Category: Health

Indian vaccine giant SII warns of supply hit from U.S. raw materials export ban

A temporary U.S. ban on exports of critical raw materials could limit the production of coronavirus vaccines by companies such as the Serum Institute of India (SII), its chief executive said in a World Bank panel discussion on Thursday. SII, the world’s biggest vaccine maker, has licensed the AstraZeneca/Oxford University (AZN.L) product […]

Bulletin on Novel Corona Virus (COVID-19)

JK reports79 new positive cases, 123930 recovered so far JAMMU, MARCH 04: The Government on Thursday informed that 79 new positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19), 14from Jammu division and 65 from Kashmir division, have been reported today, thus taking the total number of positive cases in […]

Surge in daily COVID-19 cases, India records over 17,000 new infections

New Delhi, Mar 4: The daily new cases of COVID-19 in India were recorded above 17,000 after a little over a month taking the total?tally of cases to 1,11,56,923,?while the recoveries surged to 1,08,26,075,?according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Thursday A total of 17,407 infections were […]

“When will it end?”: How a changing virus is reshaping scientists’ views on COVID-19

Chris Murray, a University of Washington disease expert whose projections on COVID-19 infections and deaths are closely followed worldwide, is changing his assumptions about the course of the pandemic. Murray had until recently been hopeful that the discovery of several effective vaccines could help countries achieve herd immunity, […]

Bulletin on Novel Corona Virus (COVID-19)

JAMMU, MARCH 01-The Government on Monday informed that 63 new positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19), 09from Jammu division and 54 from Kashmir division, have been reported today, thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 126504.Also 01 COVID-19 death has been […]

PM Modi takes first dose of COVID-19 vaccine at AIIMS

New Delhi, Mar 1: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday took his first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at AIIMS here and appealed to all those who are eligible to get inoculated Sister P Niveda, from Puducherry, administered Bharat Biotech’s COVAXIN to the prime minister, sources said “Took my […]

India plans two-day halt in vaccinations for software upgrade to widen campaign

India will halt coronavirus vaccinations this weekend to upgrade software used to coordinate its campaign, the health ministry said on Friday, preparing to expand the programme after infections surged in some states. With the world’s highest tally of infections after the United States, India began its vaccination drive […]

Bulletin on Novel Corona Virus (COVID-19)

JAMMU, FEBRUARY 26-The Government on Thursday informed that 85 new positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19), 16from Jammu division and 69 from Kashmir division, have been reported today, thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 126286.Also 01 COVID-19 death has been […]

Resurgence of COVID-19 in India’s Maharastra forces fresh containment measures

Alarmed by signs that a second wave of the coronavirus epidemic is building, India’s richest state of Maharashtra ordered fresh restrictions on people’s movement and imposed night curfews in some cities, though not in the financial capital Mumbai. Maharastra alone reported nearly 7,000 new cases on Sunday, a […]

S.African variant outbreak shrinking in Britain, Hancock says

Britain believes it is getting on top of outbreaks of a South African variant of the coronavirus and is also seeing signs that hospitalisations are falling quickly following the vaccine roll-out, the health secretary said on Sunday. Hancock told the BBC there had been around 300 cases of […]

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