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Britains Queen Elizabeth II and her husband Prince Philip. Twitter/@RoyalFamily   The Queen, 94, and Philip, 99, were given the injections by a royal household doctor at Windsor Castle. Britains Queen Elizabeth II and her husband Prince Philip received COVID-19 vaccinations on Saturday, Buckingham Palace said, in a rare public comment on the private health matters of the long-serving monarch. "The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh have today received COVID-19 vaccinations," a Buckingham Palace ...

Coronavirus | Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro urges PM to ‘expedite’ vaccine shipment Updated: Updated: January 09, 2021 22:18 IST Under pressure from political rivals for pandemic response, Brazilian President sought speedy export of 2 million doses of Covishield Share Article File photo of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro.   | Photo Credit: AFP Under pressure from political rivals for pandemic response, Brazilian President sought speedy export of 2 million doses of Covishield Under co...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi termed the approval a decisive turning point in the country’s fight against coronavirus.

Greece will further extend the current nationwide lockdown to January 11 in order to address the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic in the country, a government spokesman has announced. The second lockdown in Greece amidst the pandemic started on November 7, 2020, and was initially scheduled to end on November 30, reports Xinhua news agency. However, as the numbers of new infections, deaths, intubated and the pressure on the national healthcare system remained high, it was first extended to...

Read more about Global Covid-19 cases top 84.5 million, US worst-hit: Johns Hopkins on Business Standard. India comes in second place in terms of cases at 10,305,788, while the countrys death toll soared to 149,218

Read more about US not to follow UKs decision to delay 2nd dose of Covid-19 vaccine: Fauci on Business Standard. Fauci noted that in their clinical trials, Pfizer and Moderna - the makers of the two vaccines approved in the US - studied the effectiveness of two doses a few weeks apart, not a few months apart

Read more about US hotel owners reeling under Covid pressure, brace for 2021: Report on Business Standard. US hotel owners are bracing for a difficult 2021, as the sector continues to reel from a historic drop in bookings caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, reported The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) on Saturday

The States/UTs have been asked to ensure that the data of these beneficiaries is uploaded in Co-WIN.

Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan underlines safety of immunisation process.

Read more about UK records another 34,693 new coronavirus cases, 210 deaths in 24 hours on Business Standard. The United Kingdom has recorded a death toll of 70,405, defined as those dying within 28 days of a positive test