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Highlights Bharat Biotechs Covaxin has got approval for phase 2/3 trials on 2-18 year-olds The trial will take place in 525 subjects at various sites, including AIIMS, Delhi, AIIMS, Patna and Meditrina Institute of Medical Sciences, Nagpur. New Delhi: The Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotechs COVID-19 vaccine Covaxin has got the necessary approval from an expert panel for conducting phase 2/3 trials on those aged between 2 to 18 years. According to news agency PTI, the drug maker’s anti-COVID vacc...

Source: Highlights ICMR chief says six to eight weeks lockdown is needed in India to break the chain of COVID infections He says that lockdown restrictions should remain in place in all districts where the rate of infection is above 10% of those tested NEW DELHI: Dr. Balram Bhargava, the head of the countrys main health agency responding to the coronavirus, has said that the districts reporting a high number of infections should remain locked down for another six to eight weeks to control the s...

5,805 MT Liquid Medical Oxygen being imported from five countries, the MHA has said It said an Oxygen Digital Tracking System for real-time monitoring has been put in place and movements of tankers being monitored through this New Delhi: Listing out various initiatives taken by the Centre to ramp up the oxygen supply across the country arising due to the rapid surge in COVID-19 cases, the government of India is importing 5,805 metric tonne (MT) of liquid oxygen from abroad, the Ministry of Home...

  As per the incentive scheme for the three months -- April, May and June -- when the second wave of Covid-19 spread, doctors will be paid Rs 30,000, nurses and trainee doctors Rs 20,000, and others like sanitary workers, people working in CT scan department, ambulance workers Rs 15,000. Stalin also extended his greetings to the nurses on the International Nurses Day that falls on May 12. In view of rising cases of new infections, Chief Minister M K Stalin appealed to the general public and i...

Highlights From liquid oxygen to O2 concentrators, ISRO is aiding India’s Covid-19 battle NEW DELHI: The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) is actively repurposing existing resources, scaling up the production capacity of their facilities and also transferring technology to aid the country’s fight against the severe second wave of Covid-19.  In an exclusive conversation with Zee Media, Dr K Sivan, Chairman (ISRO), elaborated on how the premier space agency’s facilities across th...

The central government labelled Congress MP Shashi Tharoor's claims on Andaman and Nicobar islands COVID-19 figures as 'factually incorrect'. It said, 'Andamans has reported only 16 COVID-19 related deaths during the second wave of the pandemic.'

Jharkhand government extended the near lockdown-like restrictions till May 27 amid a surge in COVID- 19 cases.

એપ્રિલ મહિનામાં કોરોનાએ કાળો કહેર વર્તાવતા શહેરના જુદાજુદા વેપારી સંગઠનોએ સ્વૈચ્છીક લોકડાઉન પાળ્યું હતું અને રાજય સરકારે રાત્રી કરફર્યુની અમલવારી શરૂ કરી હતી

In the view of rising COVID-19 infections, Puducherry authorities on Saturday (May 8, 2021) announced that the Union Territory will go under a 14-day complete lockdown, starting from Monday midnight (May 10, 2021). 

Highlights Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday extended lockdown in Delhi by 7 more days. Delhis positivity rate has come down to 23% from 35% in the last 2-3 days. "We used the lockdown period to boost our medical infrastructure and to increase oxygen beds at various locations," Kejriwal added. New Delhi: Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in a press conference on Sunday (May 9, 2021) announced that the lockdown in the national capital is being extended for seven more days to curb the spread of cor...