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Updated: The 4-day drive was organised to accelerate vaccination Share Article AAA A health worker prepares to administer COVID-19 vaccine in Visakhapatnam on April 14, 2021. Vaccinations tend to pick up during the middle of the week, the CoWin portal shows.   | Photo Credit: K.R. Deepak The 4-day drive was organised to accelerate vaccination Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s exhortation to Indians to commemorate ‘Tika Utsav’ by encouraging COVID-19 vaccination has elicited a middling resp...

Coronavirus | Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal appeals for plasma donation Updated: Updated: Actively donate plasma for COVID-19 patients, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal appeals to those cured Share Article AAA Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal speaks during a media briefing on the COVID-19 situation in the national capital, in New Delhi on April 13, 2021.   | Photo Credit: PTI Actively donate plasma for COVID-19 patients, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal appeals to those cured Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejr...

Updated: April 13, 2021 14:52 IST Sputnik V will join Covishield and Covaxin that were approved and used since India launched what arguably is one of the largest inoculation programmes globally in January Share Article AAA Sputnik V will join Covishield and Covaxin that were approved and used since India launched what arguably is one of the largest inoculation programmes globally in January The emergency use authorisation from the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) for Sputnik V paves th...

Coronavirus | Curfew in Maharashtra for 15 days from April 14, says Uddhav Thackeray Updated: Updated: Uddhav Thackeray refrained from terming the new curbs as a lockdown. Share Article AAA Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray addresses the people of the State on April 13, 2021 on coronavirus restrictions. Photo: Twitter/@CMOMaharashtra   Uddhav Thackeray refrained from terming the new curbs as a lockdown. Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday announced a “mini-lockd...

Nod for drugs developed abroad with emergency use consent will allow imports in bulk

The number of daily deaths surged to its highest in nearly six months.

Reports suggest the second wave is proving more lethal than the first With the rise in the number of deaths daily due to COVID-19, Surat has become the coronavirus epicentre in Gujarat. On Tuesday, according to the State Health Department’s bulletin, 22 persons died of COVID-19 in Surat, but local officials and sources claimed the actual number was higher. “It’s mayhem here in the city. The city has never witnessed so many deaths in the last few decades. All crematoria run by the Munic...

Updated: April 13, 2021 12:08 IST A total of 1,61,736 new cases were registered in a span of 24 hours Share Article AAA Health workers conduct COVID-19 testing of passengers arriving from Maharashtra at Patna Railway Station in Patna, Bihar on April 13, 2021.   | Photo Credit: PTI A total of 1,61,736 new cases were registered in a span of 24 hours Ten States — Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Rajasthan and Kerala — have show...

Kerala has zero wastage of vaccine doses while on the other hand there are States which are registering 8-9 per cent wastage.

U.S. federal distribution channels, including mass vaccination sites, will pause the use of the Johnson & Johnson shot, and states and other providers are expected to follow