Coronavirus

New Delhi: The present cold chain system in India is capable of storing additional quantity of COVID-19 vaccine. The COVID-19 vaccine will initially be required first for 3 crore healthcare workers and frontline warriors, the Centre said Tuesday. This information was given by Union Health...

New Delhi: The Union Health Ministry has developed a digital platform, including a mobile application, for real-time monitoring of COVID-19 vaccine delivery. The digital platform will record data and enable people to get themselves registered for vaccination. The digital platform has been named Co-WIN said...

Bhubaneswar: With 523 new COVID-19 recoveries reported Tuesday in the states, the number of recovered patients in Odisha went up to 3,16,970. All the recovered COVID-19 patients have been released from their respective treatment facilities, Odisha government’s Health and Family Welfare (H&FW) said in a...

New Delhi: Three COVID-19 vaccines candidates are under active consideration of India’s drug regulator (DCGI), the Union Health Ministry said Tuesday. The vaccines have been developed by Bharat Biotech, Serum Institute of India (SII) and Pfizer. There is hope that early licensure is possible for...

Los Angeles: Reality TV star Khloe Kardashian has revealed her family will forgo their annual Christmas Eve celebration. This is the first time in 42 years that Khloe Kardashian’s family will not have a Christmas party. The decision has been taken in the wake of...

Los Angeles: Antibodies against the novel coronavirus may ‘disappear quickly’ following recovery, says a new study. The new study assessed more than 250 COVID-19 patients up to five months post-infection. The study has been published in the journal ‘Science Immunology’. It analysed 983 blood plasma...

London: Britain became the first country in the world Tuesday to roll out the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNtech. Initially the COVID-19 vaccine shots are available at 50 hospitals. Britain’s National Health Service (NHS) has said it will give priority to vaccinating people...

London: Margaret Keenan, a 90-year-old grandmother from Britain, became Tuesday the first person in the world to receive the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. Yes, the vaccine has been tested on human beings during the various stages of human trials. Margaret Keenan is the first person to...

New Delhi: After Pfizer and Serum Institute, Hyderabad-based pharmaceutical firm Bharat Biotech applied Monday to the central drug regulator seeking emergency use authorisation for its COVID-19 vaccine ‘Covaxin’, official sources said. The COVID-19 vaccine ‘Covaxin’ is being indigenously developed by Bharat Biotech in collaboration with...

Cape Town: England’s ODI cricket series in South Africa was called off Monday after an outbreak of COVID-19 cases at the luxurious and supposedly bio-secure Cape Town hotel where both teams are staying. Both squads have had members infected, while two workers at the hotel...