'Please be patient': Adar Poonawalla urges nations waiting for Covishield vaccines
Feb 21, 2021, at 06:36 pm
Pune/IBNS: Serum Institute of India (SII) CEO Adar Poonawalla on Sunday requested countries and governments to "be patient" amid the wait for 'Covishield' supplies, the coronavirus vaccine his pharmaceutical company has developed in partnership with the Oxford University and British-Swedish pharma firm AstraZeneca.
Japan receives second batch of Pfizer shots against COVID-19: Reports
Feb 21, 2021, at 03:22 pm
Tokyo/Sputnik: The second batch of Pfizer coronavirus vaccine doses has been delivered to Japan, the country’s media report.
Avian Flu : Russia reports first case of H5N8 transmission to humans : Report
Feb 21, 2021, at 05:16 am
Moscow/IBNS : Russia on Saturday said it has detected the first case of transmission of H5N8 strain of avian flu virus and alerted the World Health Organization, said an AFP report.
AstraZeneca vaccine will work better, faster if 2nd dose replaced with Sputnik V:Makers
Feb 20, 2021, at 10:37 pm
Moscow/Sputnik: Developers of Russia's Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine said on Saturday that AstraZeneca can achieve maximum efficacy of its vaccine in less than a three-month interval if it uses Sputnik V as its second shot.
Kerala, Maharashtra, Punjab, Chhattisgarh, MP witness upsurge in daily COVID-19 new cases
Feb 20, 2021, at 09:28 pm
New Delhi: India’s present active caseload now consists of 1.30% of India’s total Positive Cases.
India reports 13,993 new Covid-19 cases, 101 deaths
Feb 20, 2021, at 04:35 pm
New Delhi/UNI: India on Saturday reported 13,993 fresh Covid-19 infections during the past 24 hours, pushing the country's caseload to 1,09,77,387, while the death toll mounted to 1,56,212 with 101 more fatalities.
Indian American scientist Swati Mohan leads NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover touchdown
Feb 20, 2021, at 06:19 am
New Delhi/IBNS : Indian American scientist Swati Mohan, who led the guidance, navigation, and control operations of NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover, trended throughout Friday, as she confirmed the successful landing of the rover on the red planet at around 3:55 PM Eastern Time (2055 GMT) the day before.
Uttarakhand: Mild quake hits Pithoragarh
Feb 19, 2021, at 11:18 pm
Haldwani/UNI: An earthquake of 4.0 magnitude on the Richter scale struck Pithoragarh district in Uttarakhand on Friday, District Disaster Management Officer Shikha Suyal said.
WHO believes badgers, rabbits could have spread COVID-19 to humans: Reports
Feb 19, 2021, at 10:46 pm
Moscow/Sputnik: World Health Organization (WHO) experts investigating the pandemic’s origins suggest that ferret badgers and rabbits, which were sold at a Wuhan market in China, could have played a role in spreading the novel coronavirus to humans, The Wall Street Journal reported.
WHO seeks $1.96 billion for 2021 Strategic Plan for COVID-19 Response
Feb 19, 2021, at 05:06 pm
The World Health Organization (WHO) is seeking nearly $2 billion to fund its 2021 Strategic Preparedness and Response Plan (SPRP) for COVID-19 response which, was launched on Thursday in Geneva.
India reports 13,193 new Covid-19 cases, 81 deaths
Feb 19, 2021, at 04:19 pm
New Delhi/UNI: India on Friday reported 13,193 fresh Covid-19 infections during the past 24 hours, pushing the country's caseload to 1,09,63,394, while the death toll mounted to 1,56,111 with 81 more fatalities.
NASA's Perseverance Rover lands on Mars in search of ancient microbial life
Feb 19, 2021, at 02:22 pm
Washington/Sputnik: NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover landed on the Red Planet on Thursday, surviving a perilous 7-minute descent suspended by cables in the final minutes from a saucer-shaped spacecraft that slowed the plunge to walking speed before releasing the six-wheeled robot.
India reports over 12,000 Covid-19 cases, 101 deaths in 24 hours
Feb 18, 2021, at 04:21 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: India, which is again witnessing a surge in cases in some parts, on Thursday reported over 12,000 Covid-19 cases besides 101 deaths apparently due to the contagion.
Jammu and Kashmir: Orientation programme to conduct census of Migratory birds held at Hokersar
Feb 18, 2021, at 03:49 am
Srinagar: The Wetlands Division of Jammu and Kashmir Wildlife Protection Department today organised an orientation programme to inculcate the census techniques amongst the participants at Camping Ground, Hokersar, here.
COVID infections drop 16% worldwide in one week: WHO
Feb 18, 2021, at 02:14 am
New York: In its latest update on the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) said that although the number of gobal infections have fallen by 16 per cent in a week – 500,000 fewer cases – regions, including Europe, are still in the grip of the virus whose variants are spreading.
Feb 18, 2021, at 12:25 am
Kolkata/IBNS: The principal of Kolkata's Beliaghata I.D. and B.G. hospital, Anima Haldar, reportedly fell sick hours after receiving the second dose of Covishield corona vaccine and she is undergoing treatment in the same hospital.
Exercise regularly, avoid junk food to avoid heart diseases: BM Birla cardiologists
Feb 17, 2021, at 11:51 pm
Kolkata: Senior doctors of Kolkata’s BM Birla Heart Research Centre have stressed on the need to exercise regularly to keep heart healthy.
WHO says number of global new COVID-19 cases falling
Feb 17, 2021, at 03:49 pm
Geneva/Sputnik: The number of new global cases of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is decreasing, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in a statement on Tuesday.
India records 11,610 new COVID-19 cases, 100 deaths
Feb 17, 2021, at 03:39 pm
New Delhi: India recorded 11,610 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, as per Ministry of Health released data on Wednesday.
White House vows US help to stop Ebola outbreaks in Africa
Feb 17, 2021, at 02:24 pm
Washington/Sputnik: The United States will do everything in its power to stop resurgent outbreaks of the potentially lethal Ebola disease in countries in Africa, White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki said in a statement on Tuesday.
Bengaluru: Covid-19 positive cases in Bommanahalli apartment increases to 105
Feb 16, 2021, at 11:50 pm
Bengaluru/UNI: The Covid-19 cases in an apartment at Bommanahalli has increased to 105 on Tuesday.
South African variant of coronavirus found in four people in India, Brazilian variant in one: Govt
Feb 16, 2021, at 11:29 pm
New Delhi: The Indian government on Tuesday confirmed few cases of the highly infectious South African and Brazilian strains of the coronavirus have been detected in the country.
Downward COVID-19 trend shows ‘simple public health measures work’ – UN health chief
Feb 16, 2021, at 03:53 pm
New York: The number of reported cases of COVID-19 globally has declined for the fifth consecutive week, the head of the UN health agency said on Monday, underscoring that “simple public health measures work, even in the presence of variants”.
India records 9,121 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours
Feb 16, 2021, at 03:19 pm
New Delhi: India recorded 9,121 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, marking a slight slide in the daily count, as per data released by the Ministry of Health.
Two die as new Ebola outbreak declared in southern Guinea
Feb 16, 2021, at 03:10 pm
New York: Guinean health authorities have declared an outbreak of Ebola in a rural community in the south of the country, with at least seven people infected, two of whom died, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed on Sunday.
Another Coronavirus strain discovered in UK, detected in 10 other countries : Report
Feb 16, 2021, at 02:57 pm
Moscow/Sputnik: Yet another coronavirus variant (B.1.525) has been detected in the United Kingdom, as well as ten other countries, including the US, researchers from the University of Edinburgh have revealed.
India commits to ship Covishield vaccines to Canada within a month
Feb 16, 2021, at 04:46 am
Canada/IBNS: Adar Poonawalla, the chief executive of Serum Institute of India (SII), confirmed on Monday that Covishield vaccines would be shipped to Canada within a month.
Coronavirus origin: WHO Wuhan mission now finds possible signs of wider original outbreak in 2019
Feb 16, 2021, at 01:26 am
Wuhan:Investigators from the World Health Organization (WHO), who are trying to find the possible origin of the COVID-19 virus outbreak in China, have discovered signs the outbreak was much wider in Wuhan in December 2019 than previously thought, reports CNN.
India fights COVID-19: 33 states report less than 5,000 cases
Feb 15, 2021, at 10:15 pm
New Delhi/UNI: As many as 33 states and Union Territories in the country have reported less than 5,000 active Coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, Ministry of Health, and Family Welfare said in a statement on Monday.
WHO aware of three reported deaths from Ebola in Guinea
Feb 15, 2021, at 03:57 pm
Moscow/Sputnik: The World Health Organization (WHO) is supporting the authorities in Guinea, where at least three deaths from Ebola have been reported.