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Close to 39K fresh cases, India crosses 10.77 lakh
With 38,902 new cases reported in past 24 hours India's total coronavirus cases on Sunday reached 10,77,618. With 543 deaths the toll stood at 26,816, Health Ministry data said.Karnataka is the new hotspot state nearing 60,000 cases, as…
‘COVID-19 vaccine to reach usable stage after 2020’
While India is set to begin the trials of its indigenous coronavirus vaccine from this week, a top official from the Indian Medical Association (IMA) has claimed that a vaccine cure for the deadly COVID-19 upon its development and marketing…
AIIMS to begin Covid vaccine human trial from next week
In a major development, AIIMS Delhi will begin human trials of India's first indigenous Covid-19 vaccine, Covaxin, from next week on 100 healthy volunteers aged between 18 and 55.The volunteers will be kept under observation for a period of…
Man who arranged 267 Covid victims’ funerals feels let down
Amid the grave fear of coronavirus infection, a man obsessed with helping others has performed funeral of 267 Covid-19 victims. He continued on the mission even at the cost of contracting Covid-19 himself and eventually spreading it to his…
Gujarat records highest single-day spike of 960 Covid cases, tally over 47K
Gujarat's COVID-19 tally rose to 47,476 on Saturday after it reported a record single-day spike of 960 cases, while the death toll jumped to 2,127 with 19 more deaths, health officials said.As many as 1,061 patients were discharged in the…
Bulletin on COVID-19 : JK reports 441 new positive cases, 7165 recovered so far
The Government on Saturday informed that 441 new positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19), 43 from Jammu division and 398 from Kashmir division, have been reported today thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and…
Covid-19 cannot be transmitted from mosquitoes to humans: Study
Do mosquitoes carry the novel coronavirus and can they transmit Covid-19 to humans? Maybe not. In a new study, the researchers have confirmed that Covid-19 virus cannot be transmitted to people by mosquitoes.The findings, published in the…
Clinical trials begin for Bharat Biotech’s Covid-19 vaccine
Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech on Friday announced that the Phase-I clinical trials of India's first indigenous Covid-19 vaccine Covaxin began across the country on July 15."This is a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical…
Phase-III trial of Sinopharm’s Covid-19 vaccine starts in Abu Dhabi
The first Phase-III clinical trial of Chinese state-owned pharmaceutical company Sinopharm's inactivated Covid-19 vaccine has started ini in the United Arab Emirates, the Abu Dhabi government media office said on Friday.The UAE health…
Separate Labour Room established for Corona Patients in DHs: Balbir Singh Sidhu
To ensure against spread of COVID-19 in pregnant women, the Health & Family Welfare Department has set up separate Labour rooms in all district hospitals for the deliveries of pregnant women reported positive.Giving details in press…