PUNJAB ISSUES FRESH SOP FOR NEW COVID-19 STRAIN DETECTED IN UK

23 Dec 2020

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab government on Tuesday issued the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for epidemiological surveillance and response in the context of new variant SARS-CoV-2 virus detected in United Kingdom. Giving details Punjab Health Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu said that instructions have been issued to all Deputy Commissioners and Civil Surgeons...

With 24k new cases, India reaches 1.05 crore Covid-19 caseload

22 Dec 2020

New Delhi: India’s total coronavirus cases reached 1,00,55,560 on Monday with 24,337 new Covid-19 cases, including 25,709 recoveries have been reported in the last 24 hours. The difference in the new recoveries outnumbering new cases has also improved the recovery rate to 95.53% on Monday. The total numbers of recovered...

AFTER CROSSING 1 CRORE, INDIA’S ACTIVE COVID CASES DROP TO 3.05 LAKH

21 Dec 2020

New Delhi: India added 26,624 coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, taking its tally to 1,00,31,223. The number of fresh infections is 5.8% higher than Saturday when the country registered 25,152 cases making the total infections reach over one crore mark. India reported 341 deaths on Sunday due to...

WITH 22K NEW CASES, INDIA’S COVID NUMBER REACHES 99.79 LAKH

19 Dec 2020

India recorded 22,890 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, taking the total caseload to over 99.79 lakh. Fresh infections are down by 4.6% since Thursday. A total of 338 deaths were reported in the last twenty-four hours, taking total fatality to 1,44,789. The total recovered cases of the...

191 STUDENTS IN IIT-M, 6 IN ANNA UNIVERSITY TEST COVID POSITIVE

17 Dec 2020

CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu government had allowed final-year undergraduate students and post-graduate students to attend classes from November. Though the government allowed the colleges to function, it stated that students can attend classes on a voluntary basis. Since 1 December, 71 students have been tested positive inside the IIT Madras...

WITH 26K NEW CASES, INDIA’S COVID COUNT NEARS A CRORE MARK

17 Dec 2020

NEW DELHI: With 26,382 new Covid-19 infections and 387 deaths in the past 24 hours, India’s overall tally stood at 99,32,547 on Wednesday, while the death toll reached 1,44,096, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said. Till now, 94,56,449 people have recovered, and over 33,813 recovered in the last...

WILL INDIANS OPT FOR THE VACCINE?

16 Dec 2020

New Delhi: In November 2020, a survey carried out by Local Circles, a community social media platform revealed that Indians are likely to be hesitant of a COVID-19 vaccine. In the survey, 59% of all respondents (8,936 total respondents) said they will not rush to get the vaccine even if...

WHAT IS THE PLAN FOR DISTRIBUTING THE CORONAVIRUS VACCINE IN INDIA?

16 Dec 2020

Currently, three vaccines are under regulatory review in India, as announced by the head of the National Expert Group on Vaccine Administration for COVID-19 in early December. Three companies: Pfizer, Serum Institute of India (SII) and Bharat Biotech have applied to the drug regulatory body in India, the Central Drugs...

With 22k Covid cases, India records lowest daily hike since July

16 Dec 2020

New Delhi: India records 22,065 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, taking the overall tally to 99,06,165 on Tuesday as 354 deaths were also reported, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said. The last time India recorded around 20,000 cases was on 2 July when there were...

INDIA’S ACTIVE COVID CASELOAD LOWEST AFTER 149 DAYS AT 3.57%

15 Dec 2020

New Delhi: The share of active Covid-19 cases in the total number of infections has further shrunk to 3.57 per cent, lowest after 149 days, according to an official release on Monday. India’s active cases on Monday stood at 3,52,586, as compared to 3,58,692 on 18 July. As many as...