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Published 17 Jun, 2021 12:14pm
Media reports say fake names, mobile numbers and addresses were used in more than 100,000 tests during Kumbh festival in April.
Published 17 Jun, 2021 11:56am
Australia has administered 3.3 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine.
Published 17 Jun, 2021 10:39am
“All bio-weapons related subjects that the country has should be subject to scrutiny," he says.
Published 17 Jun, 2021 09:33am
Earlier this month, Uruguay released data showing Sinovac was over 90pc effective in preventing intensive care admissions, deaths.
Published 17 Jun, 2021 09:10am
Tokyo and several other parts of the country have been under a virus emergency since April 25.
Published 17 Jun, 2021 08:35am
The disappointing efficacy of the shot known as CVnCoV emerged from an interim analysis based on 134 Covid-19 cases.
Published 17 Jun, 2021 07:15am
Health minister says the demand for vaccinations will decline from September.
Published 16 Jun, 2021 11:00pm
Spokesman of British PM Boris Johnson says the premier has has full confidence in his health secretary.
Published 16 Jun, 2021 10:25pm
Portugal is now open to tourists from EU countries and Britain but they must show a negative Covid-19 test result on arrival.
Published 16 Jun, 2021 09:45pm
Most cases were in Ho Chi Minh City and the northern province of Bac Giang, home to suppliers to global tech firms.
Published 16 Jun, 2021 09:10pm
Claims health authorities failed to respond adequately to that warning he had given in March.
Published 16 Jun, 2021 08:40pm
French Prime Minister Jean Castex says the curfew will be lifted on June 20.
Published 16 Jun, 2021 08:00pm
Moderna says the additional doses were bought to ensure continuous supply through the first quarter of next year.
Published 16 Jun, 2021 07:30pm
About 5.6 million people lived in absolute poverty last year compared to 4.6m people in 2019.
Published 16 Jun, 2021 07:15pm
A total of 13,755 Covid-19 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours.
Published 16 Jun, 2021 06:52pm
Says Thailand was ahead of target in securing 105.5 million doses of coronavirus vaccine for this year.
Published 16 Jun, 2021 06:45pm
Myanmar's health ministry says one of the newly infected is a Yangon resident who recently returned from abroad.
Published 16 Jun, 2021 06:15pm
“The emergency brake will not be extended at this time because we have a favourable situation at the moment,” he says.
Published 16 Jun, 2021 05:05pm
“Little was given, but much was spoken on it,” says Xinhua news agency.
Published 16 Jun, 2021 04:35pm
Mayor says the coronavirus situation in the city is developing dramatically and urges people to get vaccinated.
Published 16 Jun, 2021 04:05pm
The country's reported death toll has risen by 137 to 90,074.
Published 16 Jun, 2021 02:45pm
The therapy, REGEN-COV, has been granted emergency use authorisation for people with mild-to-moderate Covid-19 in the US.
Published 16 Jun, 2021 02:30pm
"The current pandemic has led to higher awareness around the need for financial protection," says CFO of HDFC Life Insurance.
Published 16 Jun, 2021 02:15pm
China is yet to reach a consensus on what vaccination rate will safely allow adjusting virus control measures, says a researcher.
Published 16 Jun, 2021 01:50pm
The analysis by FAIR Health encompassed insurance claims from 1.96 million Americans from February 2020 to February 2021.
Published 16 Jun, 2021 01:25pm
Published 16 Jun, 2021 01:10pm
New South Wales state said it is not clear how the unnamed man in his 60s acquired the virus.
Published 16 Jun, 2021 12:23pm
Delay in relaxing restrictions is aimed at stemming spread of Delta variant after surge in cases of the highly infectious strain.
Published 16 Jun, 2021 11:54am
The country has recorded total 882,332 recoveries so far.
Published 16 Jun, 2021 11:07am
