504 new cases, highest in 3 months
World | Jun 29, 2022, 08:19 AM ISTHealth Minister Ong Ye Kung on Tuesday told Chinese newspaper Lianhe Zaobao, "I had earlier said that the next wave might take place around July or August, but it's now here a little earlier, at the end of June- possibly due to the June holidays."
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Serum Institute's Covovax gets DCGI's nod for emergency use in children aged 7-11 years
India | Dec 17, 2022, 01:24 PM ISTThe DCGI's nod came after the subject expert committee on COVID-19 of the CSDCO last week recommended granting emergency use authorisation to Covovax for the age group of 7 to 11 years.
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AdiGroup forays into cloud market in India
Business | Jun 29, 2022, 08:41 AM ISTThe aim of the cloud partnership is to ensure that citizens can benefit from reimagined cloud services that will give them a superior experience with the government and public departments.
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COVID-19: India to soon reach 200 crore vaccination mark, says PM Modi
India | Jun 26, 2022, 02:42 PM ISTIndia's COVID vaccination coverage has exceeded 197.08 Cr as per provisional reports till 7:00 am today. This has been achieved through 2,55,80,569 sessions.
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India registers 11,739 fresh COVID cases, 25 deaths in last 24 hours; active cases jump to 92,576
India | Jun 26, 2022, 01:40 PM ISTThe total active cases of COVID in India have risen to 92,576, the health ministry data showed on Sunday.
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Covid-19: At 17,339, India’s daily cases rise by 30%; highest in over 100 days
India | Jun 24, 2022, 09:49 AM ISTCOVID cases in India: The total active cases of COVID have risen to 88,284, the health ministry data showed on Friday.
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COVID-19: Over 42 lakh deaths in India prevented by vaccines in 2021
World | Jun 24, 2022, 07:35 AM ISTThe study estimates a further 5,99,300 lives could have been saved if the World Health Organisation's target of vaccinating 40 per cent of the population in each country with two or more doses by the end of 2021 had been met.
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Monkeypox outbreak declared a pandemic by World Health Network; urges WHO to take immediate action
Health | Jun 24, 2022, 12:29 PM ISTMonkeypox is a virus with the potential to cause significant harm including acute painful illness that may require hospitalisation, and may result in death, skin scarring, blindness, and other long-term disability.
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Omicron's BA-5 sub-variant may be behind TN's rising Covid cases, says Govt
India | Jun 22, 2022, 11:01 PM ISTWhile only 4 per cent of cases caused by the sub-variant were identified in May, in June to date, the BA-5 sub-variant was identified in 25.2 per cent of the SARS- CoV-2 samples whose whole genome sequencing was conducted.