COVID-19

Delhi has less than a day’s stock of Covaxin for 45-plus age group: Atishi

Bharat Biotech’s corona vaccine 81% effective

10:42 pm March 3, 2021

New Delhi: Bharat Biotech’s vaccine, whose emergency use approval before finishing final stage testing had triggered a row, has shown an 81 per cent efficacy in preventing symptomatic COVID-19 in an interim analysis of the advanced clinical trial, the company said on Wednesday, boosting prospects of its usage. Covaxin, which was shunned by some health […]

571 new COVID-19 cases in Karnataka, 4 deaths

10:07 pm February 26, 2021

Bengaluru: Karnataka logged 571 new COVID-19 cases and four related fatalities, taking the caseload to just over 9.50 lakh and the toll to 12,320, the Health department said on Friday. The day also saw 642 patients getting discharged after recovery. Bengaluru Urban accounted for most number of fresh cases at 368. Cumulatively 9,50,207 COVID-19 positive […]

Encounter on between security forces, terrorists in Poonch

Home quarantine norms breach among reasons for COVID-19 surge: Officials

3:15 pm February 25, 2021

Mumbai: Blatant violation of COVID-19 home quarantine and social distancing guidelines and unavailability of adequate resources for contact-tracing have led to a surge in COVID-19 cases in Maharashtra, a senior health official said on Thursday. Maharashtra on Wednesday recorded a single-day spike of 8,807 new cases, taking the count of infections in the state to […]

Centre rushes high level teams to states witnessing surge in COVID cases

1:49 pm February 24, 2021

New Delhi: The Centre has deputed multi-disciplinary teams to states witnessing a surge in COVID-19 cases, including Maharashtra, Kerala, Gujarat, Punjab, Karnataka and Jammu and Kashmir, to support them in effectively tackling the pandemic. The three–member multidisciplinary teams are headed by joint secretary level officers in the health ministry, the Union Health Ministry said. ”These […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

‘States have started implementing IMI 3.0 for kids, pregnant woman not immunised in routine drive’

4:08 pm February 23, 2021

New Delhi: Various states and Union territories have started implementing the Intensified Mission Indradhanush (IMI) 3.0, a campaign aimed at reaching those children and pregnant women who were not covered during the routine immunization program due to COVID-19, with nearly 29,000 children and 5,000 pregnant women vaccinated on the first day, the health ministry said on Tuesday. The campaign […]