BHAGALPUR, India – Guards armed with rifles escort Dr. Kumar Gaurav as he makes the rounds at his hospital on the banks of the Ganges River. The guards are there to protect him from the relatives of patients, including those suffering from COVID-19. The relatives keep barging into […]
New Delhi, Aug 11 (PTI) An expert committee under the chairmanship of NITI Aayog member Dr VK Paul will meet on Wednesday to consider the logistics and ethical aspects of procuring and administering the COVID-19 vaccine, the Union Health Ministry said on Tuesday. The committee on vaccine administration will […]
MUMBAI/NEW DELHI – A well-known Hindu temple in India has seen more than 700 cases of the novel coronavirus among its staff in the past two months, a temple official said on Monday, as cases in the country surged past 2.2 million. India reported a near-record 62,064 new […]
New Delhi, Aug 10: Former President Pranab Mukherjee said on Monday that he has tested positive for COVID-19. “On a visit to the hospital for a separate procedure, I have tested positive for COVID19 today,” he tweeted. “I request the people who came in contact with me in […]
MUMBAI, India – India, the country hardest hit in Asia by the coronavirus pandemic, reported on Friday a record daily jump in infections, taking its total number of cases over two million, as government struggled to contain the spread amid striking health workers. More than 3.5 million health […]
New Delhi, Aug 7: Serum Institute of India?(SII) on Friday said it?has entered into a new partnership with international vaccine alliance Gavi and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to accelerate manufacturing and delivery of up to 100 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines for India as well as other […]
BENGALURU – India’s interior minister and the chiefs of two big states have been hospitalized with COVID-19 as the country’s daily cases topped 50,000 for a fifth straight day on Monday. The country reported 52,972 new confirmed infections in the past 24 hours, taking the total to 1.8 […]
NEW DELHI – India on Thursday reported more than 50,000 daily coronavirus cases for the first time, driven by a surge in infections in rural areas at a time when the government is further easing curbs on movement and commerce. There were 52,123 new cases in the previous […]
New Delhi, July 26: ?With?48,661 people testing positive for coronavirus infection in a day,?India’s COVID-19 tally climbed to?13,85,522?on Sunday,?while the recoveries mounted to?8,85,576,?according to the Union Health Ministry data.? The COVID-19 death toll in the country rose to 32,063 with 705 fatalities being recorded in?a day, the data […]
MUMBAI – India reported over 49,000 fresh cases of the novel coronavirus with 740 new deaths on Friday, marking the biggest daily surge in cases even as officials in some states complained of shortages of vital drugs for those hospitalized. As the number of cases neared 1.3 million […]
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