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29 Mar 2023

India Sees 2,151 New Covid Cases, Highest In 5 Months; Kerala, Maha Worst-Hit

India, which has been witnessing over 1,000 fresh coronavirus infections for the past few days, now has 11,903 active cases.

08 Feb 2023

'Actual Covid-19 Infections in India is 17 Times Higher', Claims new Study

Study led by researchers at Banaras Hindu University (BHU) estimated that the actual Covid-19 cases in India are between 58 to 98 crores, while the government has reported nearly 4.5 crore.

12 Aug 2021

WHO says India COVID variant found in 44 countries, of global concern

WHO has characterized the lineage B.1.617 as a variant of concern (VOC). Variants of concern are those considered more dangerous than the original form of the virus first seen in China in late 2019.

27 Apr 2021

COVID-19 crisis: European Union member states team up to support India

Several EU member states have pledged their support to India on COVID-19 crisis with Ireland sending 700 oxygen concentrators, one oxygen generator and 365 ventilators; Belgium sending 9,000 doses of antiviral medicine Remdesivir and Romania sending 80 oxygen concentrators and 75 oxygen cylinders.

20 Apr 2021

DNA: Know the latest conditions of Coronavirus in India

As the number of people infected and killed by the second wave of corona in the country is increasing, Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan informed AIIMS staff and media about the status of COVID and steps to be taken to strengthen the fight against the deadly virus Granted.

22 Feb 2021

Boarding a flight to India? Check THESE new COVID-19 guidelines

DIAL rolled out its modified online facility for international arriving passengers, following new government norms in view of the emergence of COVID-19 variants. The revamped 'Air Suvidha' portal includes a new RT-PCR testing package and provision for declaring domestic connection.

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21 Feb 2021

New COVID-19 variant N440K spreading more in India's southern states: Study

A new study conducted by scientists of CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) has revealed that the new COVID-19 variant N440K is spreading more in the southern states of India. The Director of CCMB, Rakesh Mishra said in a release that strict monitoring is required to understand the spread of N440K properly.

17 Feb 2021

India approves 1 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines for Canada

A readout from PMO office said during the talks Trudeau informed PM Modi about "Canada's requirements of COVID-19 vaccines from India". PM Modi "assured...that India would do its best to support Canada's vaccination efforts, just as it had done for many other countries already".

17 Feb 2021

India announces 2 lakh doses of COVID-19 vaccines for UN peacekeepers

India has so far sent COVID-19 vaccines to 25 nations and in coming days will be supplying vaccines to 49 more countries. Around 60 per cent of the global COVID-19 vaccines are produced in India and in 2020 amid the pandemic, it sent medicines to 150 countries. During his address, EAM put forward nine points for the world to put "COVID-19 pandemic decisively behind us and to emerge more resilient".

17 Feb 2021

Centre's fresh guidelines for international arrivals: What you must know

In the context of the spread of mutant variant of SARS-CoV-2 in many countries, the civil aviation ministry has issued new guidelines for international arrivals. There are fresh guidelines for all international travellers coming/transiting through flights originating from the United Kingdom, Europe and the Middle East.

17 Feb 2021

Stop COVID-19 vaccine nationalism, encourage internationalism: India at UNSC

Addressing the UN Security Council, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar stated that India will provide 200,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine to UN Peacekeepers as a gift. "Keeping in mind UN Peacekeepers, we would like to announce today a gift of 200,000 vaccine doses for them," he added.

17 Feb 2021

Pakistan to take part in India-led initiative on COVID-19 crisis

In March 2020, Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for a SAARC meet on the COVID-19 pandemic. The meet saw all the SAARC heads of govt and state taking part barring Pakistan.

16 Feb 2021

International passengers coming HERE must produce RT-PCR negative certificate

The state on February 15 clocked 368 new coronavirus cases and two deaths, taking the infection count and toll to 9,45,638 and 12,267 respectively. According to a department bulletin, a total of 9,26,664 people were discharged so far, including 430 on Monday.

16 Feb 2021

Centre says 4 detected with South Africa variant of COVID-19 in India

All travellers and contacts have been tested and quarantined. "The ICMR-NIV is attempting to isolate and culture the SA variant strain from the samples of these four individual returnees," he said. One Brazil returnee has tested positive for the Brazil variant of SARS-CoV-2 in the first week of February.

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14 Dec 2020

India's daily COVID cases fall below 30,000; active cases remain under 4 lakh

Daily new COVID-19 cases fell below 30,000. COVID-19 active caseload stands at 3.52 lakh. COVID-19 case fatality rate stands at 1.45%.

24 Nov 2020

India first priority for COVID-19 vaccine delivery: Serum Institute

The Serum Institute of India, the world's largest manufacturer of vaccines by volume, will first focus on supplying AstraZeneca Plc's COVID-19 vaccine to Indians before distributing it to other countries, Serum's Chief Executive Adar Poonawalla said on Monday.

18 Nov 2020

Amid spurt in COVID-19 cases in Delhi, Centre announces these measures

The Centre has decided on a slew of measures to tackle the grim situation in the national capital, amid the sudden spurt in coronavirus COVID-19 cases in Delhi. To ramp up the care facilities in Delhi, 45 doctors and 160 paramedics of the paramilitary forces have arrived in the capital.

16 Nov 2020

India records 30,548 fresh COVID-19 cases, lowest in 4 months

Coronavirus death toll climbed to 1,30,070 with 435 new fatalities. No. of active cases remained below 5 lakh for the 6th consecutive day. There are 4,65,478 active cases of coronavirus infection in the country.

09 Nov 2020

COVID-19: Delhi records over 70 deaths for third day; 5,023 fresh cases

For the third consecutive day, Delhi recorded over 70 fatalities due to coronavirus on Monday, taking the death toll to 7,060. A total of 5,023 fresh cases pushed the infection tally in the national capital to over 4.4 lakh.

19 Oct 2020

Half of Indians may have had coronavirus by February, estimates govt panel

At least half of India`s 1.3 billion people are likely to have been infected with the new coronavirus by next February, helping slow the spread of the disease. A member of a federal government committee tasked with providing projections said on Monday. India has so far reported 7.55 million cases of the coronavirus and is second only to the United States in terms of total infections.

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