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WHO hails India's emergency use authorisation approval to Covid vaccines

World Health Organisation (WHO) has welcomed India's decision giving emergency use authorisation to Covid-19 vaccines, informed Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh, Regional Director, WHO South-East Asia

Coronavirus LIVE: India's active caseload drops below 250,000 mark

Coronavirus live updates: At 1,938,854, Maharashtra has the highest number of coronavirus cases, followed by Karnataka 918,544, Andhra Pradesh 882,612, Tamil Nadu 818,935, and Kerala 765,924

WHO nod for Pfizer Covid vaccine may allow better access to poor nations

Every country that has a drug regulatory agency will have to issue its own approval for any Covid-19 vaccine, but countries with weak systems usually rely on WHO to vet the shots

WHO clears Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine for emergency use

The World Health Organization says it has cleared the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine for emergency use

Coronavirus LIVE updates: India's Covid-19 recovery rate crosses 96%

Coronavirus live updates: At 1,932,112, Maharashtra has the highest number of coronavirus cases, followed by Karnataka 918,544, Andhra Pradesh 881,948, Tamil Nadu 817,077, and Kerala 755,718

Moderna Covid-19 vaccine shows 94.1 per cent efficacy in trial: Study

Results from the primary analysis of the phase 3 clinical trial of Moderna's Covid-19 vaccine have revealed 94.1% efficacy of the therapeutic in preventing symptomatic infections and severe illness

Five coronavirus strains circulating in Ukraine, says Health Ministry

Five strains of new coronavirus infection are circulating in Ukraine, the countries health ministry has said

China grants conditional approval to its homegrown Covid-19 vaccine

China has granted conditional approval to the country's first homegrown Covid-19 vaccine developed by state-owned pharmaceutical giant Sinopharm, an official announcement said on Thursday

Global Covid-19 cases surpass 82.6 million: Johns Hopkins University

The overall number of global coronavirus cases has topped 82.6 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 1.80 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University

Coronavirus LIVE: Govt asks states to step up vigil on New Year's eve

Coronavirus live updates: At 1,928,603, Maharashtra has the highest number of coronavirus cases, followed by Karnataka 917,571, Andhra Pradesh 881,599, Tamil Nadu 816,132, and Kerala 743,563

Global Covid-19 cases surpass 81.9 million: Johns Hopkins University

The overall number of global coronavirus cases has topped 81.9 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 1.78 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University

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

UK records highest spike in daily novel coronavirus cases at 41,385

Another 41,385 people in the UK have tested positive for the coronavirus, marking the highest increase in single-day cases since the onset of the pandemic in the country, according to official figures

Brazil logs over 20,000 Covid-19 cases, taking total to over 7.5 million

Brazil registered 20,548 new Covid-19 cases in the past day, taking the national count to 7,504,833, the country's health ministry said

Nod for Covid vaccine in the next few days: Serum Institute's Poonawalla

SII has stockpiled 40-50 mn doses and is adding more every week. Most of these will come to India, as exporting would require fulfilling WHO's pre-qualification procedures

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

Africa's confirmed Covid-19 cases surpass 2.64 million: Health authorities

The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the African continent has increased to 2,644,112, according to health authorities

France begins Covid-19 vaccinations, 78-year-old receives 1st dose

A 78-year-old woman received the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine in France, marking the start of the vaccination campaign against the virus in the country, one of the hardest-hit in Europe

Israel imposes third nationwide lockdown amid Covid vaccination drive

Israel has entered the third nationwide lockdown amid a vaccination drive aimed at curbing the raging coronavirus pandemic

South Korea reports its first cases of new Covid variant first seen in UK

South Korea has confirmed the first three cases of the new coronavirus strain in the country, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency