Coronavirus

New York: Even as severe supply constraints remain the biggest concern for many nations trying to accelerate the vaccine drive against Covid-19, tens of millions of AstraZeneca doses are lying idle in the US manufacturing facilities. This is because results of the vaccine's crucial clinical...

Reno (Nevada):  Health officials have confirmed the first northern Nevada case of a COVID-19 variant that originated in the United Kingdom, and they're trying to determine if the infection linked to a large gathering in Washoe County may have spread to others. At least eight...

Boston: Antibodies raised by some COVID-19 vaccines are less effective at neutralising new, circulating variants of the novel coronavirus such as the ones first reported in the UK, South Africa and Brazil, according to a new study. The research, published in the journal Cell, noted...

New Delhi: India Saturday recorded 24,882 fresh COVID-19 infections, the highest so far this year, which took the caseload to 1,13,33,728, according to Union health ministry data. This is also the highest daily rise in the last 83 days. As many as 26,624 new infections...

Washington:  The overall number of global COVID-19 cases has topped 119 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 2.63 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University. In its latest update on Saturday morning, the University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed...

New Delhi: In their first ever summit, leaders of the four-nation Quad Friday finalised a landmark initiative under which huge investments will be made in India to create additional production capacities to roll out a billion coronavirus vaccine doses by 2022 for exports to the...

Mumbai: Actor Manoj Bajpayee has tested positive for the novel coronavirus. He is currently under home quarantine, the actor’s spokesperson said Friday. The spokesperson said that Manoj Bajpayee had commenced shooting for the Kanu Behl-directed Despatch last month. Bajpayee’s , was diagnosed with COVID-19 after...

New York: US-based biotech company Novavax's COVID-19 vaccine was 96.4 per cent effective against original strain of the virus in a phase-3 trial in the UK, the company has said. The vaccine, NVX-CoV2373, was found 86.3 per cent effective against the B.1.1.7/501Y.V1 variant circulating in...

New Delhi: India recorded 23,285 cases of coronavirus infection in a day, the highest in around 78 days. The new coronavirus infections took the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 1,13,08,846. This is according to the Union Health Ministry data updated Friday. The Health Ministry data also showed that...

Washington: US President Joe Biden has announced that all adult Americans will be eligible for COVID-19 vaccination by May 1 with an aim to get the country, worst-hit by the pandemic, closer to normal by July 4th, Independence Day. In his first prime-time address to...