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Bird flu: FSSAI advises consumers not to eat undercooked chicken; says no need to panic

8:08 pm January 21, 2021

New Delhi: In view of the bird flu scare, regulator FSSAI on Thursday advised consumers not to eat half-boiled eggs and undercooked chicken, and ensure proper cooking of poultry meat as it came out with a detailed set of guidelines. The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has also urged consumers and food businesses ”not to panic” […]

US to join global coronavirus vaccine programme

4:04 pm January 21, 2021

Geneva : Dr Anthony Fauci says US President Joe Biden on Thursday will order the United States to support projects to deploy COVID-19 vaccines, diagnostics and therapeutics to people in need around the world. Fauci also says the United States will cease reducing US staff counts at the World Health Organisation and will pay its financial obligations to it. Fauci, Biden’s top medical adviser on […]

12-year-old boy suffering from bird flu dies at AIIMS in Delhi

Security guard administered COVID vaccine admitted at AIIMS after developing allergic reaction

11:29 pm January 16, 2021

New Delhi: A security guard who was administered a shot of Covaxin at AIIMS here on Saturday was admitted at the hospital after he developed an allergic reaction as part of ”severe” adverse events following immunisation. According to AIIMS Director Randeep Guleria, the security guard, in his 20s, at AIIMS who received the jab after 4 pm, complained of palpitations […]

China honours ‘Bat Woman’ of controversial Wuhan lab as WHO team arrives to probe COVID-19 origins

8:17 pm January 15, 2021

Beijing: China has honoured a virologist of a controversial Wuhan-based bio-lab, which was at the centre of COVID-19 storm, as a WHO team arrived at the Chinese city to probe the origins of the coronavirus. Shi Zhengli from the Wuhan Institute of Virology who has earned the moniker of ‘Bat Woman’ for her passionate research into bats and viruses […]

WHO report on Wuhan virus mission expected soon

China sees spike in coronavirus cases ahead of WHO team visit to probe COVID-19 origins

1:46 pm January 13, 2021

Beijing: China’s COVID-19 cases crossed the 100-mark for the first time in recent months, ahead of Thursday’s visit of the WHO team to Wuhan to probe the origins of the coronavirus. The number of coronavirus cases in China climbed to 115 on Tuesday, the National Health Commission (NHC) said on Wednesday, adding that 107 of the infections were locally […]