California coronavirus cases close to 3mn |
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San Francisco | Monday, 2021 10:45:06 AM IST |
California counties reported 32,904 new cases of Covid-19 and 418 new deaths for a total of 2,951,682 cases and 33,391 deaths in the state. ... read.. |
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Seven in 10 Greeks willing to get vaccinated against Covid |
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Athens | Monday, 2021 7:45:09 AM IST |
Seven in ten Greeks are willing to get vaccinated against Covid-19, according to opinion polls, as vaccination of the elderly above 85 years old started this weekend in Greece, after that of health professionals and residents of elderly care homes in rece ... read.. |
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UK records another 38,598 coronavirus cases |
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London | Monday, 2021 6:45:05 AM IST |
Another 38,598 people in Britain have tested positive for Covid-19, the lowest daily increase since the start of the year, according to official figures released on Sunday. ... read.. |
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Delhi schools to reopen from Monday, parents still hesitant |
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New Delhi | Monday, 2021 3:45:05 AM IST |
After being closed for nearly 10 months due to the Covid-19 pandemic, schools in Delhi are set to reopen from Monday for students of Classes 10 and 12. However, parents are still in a quandary whether to allow their wards to attend. ... read.. |
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447 adverse events across India post-vaccination, 3 serious |
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New Delhi | Monday, 2021 3:15:06 AM IST |
A total of 447 Adverse Events Following Immunisation (AEFI) have been reported in the last two days of the massive inoculation drive against Covid-19 that is now underway in the country. Of them, three cases were serious in nature and required hospitalisa ... read.. |
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No Covid-related death in J&K again, 182 recover |
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Jammu | Monday, 2021 3:15:06 AM IST |
A total of 182 patients were discharged after recovery on Sunday in J&K where no Covid-related death was reported from anywhere for the second time since the beginning of the pandemic. ... read.. |
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Expert claims 'Covid Tongue' on the rise, WHO yet to confirm |
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New Delhi | Sunday, 2021 8:45:06 PM IST |
An epidemiologist at King's College, London has claimed that there is an increase in the number of Covid patients suffering from uncomfortable mouth symptoms like oral ulcers - not yet listed by the World Health Organization (WHO) as one of the Covid-19 s ... read.. |
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Over 675,000 Turkish health workers get Covid-19 jab |
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Ankara | Sunday, 2021 5:15:05 PM IST |
More than 675,000 health workers in Turkey have received the Covid-19 vaccine developed by China's Sinovac during the first three days of the country's inoculation program, the Health Ministry said. ... read.. |
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UK records this year's lowest daily Covid-19 cases |
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London | Sunday, 2021 4:45:06 PM IST |
The UK's daily increase of coronavirus infections dropped to its lowest level since December 27, 2020, but the country recorded the third highest single-day fatalities due to the disease since the pandemic began, according to official figures. ... read.. |
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India continues with low streak of daily Covid cases |
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New Delhi | Sunday, 2021 4:45:06 PM IST |
With 15,145 new coronavirus infections reported in the last 24 hours, India on Sunday continued with its low streak of single-day cases, posting an overall tally of 1,05,57,986, according to the Union Health Ministry. ... read.. |
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Chinese mainland reports 109 new Covid-19 cases |
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Beijing | Sunday, 2021 4:15:05 PM IST |
The Chinese mainland has reported 109 new Covid-19 cases, of which 96 were locally transmitted and the rest 13 arrived from outside, the National Health Commission said on Sunday. ... read.. |
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Study finds metabolism's possible role in depression |
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Washington | January 17, 2021 3:13:09 PM IST |
Certain metabolites may be predictive indicators for persons at risk for recurrent major depressive disorder, suggests a recent study by researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine, in collaboration with Dutch scientists. ... read.. |
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Ireland seeks Covid test results for int'l arrivals |
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Dublin | Sunday, 2021 1:45:05 PM IST |
Passengers arriving in Ireland from all countries will have to provide a negative Covid-19 test result starting from Saturday as part of the country's latest efforts to control the spread of the disease. ... read.. |
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France's Covid death toll tops 70,000 |
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Paris | Sunday, 2021 10:45:06 AM IST |
France reported 196 Covid-19 deaths in a 24-hour span on Saturday, taking the national tally to 70,142, according to the latest data released by the Public Health Agency. ... read.. |
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Canada's Covid cases top 700,000 |
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Ottawa | Sunday, 2021 9:45:07 AM IST |
Canada's Covid-19 cases surpassed 700,000 on Saturday, with the total hitting 700,988, including 17,847 deaths, according to CTV. ... read.. |
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Russia's Covid cases up 24,092 to 3,544,623 |
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Moscow | Sunday, 2021 8:15:06 AM IST |
Russia registered 24,092 new Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the national tally to 3,544,623, the country's coronavirus response centre said in a statement on Saturday. ... read.. |
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AIIMS' security guard in ICU after Covid vaccine jab |
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New Delhi | Sunday, 2021 6:15:06 AM IST |
Even as the government on Saturday said there was no hospitalisation post-Covid vaccination, a 22-year-old security guard at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here was admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) after he developed an aller ... read.. |
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Kerala: 8,062 healthcare workers vaccinated on Day 1 |
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Thiruvananthapuram | Sunday, 2021 5:15:06 AM IST |
As many as 8,062 healthcare workers were inoculated on the first day of the Covid-19 vaccination drive across 133 centres in Kerala, Health Minister K.K. Shailaja said on Saturday. ... read.. |
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Health workers of private facilities laud vaccination drive |
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New Delhi | Sunday, 2021 2:45:05 AM IST |
As India on Saturday launched a massive vaccination drive in the fight against Covid-19, beginning with healthcare workers, the staff at major private hospitals hailed the first inoculation, saying it marks the turning of the tide in the battle against th ... read.. |
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NE states join nationwide Covid vaccination drive |
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Guwahati/Agartala | Sunday, 2021 1:15:05 AM IST |
The eight northeastern states joined the nationwide Covid-19 vaccination drive on Saturday with thousands of frontline health workers across hundreds of centres getting inoculated for the infection. ... read.. |
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5,960 new Covid cases in Kerala on Saturday |
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Thiruvananthapuram | Sunday, 2021 1:15:05 AM IST |
Kerala reported 5,960 new Covid cases with a test positivity rate of 9.18 per cent while 5,011 people recovered from the disease on Saturday. ... read.. |
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Punjab CM kicks off process to inoculate 1.74 lakh people |
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Chandigarh | Saturday, 2021 11:45:06 PM IST |
Punjab joined the rest of the country in the historic roll-out of the Covid-19 vaccine on Saturday with five healthcare workers getting the jab in the presence of Chief Minister Amarinder Singh, who virtually launched the process to inoculate 1.74 lakh pe ... read.. |
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Thackeray flags 'V-day' in Maha, thousands queue for life-saver jab |
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Mumbai | Saturday, 2021 11:45:05 PM IST |
Exactly 10 months after recording the first Covid-19 death, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray flagged off the much-anticipated Coronavirus vaccination drive, terming it as "a revolutionary step", here on Saturday, even as thousands of eligible people queued ... read.. |
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RML hospital docs apprehensive about Covaxin, want Covishield |
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New Delhi | Saturday, 2021 11:15:06 PM IST |
Resident doctors at Delhi's Ram Manohar Lohia (RML) Hospital on Saturday expressed reservations over taking Bharat Biotech's 'Covaxin' due to its incomplete clinical trial data and requested the hospital administration to vaccinate them with the Oxford Co ... read.. |
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Vaccination drive begins in Bengal, doc gets 1st shot |
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Kolkata | Saturday, 2021 11:15:06 PM IST |
The Covid-19 vaccination drive began in West Bengal on Saturday with a doctor of a private hospital receiving the first shot, while Minister of State for Labour Nirmal Maji was administered the Covishield vaccine at the Kolkata Medical College and Hospita ... read.. |
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Vaccines safe, show faith in your own products: VK Paul |
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New Delhi | Saturday, 2021 11:15:06 PM IST |
Allaying the fears associated with the Covid-19 vaccination drive, V.K. Paul, Member (Health), NITI Aayog, emphasised on Saturday that people should accept the vaccines provided by the government and shed apprehensions associated with their safety standar ... read.. |
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UK Covid-19 variant could be dominant US strain by March: CDC |
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Washington | Saturday, 2021 9:15:06 PM IST |
The more transmissible Covid-19 variant which was first detected in the UK late last year and has now spread to several countries across the globe, could become the dominant virus strain in the US by March, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ( ... read.. |
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All you need to know about India's 2 Covid vaccines |
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New Delhi | Saturday, 2021 8:45:05 PM IST |
Amid the rollout of the world's largest Covid-19 vaccination programme by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, here are a few things that you need to know about the two vaccines -- 'Covaxin' and 'Covishield' -- selected by the Drugs Controller General of India ( ... read.. |
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First vax shot given to Bihar hospital sweeper |
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Patna | Saturday, 2021 8:15:06 PM IST |
As the much awaited vaccination drive against the novel coronavirus started across India on Saturday, Bihar's inoculation campaign began from the Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences (IGIMS) in Patna. ... read.. |
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'Transparency in Covaxin trial could have built confidence' |
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New Delhi | Saturday, 2021 8:15:06 PM IST |
Vikas Dogra, a doctor among the 3,000 healthcare workers who received the first jab of Covid vaccine 'Covaxin' nationwide, told IANS on Saturday that the opaqueness in the data of clinical trials for Covaxin, manufactured by Bharat Biotech, has led to a l ... read.. |
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Kerala ministers attend Covid vaccination drive |
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Thiruvananthapuram | Saturday, 2021 7:45:05 PM IST |
The Covid vaccination programme commenced in Kerala on Saturday with state Health Minister K.K. Shailaja taking part in the drive at Kannur while state Tourism Minister Kadakampally Surendran attended a vaccination programme at Thiruvananthapuram. ... read.. |
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LA County to hit 1mn Covid-19 cases this weekend |
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Los Angeles | Saturday, 2021 7:45:05 PM IST |
Los Angeles County is about to hit another grim milestone this weekend as the overall number of Covid-19 cases was inching towards the 1 million mark, local health officials said. ... read.. |
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AIIMS' director, Niti Aayog's Paul among 1st to get Covid jabs |
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New Delhi | Saturday, 2021 6:45:06 PM IST |
AIIMS Director Randeep Guleria and Niti Aayog member Vinod K. Paul, who heads a government panel on vaccine strategy, were on Saturday administered the first doze of Covid-19 vaccine with the launch of the world's largest vaccination programme in India by ... read.. |
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MP: Bhopal hospital ward boy receives first Covid vax shot |
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Bhopal | Saturday, 2021 6:45:06 PM IST |
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday launched the world's largest coronavirus vaccination drive across the country as Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan kicked off the drive in the state while visiting the Hamidia Hospital in state ca ... read.. |
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Iraq reports bird flu outbreak |
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Baghdad | Saturday, 2021 6:45:06 PM IST |
A bird flu outbreak has been detected in Iraq's Salahudin province, authorities said, adding that all protective measures have been taken to contain the spread of the virus. ... read.. |
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Medicine as well as rigour needed, avoid rumours: PM (Ld) |
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New Delhi | Saturday, 2021 6:15:06 PM IST |
Launching the world's largest Covid-19 vaccination programme, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday warned people to avoid rumours and gave a fresh message of "Ab dawai bhi, kadai bhi" (now medicine as well as rigour). ... read.. |
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Part-time sweeper gets first vaccine in Chandigarh |
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Chandigarh | Saturday, 2021 6:15:06 PM IST |
A 20-year-old man, who works as a part-time sweeper at the Government Multi-Specialty Hospital in Sector 16 here, was the first person in the city inoculated against Covid-19 on Saturday. ... read.. |
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'One-to-one communication key to reduce vaccine hesitancy' |
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New Delhi | Saturday, 2021 6:15:05 PM IST |
On the day of the launch of the massive immunisation drive against Covid-19 that the country has embarked upon, Dr B.L. Sherwal, Director at Delhi government-run Rajiv Gandhi Super Speciality Hospital (RGSSH), said that better communication could have red ... read.. |
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TN begins Covid vaccination |
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Chennai | Saturday, 2021 5:45:06 PM IST |
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K. Palaniswami on Saturday launched the Covid-19 vaccination drive in the state at Government Rajaji Hospital in Madurai. ... read.. |
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Canada's Covid-19 conditions worsening |
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Ottawa | Saturday, 2021 5:45:05 PM IST |
Canada will witness up to 796,630 Covid-19 cases and 19,630 deaths by January 24, as the coronavirus pandemic is worsening rapidly across the country, according to ... read.. |
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PM launches world's largest vaccination drive in India |
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New Delhi | Saturday, 2021 5:15:06 PM IST |
India began the world's largest Covid-19 vaccination programme on Saturday with Prime Minister Narendra Modi launching the drive aimed at ending the pandemic which so far has killed 1,52,093 people in the country and ravaged the economy. ... read.. |
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Norway probes 23 elderly patients' death after Pfizer vaccination |
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London | Saturday, 2021 4:15:06 PM IST |
After the news broke that 23 elderly patients died in Norway following their immunization with the Pfizer-BioNTech mRNA vaccine against Covid-19, the country has launched a detailed investigation into the reported fatalities that has shocked the world. ... read.. |
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India records 15K new Covid cases, 175 deaths |
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New Delhi | Saturday, 2021 4:15:06 PM IST |
With 15,158 new coronavirus infections reported in the last 24 hours, India on Saturday continued with its low streak of single-day cases, posting an overall tally of 1,05,42,841, according to the Union Health Ministry. ... read.. |
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