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World Coronavirus Dispatch: EU relief package closer to finalisation

Russian elite got trial vaccine in April, UK first to sign up for potential German vaccine, Dubai's biggest bank sees profit slump and other pandemic-related news across the globe

Coronavirus will not be controlled by jugaad: Mayawati to UP govt

Mayawati on Monday slammed the Uttar Pradesh government over its handling of the Covid-19 pandemic, saying the virus has assumed a "horrible shape" in the state and it was a matter of serious concern

Govt, media became part of solution to problem posed by Covid-19: Naqvi

Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said that in times of crisis, govt, society, cinema, and media in India act as "four bodies, one soul", and in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic they became a part of the solution

Odisha coronavirus update: State's tally reaches 16,701, death toll 86

Odisha's Covid-19 death toll Saturday rose to 86 with three patients succumbing to the infection, while the total case count increased to 16,701 after 591 fresh positive cases were detected

110 army personnel test positive for Covid-19 in Dehradun: Uttarakhand CM

As many as 110 army personnel have tested positive for COVID-19 in Dehradun

Covid-19: Noida 1st district in UP to cross 4,000 cases, Ghaziabad on brink

Uttar Pradesh's Gautam Buddh Nagar on Saturday recorded 90 new COVID-19 patients which pushed its tally of cases to 4,024, making it the first district in the state to cross the 4,000 mark

UP's 40% active Covid-19 cases in 6 districts, including Lucknow: Data

Around 40% of the 17,264 active Covid-19 cases in Uttar Pradesh are in six of the 75 districts in the state, an official data said

Maha coronavirus update: Thane count jumps to 65,927 as 1,822 test positive

An addition of 1,822 Covid-19 cases in Thane on Saturday took the district's count to 65,927, while 43 deaths increased the toll to 1,870

Himachal Pradesh coronavirus daily update: Case tally reaches 1,458

Forty more people, including two army jawans, tested positive for coronavirus in Himachal Pradesh taking the state's caseload to 1,458

Facebook to launch dedicated section to debunk coronavirus myths

To help keep everyone safe and informed, the company is putting alerts at the top of the Facebook app and Instagram to remind people to wear masks

25 mn Iranians exposed to Covid-19, millions more may get infected: Rouhani

Rouhani cited an unpublished health ministry report saying that most of Iran's 81 million people may wind up acquiring Covid-19 at some point

Covid-19 fight: Medical students in Gujarat to help meet staff shortage

The Gujarat govt has announced that to meet the need for medical staff for the treatment of Covid-19 patients, medical students will be roped in as assistants

Thiruvananthapuram coastal areas to be under complete lockdown from Sunday

The existing lockdown relaxations will not apply and strict measures will be in force for a 10-day period, the order says

Covid-19 peak in India by mid-Sept if govt acts, public behaves: Expert

Different places (States) would peak at different times, says the President of Public Health Foundation of India

Covid-19 Factoid: India has taken the longest to reach 1 million cases

Death toll in India is rising at a fast pace. The country registered its highest-ever single day spike of almost 700 deaths on July 17

Australian varsity develops blood test to trace coronavirus in 20 minutes

A blood test developed by researchers at Monash University is said to detect positive Covid-19 cases in just about 20 minutes

Studies explained in pics: Drugs that can help, hurt you in Covid fight

Here's a look at fresh studies about what treatments do or don't work for Covid-19, with high-quality methods that give reliable results

Decoded: How coronavirus evades host cell defense, attacks immunity

According to the researchers, including those from the University of Munich in Germany, Nsp1 is one of the central weapons used by the virus to ensure its own replication and propagation in human host

New studies clarify what drugs help, hurt in fight against Covid-19

British researchers on Friday published their research on the only drug shown to improve survival -- a cheap steroid called dexamethasone

China battles new Covid-19 outbreak in far west Xinjiang; 17 cases reported

The outbreak in the city of Urumqi is the latest to pop up since China largely contained the domestic spread of the virus in March