India may face intense but short outbreak as Omicron spreads“It is likely that India will see a period of explosive growth in daily cases and that the intense growth phase will be relatively short,” ...
28 Dec, 2021, 04.09 PM IST
Teachers, staffers who haven't got even one dose of Covid vaccine won't be allowed in school: DoEOfficials will verify vaccination status through the Arogya Setu application or vaccination certificate produced by teachers and staffers, ...
30 Oct, 2021, 05.29 PM IST
US lawmakers Gregory Meeks say India's success will help world defeat COVID-19 as it achieves 100 crore jabs milestoneBy Lalit K Jha (Eds: Updating with more inputs) Washington, Top US lawmakers have congratulated India after the cumulative COVID-19 vaccine...
22 Oct, 2021, 05.39 PM IST
Only half of schools worldwide resumed classroom learning, 34% continue with hybrid mode: ReportAccording to the tracked data, 80 per cent of schools worldwide are in regular session. Out of those, 54 per cent are back to in-person ins...
10 Oct, 2021, 12.57 PM IST
One dose of coronavirus vaccine 96% effective in preventing death, shows dataVaccination prevents deaths, said the government, adding that new data showed most deaths in the devastating second wave of Covid-19 in Apr...
10 Sep, 2021, 06.57 AM IST
Government develops COVID-19 vaccine tracker to give vaccination-related information"The data have been synergised based on ICMR identification number and on the basis of mobile numbers. We have been able to get a vaccine t...
09 Sep, 2021, 10.06 PM IST
WHO estimates COVID-19 boosters needed yearly for most vulnerableThe estimate is included in a report, which is to be discussed on Thursday at a board meeting of Gavi, a vaccine alliance that co-leads the...
25 Jun, 2021, 08.40 AM IST
Dubai offers Pfizer vaccine to 12-15 year oldsThe Reuters COVID-19 tracker shows that the UAE has among the world's highest immunisation rates, with about two thirds of its population h...
01 Jun, 2021, 02.11 PM IST
Arzooo rolls out Covid-19 vaccine slot trackerWith this, Arzooo joins a growing list of companies that have introduced digital tools to help people amid the deadly second wave of the pa...
13 May, 2021, 03.24 PM IST
Facebook launches in-app vaccine finder tool in IndiaAccording to Mashable, earlier this week, Facebook announced a USD 10 million grant for emergency response efforts for the COVID-19 situati...
04 May, 2021, 10.20 PM IST
Japan Olympic adviser urges COVID-19 vaccine option for athletesJapan on Thursday had dismissed a media report that it was considering vaccinating all its Olympians by the end of June after the idea spar...
13 Apr, 2021, 11.09 AM IST
The world’s wealthiest countries are getting vaccinated 25 times fasterAs of Thursday, 40 per cent of the Covid-19 vaccines administered globally have gone to people in 27 wealthy nations that represent 11 per ...
10 Apr, 2021, 10.05 AM IST
Daily US Covid cases below 40,000 for first time in months: monitorBut now it is back down to the levels of before Thanksgiving and Christmas, when holiday travel and gatherings in defiance of safety warnin...
05 Mar, 2021, 11.16 AM IST
Covid-19 vaccine will be available in Uttar Pradesh near Makar Sankranti: Yogi AdityanathVaccination drive in Uttar Pradesh will begin around Makar Sankranti, CM Adityanath said on Saturday, a day after the Serum Institute of In...
02 Jan, 2021, 06.38 PM IST
Anthony Fauci calls COVID-19 vaccine rollout in US as 'disappointing'"We would have liked to have seen it run smoothly and have 20 million doses into people today by the end of 2020, which was the projection,...
01 Jan, 2021, 09.17 AM IST
How gold, silver performed during the week ending November 19, 2020Here’s a weekly tracker of returns from gold, silver, crude oil and wine. But don’t compare these with returns from traditional investments...
23 Nov, 2020, 06.30 AM IST
Covid vaccine effort and the win some, lose some storyThe pandemic has brought a wide range of changes across industries and it has resulted in mostly acceleration of the technological trends.
11 Nov, 2020, 02.36 PM IST