Covid 19
Doubts about China’s transparency on the COVID-19 pandemic origins piling up: Report
Washington [US], June 26 (ANI): Jesse Bloom, a virologist and professor at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, discovered the deletion of some early sequences of coronavirus from…
Italian PM receives Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine as 2nd dose after AstraZeneca
Rome [Italy], June 23 (ANI/Sputnik): Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi received the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine as a second shot, Corriere della Sera newspaper reported. The newspaper reported about the second…
Chinese media faces backlash for backing Foreign Ministry’s call to seek Nobel for Wuhan lab
Beijing [China], June 23 (ANI): Chinese state media has faced backlash for eagerly amplifying its Foreign Ministry's call for seeking a Nobel Prize for the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV)…
Countries relying on Chinese COVID-19 vaccines reporting surge in infections
Washington [US], June 23 (ANI): Countries like Mongolia, Seychelles and Bahrain had relied on the easily accessible Chinese COVID-19 vaccines to combat the coronavirus pandemic and bring back normalcy. These…
Pfizer in ‘final stages’ of getting approval for COVID-19 vaccine in India: CEO
New Delhi [India], June 22 (ANI): US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer on Tuesday said it is in the "final stages" of getting approval for its COVID-19 vaccine in India. Speaking at…
COVID: Japan, UNDP provide oxygen generation plants to India, installed in 3 northeast states
New Delhi [India], June 22 (ANI): Assisting India in its battle against COVID-19, eight oxygen generation plants were installed in the Northeast states of Meghalaya, Nagaland and Tripura with the…
India administers over 80 lakh COVID-19 vaccine doses, highest single-day jabs in world
New Delhi [India], June 21 (ANI): India on Monday administered more than 80 lakh COVID-19 vaccine doses. This is the highest single-day number of jabs in the world. Thus India…
Yoga was lifeline during COVID-19 lockdown, says UNGA President
Geneva [Switzerland], June 21 (ANI): On the 7th International Yoga Day, United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) President Volkan Bozkir said that yoga was a lifeline during the COVID-19 lockdown as…
COVID-19’s third wave peak expected around September-October: IIT Kanpur study
New Delhi [India], June 21 (ANI): An IIT Kanpur study done by Prof. Rajesh Ranjan and Mahendra Verma, along with their team, on Monday said third wave peak of COVID…
J-K govt cancels this year’s Amarnath Yatra due to COVID-19 pandemic
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], June 21 (ANI): The Jammu and Kashmir government has decided to cancel this year's Amarnath Yatra but all the traditional religious rituals will be performed…
Will foreigners shun Singapore due to slow COVID reopening?
By Lee Kah Whye Singapore, June 21 (ANI): As Singapore cautiously and gradually reopens following the most recent COVID-19 lockdown, some people especially those in the foreign business community are…
Centre ready to speed up COVID-19 vaccination process in July, August: Amit Shah
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], June 21 (ANI): As the centralised free vaccination policy began on Monday under which the Government of India will provide free COVID-19 vaccine to all citizens above…
