Coronavirus Update

India records 1,421 fresh COVID-19 cases, recovery rate jumps to 98.75%

The last 24 hours saw a total of 6,20,251 COVID-19 tests being conducted. India has so far conducted over 78.69 crore cumulative tests

Shanghai warns against 'panic' as COVID-19 cases mount in China

Shanghai authorities have called for calm as worried citizens swamped online grocery platforms to stock up on food over fears of impending lockdowns

Why manufacturing licence of Remdesivir was not given to pharmaceutical PSUs, asks Parliamentary panel

Since Remdesivir has been included in the National Treatment Protocol as an optional drug in curing critical coronavirus patients, the committee recommended that the Centre conduct scientific studies to check the efficacy of the drug and asked it to explore possibilities to manufacture COVID essential drugs by PSUs under it

COVID vaccination pace slowed down in India as most target beneficiaries covered, says Centre

States and UTs have been advised to review programme coverage and vaccine wastage on a daily basis and redistribute the vaccine stock for their optimal utilisation

Reducing gap, second Covishield dose can be given between 8-16 weeks after first dose, says NTAGI

Presently, the second dose of Covishield is given between 12-16 weeks after the first dose under the National COVID-19 Vaccination Strategy.

COVID-19 deaths: Plea in Supreme Court wants deadline for seeking ex gratia payment

The government has urged the apex court to determine a deadline before which the claimants of persons who died can approach authorities raising their claims.

COVID-19: Over 3 lakh doses of Corbevax vaccine given to children aged 12-14 years on day 1

The vaccination against COVID-19 in this age group started on Wednesday with Biological E's intramuscular vaccine, two doses of which are to be administered 28 days apart

India logs 2,539 fresh COVID-19 cases, 60 fatalities in past 24 hours

The active cases constitute 0.07 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate has further improved to 98.73 per cent, the health ministry said.

India logs 3,993 fresh COVID-19 cases, lowest in 662 days

For the first time, since May 2020, the number of active coronavirus cases in the country is below the 50,000 mark

India's daily COVID-19 cases drop below 20,000-mark in nearly 50 days, adds 673 new deaths

The active cases comprise 0.52 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate has further improved to 98.28 per cent