Coronavirus

New Delhi: India will revisit the dosage interval for Covishield vaccine and take appropriate action based on emerging data, NK Arora, chairperson of the working group of immunisation advisory body NTAGI, said Wednesday. Describing the Covid-19 and vaccination situation as ‘very dynamic’, Arora said in...

New Delhi: In the context of public discourse regarding detection of new variants, NITI Aayog Member (Health) VK Paul has reminded that the newly detected 'Delta Plus' variant is not yet classified as a Variant of Concern (VOC). The variant was observed in Europe in...

London: Two doses of Pfizer and AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccines are highly effective against hospitalisation from the Delta (B16172) variant, according to new analysis from Public Health England (PHE). The analysis suggests that the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is 96 per cent effective against hospitalisation after two doses,...

New Delhi: Despite the pandemic, India’s exports rose by 69.35 per cent to USD 32.27 billion in May, driven by healthy growth in sectors such as engineering, petroleum products and gems and jewellery. However, trade deficit widened to USD 6.28 billion, according to government data...

New Delhi: The supply price of Covaxin to the government of India at Rs 150 a dose is a non-competitive price and clearly not sustainable in the long run. Hence a higher price in private markets is required to offset part of the costs, Bharat...

New Delhi: A government panel studying COVID-19 vaccine side effects has confirmed the first death due to anaphylaxis following vaccination. The causality assessment of 31 reported Serious Adverse Events Following Immunisation (AEFI) cases following COVID-19 vaccination was carried out by the panel. According to a...

New Delhi: The highly transmissible Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 has mutated further to form the ‘Delta plus’ or the ‘AY.1’ variant. However, there is no immediate cause for concern in India as its incidence in the country is still low, scientists here said. The new...

Hyderabad: Cyberabad police have booked 31 youngsters for organising birthday party in violation of Covid-19 lockdown norms at a locality here. The youngsters were booked Sunday. The youngsters including girls participated in the birthday party. It was organised at a farm house at Kadthal locality...

Washington: The overall global Covid-19 caseload has topped 17.55 crore, while the deaths have surged to more than 37.9 lakh, according to Johns Hopkins University. In its latest update on Sunday morning, the University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed that the current...

New Delhi: India reported 80,834 fresh Covid-19 cases, the lowest in 71 days, while the daily positivity rate further dropped to 4.25 per cent, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated Sunday. With the fresh cases, the country's tally of cases has climbed to...