NEW DELHI — The World Health Organization suspended procurement and supply of Covaxin, a Covid-19 vaccine made by Bharat Biotech International Ltd., citing issues following an inspection at the company’s facilities. The Indian vaccine maker has committed to address deficiencies in good manufacturing practices and is developing a corrective and preventive action plan, the World […]
NEW DELHI — With 1,096 new coronavirus infections being reported in a day, India’s total tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 4,30,28,131, while the active cases dipped to 13,013, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Sunday. The death toll climbed to 5,21,345 with 81 fresh fatalities, the data updated at 8 am […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir reported 25 fresh Covid-19 cases while there was no death due to the virus in the last 24 hours, officials said on Saturday. They said eight of the fresh cases were reported from Jammu Division and 17 from Kashmir Valley, taking the overall tally to 453793. Giving district wise details, […]
SRINAGAR — Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) on Saturday said people need to learn to live with Covid-19 and get back to normal life. “Covid-19 will become yet another infection joining many other diseases that humanity has learned to live,” said DAK President and influenza expert Dr Nisar ul Hassan. Dr Hassan said we have entered […]
NEW YORK — Children younger than 5 years of age who are infected with the Omicron variant have less risk of severe health outcomes than those infected with the Delta variant, a new study suggests. The study, published in the journal ‘JAMA Pediatrics’, also showed that the Omicron variant is 6-8 times more infectious than […]
NEW DELHI — India’s virus tally rose to 4,30,27,035 with 1,260 fresh cases being reported in a day, while the number of active infections further declined to 13,445, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Saturday. The death toll from the pandemic climbed to 5,21,264 with 83 new fatalities, the data updated at […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir reported 31 fresh Covid-19 cases while there was no death due to the virus in the last 24 hours, officials said on Friday. They said one of the fresh cases was reported from Jammu Division and 30 from Kashmir Valley, taking the overall tally to 453768. Giving district wise details, […]
NEW DELHI — India reported 1,335 fresh Covid cases, a marginal rise from the previous day’s count of 1,225 in the last 24 hours, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Friday. A total of 52 deaths were also registered in the span of 24 hours, taking the total number of deaths […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir reported 17 fresh Covid-19 cases while there was no death due to the virus in the last 24 hours, officials said on Thursday. They said two of the fresh cases were reported from Jammu Division and 15 from Kashmir Valley, taking the overall tally to 453737. Giving district wise details, […]
DEORIA (UP) — Kafeel Khan, a paediatrician who was among the accused in the 2017 BRD hospital case, has been booked for allegedly using criminal force to deter a public servant from discharging his duty after he “forcibly entered” an ambulance to examine a woman patient despite “objections raised by the driver”. Khan, who is […]
