Coronavirus (Covid-19) News

Maharashtra News: On Saturday (August 21), the Maharashtra government claimed to have set a new record by immunising over 10.96 lakh people against COVID-19 in a single day.

Samples received for genome sequencing of COVID-19 positive individuals in Maharashtra, 80% of them were tested positive for Delta variant.

Latest News: The upcoming vaccine, Corbevax by Biological E. is expected to be the cheapest vaccine on Indian market at Rs.500 for 2 doses.

Second wave of COVID-19 cases in the country during the months of April and May is directly linked to the rise of B.1.617 or the Delta Variant of SARS-COVID-19 cases.

The Maharashtra government may now take a call, to call off all global vaccine tenders to further stop vaccine procurement from global companies from eight companies as they fail to provide the manufacturer’s authorization letter.

Mucor Septicus ( Yellow Fungus ) : A patient in Uttar Pradesh’s Ghaziabad has been found infected with all three fungal infections, Black, White, and Yellow Fungus as official on Monday informed.

As Mumbai city’s civic body placed a tender for one crore doses earlier this month, it is now responded by RDIF (Russian Direct Investment Fund) with its Sputnik V vaccine with three bids.

Mumbai Covid News: Mumbai undoubtedly was one of the few cities in India to have handled the second wave much neater and cleaner than its first wave catastrophe and other states handling the second wave.

Maharashtra News: For the second day in a row, Maharashtra recorded cases less than 30,000 i. e 29,644 positive cases and 555 deaths taking its total positive and death numbers to 55,27,092 and 86,618 respectively.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said that in compliance with the order issued by the central government, black fungus will be declared as a notifiable disease under Epidemic Diseases Act.

Covid-19 Vaccine: Apollo and Dr. Reddy’s announced their vaccination programs with Sputnik V, in collaboration.

The Union Health Ministry on Thursday increased time gaps between two doses of vaccine to 12-14 weeks from 6-8 weeks, as per recommendations

Covid-19 Vaccine News: On Tuesday, the World Health Organization labelled the B.1.617 variant as a variant of concern, cautioning that the variant might be more resistant to antibodies.

US-based drug maker Eli Lilly and Co said it has issued non-exclusive and royalty free licenses to Indian pharma companies Cipla, Lupin and Sun Pharma

The new Indian strain that was identified in October known as the “double mutant strain” or scientifically called as the B.1.617 strain is now classified as a “variant of concern” by the WHO.

Bollywood actor and YouTuber Rahul Vohra aged just 35, died of COVID-19 as he was availing treatment in a Delhi hospital.

India Covid-19 News: A total of 6,738 oxygen concentrators, 3856 oxygen cylinders and 3,00,000 Remdesivir vials received as foreign aid: Govt report:

Latest Coronavirus News India: India’s gruesome second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic has turned out and proved to be much deadlier than we think it is, as the country recorded nearly 4,13,000 cases

Stephen Bancel, CEO of Moderna in an interaction with the CNBC said that new viral strains of the COVID-19 are likely to emerge within the next six months

Dr. K. Vijaya Raghavan, one of India’s senior scientific advisor to the PM, said that the third wave of pandemic in the country would be inevitable and nobody knows the time-scale when exactly the country might witness it so we must be better prepared to face the possibility of a third wave.

As extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures, U.S has decided that it will waive off intellectual property rights of COVID-19 vaccines, as suggested by India and South Africa at World Trade Organization a couple of months back.

As infection cases in Chennai and across Tamil Nadu are spiking up every day, the government has decided to bring in measures to put the entire state in a partial lockdown, by shutting down shops after 12:00 P.M

According to the Health Ministry, certain states in the country are showing signs of plateauing numbers in infection cases, like Maharashtra, Gujarat and even Delhi after month, these states have recorded regular growth in infection numbers.

Following the announcement of vaccination program for citizens above 18 years of age after much debates and discussions, the Central government officially announced the date and time for beginning of registration.

India Covid-19 Cases – News: In another day of record surge, a total of 3,14,835 cases and 2,104 deaths were reported in a single day on Thursday.

Amid the worsening COVID-19 crisis in India, many states Delhi and Maharashtra have reported lack of beds and oxygen supplies to treat incoming infected patients into hospitals.

India News: As the whole country is facing the second wave of COVID-19 infections, Tamil Nadu as well is witnessing a drastic rise in cases for the past few weeks.