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Haryana recorded 286 new cases of Covid-19, 533 recoveries, and 6 deaths in the last 24 hours, as per the State Health Department
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Jharkhand reported 128 new Covid-19 cases and 105 recoveries today.

The total number of cases now stands at 1,15,241 including 1,12,529 recoveries, 1,030 deaths and 1,682 active cases, reports ANI quoting state health department
22:20 (IST), Jan 01

No approval for Covaxin, expert panel seeks more data from Bharat Biotech, reports IANS

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The Subject Expert Committee of the Central Drug Standard Control Organisation on Friday has held that the data provided by Bharat Biotech for its coronavirus vaccine 'Covaxin' is not sufficient for grant of emergency use approval and has asked for more information, top sources said.
21:58 (IST), Jan 01

734 new coronavirus cases in Gujarat, three deaths

Gujarat recorded 734 new coronavirus cases and only three deaths in the last 24 hours, the state health department said on Friday evening. The state's caseload thus went up to 2,45,772 while the death toll stands at 4,309, it said.
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21:29 (IST), Jan 01

35 new Covid-19 cases in Chandigarh

Thirty-five more people tested positive for the novel coronavirus in Chandigarh, bringing the infection tally to 19,799 on Friday, according to a medical bulletin.
21:17 (IST), Jan 01

CDSCO panel asks Bharat Biotech to expedite volunteer recruitment, recommends interim efficacy analysis for Covaxin, reports PTI quoting sources.
21:13 (IST), Jan 01

UK records 53,285 new Covid-19 cases, 613 deaths

The United Kingdom recorded a further 53,285 cases of Covid-19 on Friday, the fourth day running that it has topped 50,000, and 613 deaths, official data showed.
21:07 (IST), Jan 01

CDSCO expert panel recommends grant of permission for restricted emergency use of Oxford Covid-19 vaccine Covishield in India, reports PTI quoting sources
20:57 (IST), Jan 01

Delhi reports 585 new Covid-19 cases, 717 recoveries and 21 deaths in the last 24 hours, as per Delhi Health Department
20:17 (IST), Jan 01

Vardhan reviews preparedness for Covid vaccination trial run on January 2

Union health minister Harsh Vardhan on Friday chaired a high-level meeting to review preparedness at various session sites in the country for coronavirus vaccination trial run on January 2. The senior officials of the health ministry apprised the minister on various improvements that have been made to make the pan India dry run glitch free, such as number of telephone operators has been increased to answer every possible query from the teams on the ground conducting the dry run.
20:09 (IST), Jan 01

Mumbai reports 631 new Covid-19 cases, 628 recoveries/discharges and 9 deaths today.
19:59 (IST), Jan 01

India-UK flights to resume from January 8: Hardeep Puri

Flights between India and the United Kingdom (UK) will resume from January 8, civil aviation minister Hardeep Singh Puri said on Friday.
19:56 (IST), Jan 01

Flights between India and UK to resume from January 8, tweets Union civil aviation minister
19:45 (IST), Jan 01

Maharashtra reports 3,524 new Covid-19 cases, 4,279 discharges, and 59 deaths today, as per State Health Department
19:09 (IST), Jan 01

Expert panel grants emergency use authorisation for Oxford vaccine

The drug regulator's Subject Expert Committee (SEC) on Friday recommended grant of emergency use authorisation (EUA) for Serum Institute of India's 'Covishield', raising hopes that a Covid vaccine will soon be available in India.
19:04 (IST), Jan 01

Cinema halls & theatres to reopen in Kerala from January 5 with half of seating capacity. Festive celebrations at places of worship will also be allowed with limited audience: Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan
18:51 (IST), Jan 01

BioNTech founders warn of vaccine supply gaps: Report

BioNTech is working flat out with partner Pfizer to boost production of their Covid-19 vaccine, its founders said, warning there would be gaps in supply until other vaccines were rolled out.
18:44 (IST), Jan 01
 
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As per the information from Central Government, Covid-19 vaccine will be made available this month itself. First it will be administered to health workers. Kerala is fully prepared for vaccination
Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan
18:23 (IST), Jan 01

Andhra Pradesh reports 'zero' deaths after 7 months,326 fresh cases

For the first time in almost seven months, Andhra Pradesh did not report a single death due to Covid-19, even as 326 fresh cases and 350 recoveries were reported in the 24 hours ending 9 am on Friday.
18:19 (IST), Jan 01

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18:09 (IST), Jan 01

Meeting of Subject Expert Committee (SEC) of the national drug regulator is still going on. SEC will make appropriate recommendations to Drugs Controller General of India (DGCI). The final decision will be taken by the DCGI: Ministry of health on authorization to Covid-19
17:48 (IST), Jan 01

Expert panel gives conditional emergency use authorisation to Oxford vaccine
16:49 (IST), Jan 01

India's Covid-19 active caseload drops to 2.54 lakh, lowest after 179 days

India's Covid-19 active caseload continues to exhibit a sustained downward slide and has significantly dropped to 2.54 lakh, the lowest after 179 days, the Union health ministry said on Friday. The total active cases were 2,53,287 on July 6. India's present active caseload consists of just 2.47 per cent of India's total cases.
16:44 (IST), Jan 01

Jharkhand reports 240 new Covid-19 cases, 3 fresh fatalities

Jharkhand's Covid-19 tally rose to 1,15,113 on Friday as 240 more people tested positive for the infection, while three fresh fatalities pushed the state's coronavirus death toll to 1,030, a health official said.
16:40 (IST), Jan 01

CDSCO expert panel set to recommend approving Oxford Covid-19 vaccine Covishield for emergency use in India, reports PTI quoting sources.
16:35 (IST), Jan 01

How scientists studied coughs to model Covid-19 spread

When the Covid-19 pandemic struck the world, IIT-Bombay Professor Rajneesh Bhardwaj was studying how droplets evaporated for applications in spray cooling and inkjet printing, and his collaborator Amit Agarwal was working on point-of-care medical devices and electronic cooling.
16:09 (IST), Jan 01

Dry run for Covid-19 vaccination to be done in five districts of Jharkhand — Ranchi, East Singhbhum, Chatra, Palamu and Pakur on January 2. All necessary preparations have been completed. 7000 vaccinators have been trained for vaccination drive: Banna Gupta, state health minister
16:08 (IST), Jan 01

We will conduct dry run of Covid vaccination at 6 centres including Sahara Hospital, RML Hospital, King George's Medical University and SGPGI in Lucknow tomorrow: Amit Mohan Prasad, Principal Health Secretary
16:01 (IST), Jan 01

Observing that several advertisements are being issued during Covid-19 to mislead & misguide consumers relating to several consumer goods/products, Central Consumer Protection Authority issued suo-moto show cause notices to companies in various sectors: Consumer affairs ministry
15:47 (IST), Jan 01

4 more persons have tested positive for the new strain of coronavirus taking the total number of new Covid-19 strain cases to 29: Health ministry
15:37 (IST), Jan 01

AstraZeneca vaccine set to become first to get approval in India, according to sources (Reuters)

India's drug regulator is set to approve on Friday a coronavirus vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University for emergency use, three sources with knowledge of the matter said. The decision would pave the way for the vaccine's rollout in the world's second-most populous country which, after the United States, has the highest number of Covid-19 infections in the world.
15:11 (IST), Jan 01

Schools reopen for all classes from today in Assam, reports ANI

"Not a single student came to school today. Since we've to stay till the end of the day, we decided to do some recreation among ourselves," says Principal-in-charge, Gopal Boro Govt Hr. Sec School in Ganeshguri area of Dispur.
15:06 (IST), Jan 01

Bharatiya Janata Party president JP Nadda recovers from Covid-19

"My family members and I have now fully recovered from Covid-19," he says
14:58 (IST), Jan 01

Mock drill been conducted by district training team medical officer who orients and trains health staffs regarding safe Covid vaccination protocols and CoWin database verification and uploading process at the Institute of Public Health, Poonnamalle near Chennai on Friday
14:43 (IST), Jan 01

Vizag: Dry run for the Covid19 vaccine will be held in Srikakulam district on January 2, according to collector J Nivas
14:12 (IST), Jan 01

Kerala: Kochi Mayor M Anil Kumar visits a school in the city after the state government permits the reopening of schools for the students of class 10th and 12th

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13:47 (IST), Jan 01
 
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After training over 2,000 master trainers at the national level, the training is underway at State and district level, in over 700 districts. The procedure is similar to conducting elections where the team at a booth is also trained.
Union health minister Harsh Vardhan (As reported by ANI)
13:31 (IST), Jan 01

The lists of health workers have been created and will be uploaded on Covid platform. Just like we prepare during elections, the same way we need to train each member of all medical teams responsibly, says Union health minister

Target of this exercise is that minutest details are thoroughly researched. At least 2 vaccines have sent their applications to drug controller and experts for approval, their data are being studied pro-