Coronavirus

Mumbai: After reporting up to 99 Covid-19 cases daily in April, Mumbai’s slum colony of Dharavi has seen a gradual drop in single-day infections. The infections have been five in the last couple of days, the tally of patients under treatment has dropped to 50....

London: The B16172 variant is now dominant in the UK, and there have been fears that its sudden rise could derail Britain's exit from lockdown. Scientists including me have predicted previously that B16172 and other closely related variants could, because of the mutations they carry,...

New Delhi: After India crossed the 20-crore vaccination mark in 130 days, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said that more than 22 crore vaccine doses have been provided to States/UTs and about 1.84 crore doses were still available with the States/UTs to be administered....

New Delhi: Zydus Cadila announced Thursday that its biological therapy ZRC-3308, a cocktail of two SARS-CoV-2-neutralizing monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) can emerge as one of the main treatments for mild COVID-19. SARS-CoV-2 spike protein targeted, neutralizing monoclonal antibody based treatments have received emergency use authorization in...

Hyderabad: India will produce 259 crore doses of various Covid-19 vaccines by the end of 2021, Union Minister of State for Home G. Kishan Reddy said Thursday. He claimed that the Centre is making all efforts to ramp up vaccine production in the country and...

New Delhi: Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Wednesday said the manufacturers of Sputnik V have agreed to supply the Russian anti-Covid vaccine to Delhi but its quantity is yet to be decided. He also said that there were around 620 cases of black fungus or mucormycosis...

Chandigarh: Haryana has floated global tenders for the supply of one crore doses of Covid-19 vaccine and 15,000 vials of medicine for black fungus, state Health Minister Anil Vij said Wednesday. "Two global tenders for the supply of one crore doses of Covid vaccine and...

Seoul: South Korea Wednesday said that people who have got their first dose of Covid vaccine will no longer be required to wear masks outdoors starting in July, as part of incentives for those participating in the public vaccine campaign. The incentive program announced at...

United Nations: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar held a comprehensive in-person meeting Tuesday with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. The two discussed the challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic and underlined the need the importance of finding urgent and effective global vaccine solutions. S Jaishankar also...

Chandigarh: Legendary Indian sprinter Milkha Singh is ‘clinically stable with decreasing oxygen requirement’, the hospital where he is undergoing treatment for Covid-19 said Tuesday. Milkha Singh is also suffering from pneumonia but is responding to treatment, officials said. Milkha was Monday admitted to the Intensive...