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UK-returned women who escaped isolation test positive for new Covid strain

The Anglo-Indian women, who returned from the UK to Delhi and later reached Andhra Pradesh by a special train after escaping from an isolation centre in Delhi, have been tested positive for new strain

Covaxin can deal with new Covid strains too: Bharat Biotech chairman

Bharat Biotech's Chairman Krishna Ella said on Tuesday that its vaccine candidate, Covaxin, will be effective in dealing with new strains of coronavirus.

Two more contacts of UK returnees test coronavirus positive in Delhi

Two more contacts of people who were found infected with Covid-19 after returning from the United Kingdom have tested positive for the disease, officials said

Vaccine will protect against new variant: Principal Scientific Advisor

Govt will initiate studies to see relationship between new strain and seriousness of the disease; there have been 17 changes in spike protein of the virus, of which eight are key

Coronavirus LIVE: Covid-19 vaccine dry run concludes in four states

Coronavirus live updates: At 1,925,066, Maharashtra has the highest number of coronavirus cases, followed by Karnataka 916,909, Andhra Pradesh 881,273, Tamil Nadu 815,175, and Kerala 743,563

Immune pressure due to non-judicious use can lead to mutation: ICMR chief

Non-judicious use of therapies, that have not been scientifically established for treating C-19, put immune pressure on the virus which can lead to mutations, said ICMR chief Balram Bhargava

DATA STORY: India adds 16,432 Covid cases, lowest single-day spike since June 24

India on Monday conducted 983,695 coronavirus tests, taking the total count of tests conducted so far in the country to 169,801,749. The test positivity rate recorded was 1.7%

Daily new Covid cases in India dip below 20,000 for 3rd time this month

The daily new coronavirus infections in India dipped below 20,000 for the third time this month taking the Covid-19 caseload to 10,224,303, while the recoveries crossed 98 lakh

Six UK returnees test positive for new strain of coronavirus in India

Six persons who returned to India from the United Kingdom have tested positive for the new UK variant genome of SARS-CoV2, the Union Health Ministry said on Tuesday

Telangana: 1 more UK returnee tests Covid-19 positive, 156 yet to be traced

Amid global concern over the new United Kingdom (UK) Covid-19 strain, one more UK returnee tested positive, taking the number of returnees testing positive to 21 in Telangana

Home Secy asks states to support Health Ministry on Covid-19 vaccination

Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla wrote to chief secretaries of all states to instruct the concerned authorities for their active support to the Health ministry and Family Welfare in vaccine delivery

Health Minister inaugurates India's first pneumococcal conjugate vaccine

Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan On Monday inaugurated India's first pneumococcal conjugate vaccine "Pneumosil", which has been developed by the Serum Institute of India

LIVE: Home ministry extends guidelines on containing pandemic till January

Coronavirus live updates: At 1,922,048, Maharashtra has the highest number of coronavirus cases, followed by Karnataka 915,345, Andhra Pradesh 881,000, Tamil Nadu 814,000, and Kerala 735,611

India's first fully indigenous pneumococcal vaccine launched

Serum Institute of India announced the launch of India's first indigenously developed pneumococcal vaccine -- Pneumosil

Covid-19 positive Uttarakhand CM Trivendra Rawat shifted to hospital

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat, who had tested positive for Covid-19 recently, was shifted to the Government Doon Medical College after developing fever

India reports over 20,000 new Covid-19 infections in a single-day

India's Covid-19 caseload rose to 1,02,07,871 with20,021 infections being reported in a day, while recoveries have surged to 9.7 million, according to the Union Health Ministry data

DATA STORY: India's active Covid cases down 73% from peak, now at 1.26% of global count

India on Sunday conducted 715,397 coronavirus tests, taking the total count of tests conducted so far in the country to 168,818,054. The test positivity rate recorded was 2.8%

DATA STORY: Lowest daily spike in India's Covid-19 tally since June 30

India on Saturday conducted 943,368 coronavirus tests, taking the total count of tests conducted so far in the country to 168,102,657. The test positivity rate recorded was 2.0%

DATA STORY: India reports fewest Covid-19 deaths in a day since June 8

India on Friday conducted 853,527 coronavirus tests, taking the total count of tests conducted so far in the country to 167,159,289. The test positivity rate recorded was 2.6%

Dry run for Covid inoculation next week; exercise to take place in 4 states

The exercise will include necessary data entry in Co-WIN, an online platform for monitoring vaccine delivery, deployment of team members, and a mock drill of session sites with test beneficiaries