Mamata Banerjee Heads To PM Modi’s House For Meeting

New Delhi:  Mamata Banerjee will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi shortly at his residence. This is the Bengal Chief Minister’s first meeting with the Prime Minister after the Bengal election in which the two clashed frequently. Ms Banerjee may ask the Prime Minister to ensure the release of central dues to…

No antibodies against Delta variant in 16% samples after two doses of Covishield: Study

A new study claims that neutralising antibodies against the Delta variant (B1.617.2) of Covid-19 were not found in 16.1 per cent samples from those who had been administered both doses of the Covishield vaccine. Further, neutralising antibodies were not observed in 58.1 per cent of serum samples from those who had been…

Coronavirus Live Updates: 50,040 Fresh COVID-19 Cases In India

New cases of coronavirus infection in India were recorded over 50,000, taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 3,02,33,183 according to the Union Health Ministry data. The COVID-19 active caseload is 5,86,403 which now comprises 1.97 cent of the total infections. The recovery rate is 96.72 per cent, the data…

PM Modi reviews vaccination progress, lauds rise in daily jabs, stresses on pace of testing

Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a review meet on Covid-19 vaccines on Saturday. The virtual meeting, which began at 5 pm, was attended by senior officials in the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), the Health Secretary and NITI Aayog member (health) Dr VK Paul. Officials made a presentation on the progress of…

“Just Give Us The Vaccines”, WHO Pleads, As Poor Countries Lack Doses

Rich countries are opening up societies and vaccinating young people who are not at great risk from COVID-19, while the poorest countries cruelly lack doses, the World Health Organization said on Friday, condemning a global failure. The situation in Africa, where new infections and deaths jumped by nearly 40% last week…

Brazil Chose Unauthorised Covaxin Over Cheaper Pfizer Vaccine: Official

A Brazilian congressman who has denounced alleged wrongdoing in a 1.6 billion reais ($323 million) COVID-19 vaccine contract signed by Brazil’s government arrived at a Senate commission inquiry on Friday wearing a bullet-proof vest for safety.  Congressman Luis Miranda and his brother Luis Ricardo Miranda,…

Sputnik V vaccine protects from all known variants of Covid: Head of Russia’s Gamaleya Institute

HIGHLIGHTS Sputnik V has received emergency use approval in India Highly transmissible Delta variant has further mutated to form Delta Plus Antibodies developed after vaccination with Sputnik V protect from all variants: Gintsburg Russian-made Sputnik V vaccine protects against all known variants of Covid-19, said…

Covaxin, Covishield effective against Delta variant of Covid-19: Centre

HIGHLIGHTS 29 crore doses of Covid-19 vaccines have been administered to date 22 cases of Delta Plus variant have been reported in India: Rajesh Bhushan Genome sequencing of a total of 45,000 samples has been conducted at 28 INSACOG labs Covaxin and Covishield are effective against the Delta variant of coronavirus,…

Covid vaccine scam: BMC asks SII to verify batch of Covishield vials used in Mumbai housing society

In order to ascertain whether the vaccines administered to the residents of Mumbai’s Hiranandani Heritage housing society were genuine or fake, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Sunday wrote to Serum Institute of India (SII) and sought details of the batch number of the Covishield vials used in the…

Zydus Cadila may apply for emergency use approval of its Covid vaccine in 7-10 days: Sources

In a development that could boost India’s vaccination drive, Ahmedabad-based vaccine manufacturer Zydus Cadila has told the Centre that it could apply for emergency use authorisation for its Covid-19 vaccine ZyCoV-D in the next seven to ten days, sources privy to the development have told India Today TV. The…