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A medical worker takes a swab sample from a passenger for a Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) test at a bus station in New Delhi on March 17, 2021. (Prakash SINGH / AFP)

India adds 35,871 fresh COVID-19 cases, biggest single-day jump in 102...

The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 1,10,63,025, while the case fatality rate stands at...

18 March 2021 11:05 AM IST

A health worker takes the body temperature of incoming passengers at a railway terminus following restrictions imposed by the state government amidst rising Covid-19 coronavirus cases Mumbai on April 7, 2021. (Indranil Mukherjee / AFP)

COVID-19: India reports highest daily spike of over 1.26 lakh new...

A total of 1,66,862 deaths due to the disease have been reported so far in the country

8 April 2021 11:12 AM IST

A health worker takes a nasal swab sample to test for COVID-19 near the landmark Gateway of India in Mumbai, on April 2, 2021. (AP/Rajanish Kakade)

India records 89,129 COVID-19 cases, 714 deaths in a day, highest in...

Corresponding to the rapid surge in cases, the number of active cases too have registered a steady increase for the 24th...

3 April 2021 11:23 AM IST

There has been an unprecedented spur in the demand for plasma. (Photo: PTI)

Top medical experts welcome move to remove plasma therapy from...

Earlier, as per the ICMR advisory on April 22, Convalescent plasma (Off label) was considered only when certain criteria...

18 May 2021 12:54 PM IST

A health worker takes sample of a cop for COVID testing in Navi Mumbai. PTI photo

India achieves milestone of conducting 40 crore COVID-19 tests: ICMR

Prof Balram Bhargava said exponential increase in testing has led to early identification, prompt isolation and...

26 Jun 2021 1:03 PM IST

People wait to receive a dose of COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination centre, in Ajmer. (Photo: PTI)

ICMR study reveals Delta variant majorly responsible for rising cases...

The Delta variant has been designated as a variant of concern due to increased transmission and higher immune evasion

16 July 2021 1:30 PM IST

COVAXIN is one of the three COVID-19 vaccines that are currently available in the country. (Photo: PTI)

Final analysis of Covaxin efficacy out; 65.2 per cent effective...

The efficacy analysis demonstrates Covaxin to be 93.4 per cent effective against severe symptomatic COVID-19 cases

3 July 2021 10:50 AM IST

A woman is tended by a nurse at a COVID-19 unit of the Honorio Delgado Hospital in Arequipa, Peru, on June 24, 2021. Due to increased cases of COVID-19 and the Delta variant of the disease, the city has been closed under a strict lockdown for 15 days beginning June 21. (AP/Guadalupe Pardo)

ICMR study in Chennai shows vaccination reduces mortality due to Delta...

The prevalence of the Delta variant or B.1.617.2 was not different between the vaccinated and un-vaccinated groups

19 Aug 2021 1:00 PM IST

A medical worker takes a swab sample from a man during a Covid-19 coronavirus screening in Mumbai (Sujit Jaiswal / AFP)

Over 50 crore samples tested for COVID-19 in India till now: ICMR

On July 21, 2021, India had tested 45 crore COVID-19 samples, which reached the 50-crore mark on August 18, 2021

19 Aug 2021 12:10 PM IST

A health worker inoculates a man with a dose of the Covishield vaccine against the Covid-19 coronavirus during a vaccination drive at a school in Hyderabad. (Noah SEELAM / AFP)

India's drug regulator approves study on mixing of Covaxin and...

An expert panel of the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation on July 29 had recommended granting permission for...

11 Aug 2021 11:36 AM IST

Zydus Cadilas COVID-19 vaccine ZyCoV-D. (Photo:Zyduscadila)

ZyCoV-D to be introduced in Covid vaccination drive shortly: Govt

ZyCoV-D has received the Emergency Use Authorisation from the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI)

30 Sept 2021 7:34 PM IST

A health worker collects swab samples of residents for Covid-19 testing, in Gurugram. (PTI)

India sees 90 per cent jump in daily COVID cases with 2,183 new...

The daily positivity rate was recorded as 0.83 per cent and the weekly positivity rate as 0.32 per cent

18 April 2022 10:34 AM IST