Bharat Biotech’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate COVAXIN shows positive efficacy in animal trials and generated robust immune responses, the Hyderabad-based company announced on Saturday (September 12, 2020). This indigenous vaccine is one of the front runners…
As the number of COVID-19 deaths continues to increase in India, five states including Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu have accounted for 69 percent of the total deaths in the country. The death toll on Saturday (September…
India registered yet another highest 24-hour spike on Friday (September 11, 2020) with 96,551 new cases and 1,209 deaths reported in a single day with this India`s COVID-19 count crossed the 45-lakh mark. The total…
The much-awaited findings of the first national serosurvey conducted by the ICMR, published in the Indian Journal of Medical Research, indicated that a total of 69.4% of people were infected with coronovirus infection in rural villages…
Serum Institute of India (SII) on Thursday said it is pausing clinical trials of AstraZeneca Oxford COVID-19 vaccine candidate in the country. Earlier this week, AstraZeneca said it had paused the trials because of ‘an…
COVID-19 Vaccine Update: In a rather unfortunate turn on the COVID-19 vaccine front, pharmaceutical major AstraZeneca has said that it “voluntarily paused” the clinical human trials of its vaccine candidate ‘Covishield’ with University of Oxford after…
With 89,706 infections being reported in a day, India’s COVID-19 tally went past 43 lakh, while 33,98,844 people have recuperated from the disease so far pushing the national recovery rate to 77.77 per cent on…
India’s COVID-19 caseload rose to 42,80,422 on Tuesday with 75,809 instances of the viral infection recorded in the last 24 hours, while a record 1,133 fatalities took the death toll to 72,775, the Union health…
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday (September 7) inaugurated 300 beds COVID-19 dedicated hospital in Gorakhpur district and thanked the BRD Medical College authority for making the effort. Taking to Twitter, the Chief Minister Office said, “I heartily…
India’s COVID-19 tally of cases went past 41 lakh with a record 90,632 people being infected in a day, while 31,80,865 people have recuperated so far pushing the national recovery rate to 77.32 per cent…