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The World Health Organization’s chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan has claimed that the current COVID-19 variant spreading in India is more contagious, and clearly a contributing factor to the catastrophe unfolding in the country.  In an interview with AFP, Soumya Swaminathan warned that the B.1.617 variant of Covid-19, which was first …

Hyderabad: The Cyberabad police on Friday launched the website COVID.SCSC.IN for verified information on Covid-19 related services available in the city. Officials said that the effort will enable citizens to access verified information that will help them while dealing with patients under critical care, self care and preventive care. Critical …

Witnessing continuous surge in the number of Coronavirus cases in the state, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has announced to impose several restrictions in an effort to control the spread of the deadly disease. As per the latest announcement, the Bihar government has decided to impose night curfew which will remain …

New Delhi: In order to meet the increased demand for manpower during the ongoing COVID pandemic, all Delhi Government hospitals are directed to engage 4th and 5th-year MBBS students, interns and BDS doctors to assist in the treatment of COVID affected patients. “In view of the surge of COVID pandemic …

Enlarge / A sign at the Johnson & Johnson campus on August 26, 2019 in Irvine, California. Covid-19 Coverage View more stories About 15 million doses of Johnson & Johnson’s one-shot COVID-19 vaccine were ruined, and future vaccine shipments will be delayed. This all follows a mix-up at a manufacturing …

A group of African, Caribbean, and Pacific countries have supported India for supplying Covid-19 vaccines to different developing and least developed nations. During a discussion at the WTO (World Trade Organisation), a group of Latin American member states including Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama and Paraguay have also expressed their …

Leading global IT and professional services company Accenture will cover the cost of Covid-19 vaccination for all its 200,000 employees in India as well as their dependents who are enrolled on the company’s medical benefits programme. “For employees who are eligible and choose to receive the Covid-19 vaccination, Accenture will …

A key member of the Maharashtra government’s Covid task force has accused the Union health ministry of delaying the vaccine rollout among the general public and “putting the lives of people at risk”. The remark comes as the state reported a fresh breakout of cases amid fears of a mutant …

Two Canada-based researchers on Wednesday urged governments to delay administering the second dose of Inc’s COVID-19 vaccine, which they said had an efficacy of 92.6% after the first dose, as it was not significantly beneficial in the short term. Danuta Skowronski and Gaston De Serres said their findings were derived …

The COVID-19 vaccine developed by Oxford University and produced by has shown efficacy against the UK variant of the coronavirus, according to an ongoing study by researchers. Oxford University scientists who developed the ChAdOx1-nCoV19 vaccine have found that it remains effective against at least one of the new variants of …