Tag: COVID-19
Sri Lanka’s Covid-19 caseload tops 50,000
Colombo, Jan 21 | Sri Lanka's overall coronavirus caseload surpassed the 55,000 mark on Thursday after over 700 people tested positive for the disease,...
Amazon urges Biden to prioritise its workers for Covid-19 vaccine
San Francisco, Jan 21 | In a letter addressed to US President Joe Biden, Amazon has said that its essential workers who cannot work...
Global Covid-19 cases top 96.8 mn: Johns Hopkins
Washington, Jan 21 | The total number of global coronavirus cases has topped 96.8 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 2.07...
France’s daily Covid-19 cases hit two-month high
Paris, Jan 21 | The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in France hit a two-month high at 26,784, health authorities said on Wednesday.A higher...
Russia adds 21,152 new Covid-19 cases
Moscow, Jan 20 | Russia confirmed 21,152 new Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours, taking the country's total to 36,33,952, the country's Covid-19...
China’s Jilin reports 46 new confirmed, 7 asymptomatic Covid-19 cases
Changchun, Jan 20 | Northeast China's Jilin Province reported on Tuesday 46 new confirmed Covid-19 cases and seven new asymptomatic infections, the provincial health...
Brazil sees 1,192 new Covid-19 deaths
Rio de Janerio, Jan 20 | Brazil registered 1,192 deaths from Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, raising the nationwide tally to 211,491, the...
Thailand Open: Praneeth tests Covid-19 positive, Srikanth withdraws
Bangkok, Jan 20 | Indian shuttler B. Sai Praneeth has been withdrawn from the Thailand Open after testing positive for the Coronavirus, the Badminton...
Turkey extends Covid-19 vaccination to nursing homes
Ankara, Jan 20 | Turkey's vaccination campaign has been extended to the people staying and working in care and nursing homes and the citizens...
US Covid-19 deaths top 400,000: Johns Hopkins University
New York, Jan 20 | The US reached the grim milestone of 400,000 coronavirus deaths on Tuesday, according to the Center for Systems Science...
1,000 Covid-19 vax doses found ‘frozen’ in Assam medical college
Guwahati/Silchar, Jan 19 | Authorities in Assam are probing how the 1,000 doses of the Covid-19 vaccine Covishield were found "frozen" in the vaccine...
Expert panel recommends Phase 1 trial of nasal Covid-19 vaccine (IANS...
By Aakanksha KhajuriaNew Delhi, Jan 19 | The Subject Expert Committee (SEC) of the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) on Tuesday recommended Bharat...
Over 47k sampled for Covid-19 testing in Beijing
Beijing, Jan 19 | Beijing's Daxing district has sampled over 470,000 people for nucleic acid tests as part of an extensive testing campaign against...
Brazil launches mass Covid-19 vaccination campaign
Brasilia, Jan 19 | Brazil, currently one of the hardest-hit countries in the world by the pandemic, has launched its mass vaccination campaign against...
Global Covid-19 cases top 95.5 mn: Johns Hopkins
Washington, Jan 19 | The total number of global coronavirus cases has topped 95.5 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 2.03...
US Covid-19 catastrophe is Biden’s problem now
By Nikhila NatarajanNew York, Jan 19 | At noon on January 20, 2021, almost a full year after the first coronavirus case was...
Covid-19 vax: WHO warns of ‘catastrophic moral failure’
Geneva, Jan 19 | The world faces a "catastrophic moral failure" because of unequal Covid-19 vaccine policies, the head of the World Health Organization...
France registers 403 new Covid-19 deaths
Paris, Jan 19 | France on Monday reported 403 new Covid-19 deaths in the past 24 hours, the heaviest daily toll since November 24,...
Kerala reports 3,346 fresh Covid-19 cases
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 18 | Kerala on Monday reported 3,346 new Covid-19 cases, said state's Health Minister K.K. Shailaja, adding that the test positivity rate...
Chinese mainland reports 109 Covid-19 cases (Ld)
Beijing, Jan 18 | The Chinese mainland has reported 109 new confirmed Covid-19 cases, of which 93 were locally transmitted and 16 arrived from...
Brazil to begin mass Covid-19 vaccination this week
Brasilia, Jan 18 | Brazil will begin a mass vaccination drive against the novel coronavirus starting from Wednesday onwards, according to Health Minister Eduardo...
Global Covid-19 cases top 95 mn mark: Johns Hopkins
Washington, Jan 18 | In yet another grim milestone, the total number of global coronavirus cases has topped the 95 million mark, while the...
India rises to the occasion in world war to defeat Covid-19
By SPS PannuNew Delhi, Jan 17 | India has risen to the occasion in the war against the deadly coronavirus pandemic by not only...
LA becomes first US county to top 1 mn Covid-19 cases
Los Angeles, Jan 17 | The Los Angeles County became the first in the US to surpass 1 million Covid-19 case since the onset...
Covid-19 altered cultural, entertainment scenario of Goa: Amit Satija, IAS
By Siddhi JainNew Delhi, Jan 17 (IANSlife) The cultural and entertainment scenario of Goa is definitely changed due to Covid-19 pandemic, says...
Over 675,000 Turkish health workers get Covid-19 jab
Ankara, Jan 17 | More than 675,000 health workers in Turkey have received the Covid-19 vaccine developed by China's Sinovac during the first three...
UK records this year’s lowest daily Covid-19 cases
London, Jan 17 | The UK's daily increase of coronavirus infections dropped to its lowest level since December 27, 2020, but the country recorded...
Africa’s Covid-19 caseload surpasses 3.2 mn
Addis Ababa, Jan 17 | The African continent's overall coronavirus caseload has surged to 3,207,639, according to health authorities.In its latest update on Saturday,...
Portuguese Finance Minister tests Covid-19 positive
Lisbon, Jan 17 | Portuguese Minister of State for Finance Joao Leao has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, his Ministry announced in a...
Chinese mainland reports 109 new Covid-19 cases
Beijing, Jan 17 | The Chinese mainland has reported 109 new Covid-19 cases, of which 96 were locally transmitted and the rest 13 arrived...
Global Covid-19 caseload tops 94.4 mn: Johns Hopkins
Washington, Jan 17 | The overall global coronavirus caseload has topped 94.4 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 2.02 million, according...
Advisor Bhatnagar kick starts Covid-19 vaccination in Kashmir
SRINAGAR, JANUARY 16: On the occasion of e-launch of massive Covid-19 vaccination drive across the country by Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, Advisor to Lieutenant...
JK reports 109 new positive cases, 120016 recovered so far
JAMMU, JANUARY 16- The Government on Saturday informed that 109 new positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19), 55 from Jammu division and 54...
UK Covid-19 variant could be dominant US strain by March: CDC
Washington, Jan 16 | The more transmissible Covid-19 variant which was first detected in the UK late last year and has now spread to...
US retail sales keep dropping amid Covid-19 spikes
Washington, Jan 16 | US retail sales dropped by 0.7 per cent in December, marking the third monthly decline in a row, as the...
LA County to hit 1mn Covid-19 cases this weekend
Los Angeles, Jan 16 | Los Angeles County is about to hit another grim milestone this weekend as the overall number of Covid-19 cases...
NYC running out of COVID-19 vaccines’ supply: Mayor
New York, Jan 16 | New York City is on course to run out of Covid-19 vaccine supply next week and has asked the...
Canada’s Covid-19 conditions worsening
Ottawa, Jan 16 | Canada will witness up to 796,630 Covid-19 cases and 19,630 deaths by January 24, as the coronavirus pandemic is worsening...
US CDC projects 90k new Covid-19 deaths in next 3 weeks
Washington, Jan 16 | Nearly 90,000 people in the US may die from Covid-19 in the next three weeks, according to the latest projections...
Global Covid-19 caseload tops 93.7 mn: Johns Hopkins
Washington, Jan 16 | The overall global coronavirus caseload has topped 93.7 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 2 million, according...
Turkish president reports no side effects after Covid-19 vaccine
Istanbul, Jan 16 | Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he did not see any side effects of the Covid-19 vaccine that he received...
Russia reports 24,715 new Covid-19 cases
Moscow, Jan 16 | Russia recorded 24,715 more Covid-19 cases over the past 24 hours, roughly the same as in the previous day, the...
Punjab CM writes to Modi on free Covid-19 vaccine for poor
Chandigarh, Jan 15 | Even as he prepared to kickstart the process of vaccination of 1.74 lakh health workers, with 40,000 to be covered...
Odisha set to start Covid-19 vaccinations at 161 sites
Bhubaneswar, Jan 15 | Odisha is all set to start Covid-19 vaccinations at 161 centres across 30 districts on Saturday, officials said.A total of...
LA County sees nearly 2,000 Covid-19 deaths in a week
Los Angeles, Jan 15 | Los Angeles County, the most populous in the US, recorded nearly 2,000 Covid-19 deaths in one week as the...
Chinese mainland reports 144 new Covid-19 cases
Beijing, Jan 15 | The Chinese mainland on Thursday reported 144 new Covid-19 cases, of which 135 were locally transmitted and the rest nine...
Oxford Covid-19 vaccine boss warns Aus against delaying rollout
Canberra, Jan 15 | A scientist who led the development of the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine on Friday warned Australia against delaying its rollout.The Australian...
India records 15,590 new Covid-19 cases, 191 deaths
New Delhi, Jan 15 | With 15,590 new coronavirus infections reported in the last 24 hours, India on Friday continued with its streak of...
New Covid-19 strains threat to Africa’s public health system: WHO
Nairobi, Jan 15 | The new Covid-19 variants that have been reported in several African countries could undermine efforts to contain the pandemic and...
5 countries account for 69% of Africa’s total Covid-19 cases
Addis Ababa, Jan 15 | The Africa Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has revealed that five countries account for about 69...