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Gujarat coronavirus update: 1,094 COVID cases, 19 deaths, 1,015 recoveries

Gujarat reported 1,094 new coronavirus cases on Saturday, 234 of them in Surat, which took the state's tally to 77,663, the health department said

India crosses 2.5 mn Covid-19 cases, records highest single-day recoveries

India on Saturday crossed 2.5 mn Covid-19 cases in the country after an increase of 65,002 Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours

Uttarakhand coronavirus update: State reports 325 fresh Covid-19 cases

A total of 325 people tested positive for Covid-19 in Uttarakhand, taking the infection tally to 11,940 while the death toll rose to 151 with four more fatalities

Madhya Pradesh coronavirus update: 1,019 new cases, 13 deaths, 948 recover

Madhya Pradesh saw its single-day highest spike of 1,019 coronavirus cases, taking the total count to 44,433, state health officials said

Covid warriors will be first to get vaccinated, once we get it: MoS Health

Chaubey also hailed the National Digital Health Mission unveiled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his address to the nation

World Coronavirus Dipatch: Does Sweden offer an example or a warning?

While companies in UK delay investing workers' pension contributions, US Postal warns there may be mass delays in processing mail-in ballots

Coronavirus pandemic is changing our brains: Here are the remedies

Research suggests that the virus may gain access to the brain via the forebrain's olfactory bulb, which is important for the processing of smell. Loss of smell is a symptom in many Covid-19 patients

'Aatmanirbhar Bharat' also means 'making for the world', says PM Modi

In his Independence Day speech from Red Fort, PM Modi says corona crisis not so big as to halt India's juggernaut, invokes 'Vocal for local' mantra of self-reliance, launches digital health mission

Navi Mumbai Municipality notifies 10 Covid-19 hospitals for overcharging

After receiving numerous complaints, Commissioner Abhijit Banghar ordered an audit of the billing of these hospitals and inspection by a team of doctors

Why Covid-19 surged by 59% in two weeks among Assam's health workers

The first Covid-19 case in Assam was reported on March 31 and by July 27, 720 health workers had tested positive in the state

Covid-19 Factoid: India contributes the most to global rise in cases now

Steep rise in cases in Assam and Puducherry has the highest test positivity rate in the country now

Russia's Sputnik coronavirus vaccine gamble is all about Vladimir Putin

Announcing the world's first regulatory approval this week, President Vladimir Putin sought to repeat the propaganda masterstroke

Researchers develop cell injection technique to help reverse vision loss

The technique could point the way toward new treatments with the potential to reverse forms of vision loss that are currently incurable

Covid-19 pandemic: What will happen if we can't produce a vaccine?

Vaccines may just reduce the severity of symptoms or provide temporary protection. So what will happen if this is the case?

Covid-19: IIT Ropar develops remote controlled room disinfection device

The device ensures 360-degree disinfection through its prismatic body and foldable wings, it said

South Africa set to participate in two more Covid-19 vaccine trials

South Africa is all set to participate in two more COVID-19 vaccine trials by leading pharmaceutical companies starting next month. Dr Glenda Gray, president and CEO of the South African Medical Research Council, said in an interview with the public interest health website Spotlight on Tuesday that a Johnson & Johnson product called Ad26.COV2-S and a Novavax product called NVX-CoV2373 will be trialled in the country. The first COVID-19 vaccine trial on the African continent was the Ox1Cov-19 Vaccine VIDA trial, a collaboration with Oxford University, which was started in June in South Africa. It is led by Professor in Vaccinology at Wits University Shabir Madhi. Madhi, who is also the lead investigator for the Novavax trial in South Africa, told Spotlight that the Novavax trial to be conducted in South Africa will be a Phase IIb trial, which would measure efficacy, but not to the extent required for registration, for which a Phase III trial is typically needed. The total of the ...

Record spike of 66,999 cases pushes India's coronavirus tally to 2,396,637

The number of patients who have recovered from the disease surged to 16,95,982, pushing the recovery rate to 70.77% in the country

Why India must raise health budget to tackle impending climate disasters

Mitigation measures will have to include increasing expenditure on healthcare, ensuring systems that include best practices, and improving the quality of data-gathering

Andhra's Covid-19 mortality rate low with aggressive testing: Jagan Reddy

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Tuesday said that the state could keep the Covid-19 mortality rate low with aggressive testing and contact tracing

Why even herd immunity may not prove to be the best bet against Covid-19

Herd immunity, as a general concept, could mean a more dangerous virus for some areas and population subgroups