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Detected across 30 countries, Lambda variant 'deadlier' than Delta
LONDON: A new COVID-19 strain called 'Lambda' is much more dangerous than the Delta variant, said the UK Health Ministry adding that it has...
Over 36.97 crore vaccine doses provided to States, UTs Centre
NEW DELHI: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Monday informed that more than 36.97 crore (36,97,70,980) vaccine doses have been provided to states...
Over 1.6 lakh COVID vaccines administered in last 24 hrs, left with stock for 2 days
NEW DELHI: More than 1.6 lakh COVID vaccines were administered in Delhi in the last 24 hours and a total of 82,12,158 vaccines have...
Bharat Biotech releases Phase 3 trial results of Covaxin, claims vaccine efficacy of 78.8 pc against COVID-19
HYDERABAD: Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech on Saturday concluded a final analysis for its vaccine Covaxin efficacy from phase-3 clinical trial claiming it to be 77.8...
India's vaccination coverage crosses landmark of 34 crore
NEW DELHI: India's cumulative COVID-19 vaccination coverage crossed the landmark of 34 crore on Friday. A total of 34,00,76,232 vaccine doses were administered till...
Zydus Cadila seeks emergency use authorisation for ZyCoV-D COVID-19 vaccine for 12 years, above
NEW DELHI: Pharmaceutical major Zydus Cadila on Thursday applied for Emergency Use Authorisation (EUA) seeking approval from the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI)...
Russian President Putin attends a meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council via a video conference call outside Moscow
MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday disclosed that he had been inoculated with the Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine. "As for me, when I did...
Covaxin effectively neutralises both Alpha, Delta variants of Covid-US' top health institute
WASHINGTON: The National Institute of Health (NIH) in the United States has found that Bharat Biotech's COVAXIN vaccine generates antibodies that effectively neutralize both...
India seeks EU travel approval for Covishield Report
NEW DELHI: India's Serum Institute is seeking emergency authorisation in the European Union for its Covishield jab, the BBC reported. The move comes amid reports...
India reports less than 40,000 daily new COVID cases after 102 days, recovery rate increases to 96.87 pc
NEW DELHI: India on Tuesday reported 37,566 fresh COVID-19 cases, the first time in 102 days that daily cases dropped below the 40,000 mark,...