Applicants for grant of approval for Restricted Use in Emergency situation may be submitted to Central Drugs Standards Control Organisation (CDSCO) and the application can be made by the foreign manufacturer through its Indian subsidiary or through its authorized agent in India ...
According to experts, research is going on to check if the variant, where two mutations come together in the same virus, maybe more infectious or less affected by vaccines ...
The second phase of the coronavirus vaccination drive in India will begin March 1, with priority given to people over 60 and those over 45 with co-morbidities ...
According to a study published in The Lancet medical journal, the Oxford COVID-19 vaccine provides higher efficacy when the gap between two doses is three months instead of six weeks ...
The study suggests that seats in public places, such as parks, shopping malls, restaurants, and railway or airport waiting halls, could be covered with cloth to reduce the risk of disease spread ...
According to experts, coronavirus has a tendency to mutate as they multiply which can have harmful, beneficial or no effects and so it is important to keep a track of the genome sequencing in order to check its virulence ...
World Health Organisation’s COVID-19 Technical Lead Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove, explains how the pandemic has affected children and how they can be protected from the coronavirus ...
A nasal vaccine is given through the nose, and it delivers the dose to the respiratory pathway, much like a nasal spray without the need for injections ...
According to scientists, the COVID-19 variant, which has been spreading around the United Kingdom has undergone further genetic changes, what does this mean for the COVID vaccines? ...
WHO and Dr Katherine O’Brien, a paediatric infectious disease physician, and Vaccinologist, solves some of the common queries about the much-awaited COVID vaccine ...
Is world about to get its fourth vaccine against coronavirus - US firm Novavax? The interim data shared by the company recently suggested 95.6 per cent efficacy against the original coronavirus and 85.6 per cent efficacy against the more recent UK variant in a phase 3 clinical trial in the United Kingdom ...
A British researcher, Tim Spector says some patients have reported developing painful mouth ulcers or rashes on their tongues, he has dubbed it as "COVID tongue” ...
India kick-started the Vaccination drive against COVID-19 from January 16 and till January 17, the country had immunised approximately 2.24 lakh people ...
Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine BNT162b2 and Moderna’s mRNA-1273 are mRNA (messenger-RNA) vaccines developed in the fight against COVID-19 pandemic ...
Malleshwar Rao, a 27-year-old resident of Hyderabad, started a “Don’t Waste Food” initiative in 2011 under which he with the help of several volunteers distribute the leftovers from large events to the poor and needy ...
With an aim to improve school environments in developing countries, Rotary International has implemented WASH (Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene) facilities in 30,000 schools ...
As per the Scrappage policy, commercial vehicles will be deregistered in 15 years and private vehicles in 20 years if they fail to get fitness certificates ...
According to the Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry, indicators under Swachh Survekshan 2021 focus on parameters pertaining to wastewater treatment and reuse along with faecal sludge management ...
Rashtriya Swachhata Kendra is an interactive experience centre in New Delhi, where the installations will introduce future generations to the journey of the world's largest behaviour change campaign, the Swachh Bharat Mission ...
The ICMR chief Dr Balram Bhargava opined that there was a tremendous amount of laxity regarding the coronavirus pandemic and many instances of COVID-inappropriate behaviour was also seen ...
As per the Scrappage policy, commercial vehicles will be deregistered in 15 years and private vehicles in 20 years if they fail to get fitness certificates ...
Coronavirus has spread to 192 countries. The total confirmed cases worldwide are 14,20,88,128 and 30,29,365 have died; 5,77,81,440 are active cases and 8,12,77,323 have recovered as on April 20, 2021 at 3:53 am.
India
1,53,21,089 259170Cases
20,31,977 102648Active
1,31,08,582 154761Recovered
1,80,530 1761Deaths
In India, there are 1,53,21,089 confirmed cases including 1,80,530 deaths. The number of active cases is 20,31,977 and 1,31,08,582 have recovered as on April 20, 2021 at 2:30 am.
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