Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine is different from the other two already on the market- Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna as it is to be administered in a single dose and does not need to be frozen when shipped and stored, say experts ...
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 ...
Though the mutant strains of the Coronavirus tend to spread faster and be more infectious, they do not seem to cause more severe illness or a higher death rate ...
According to the Government of India, Co-WIN has been made primarily to help track the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, monitor beneficiaries and enable citizens to register for the vaccination process ...
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 ...
In this new study, researchers have for the first time discovered that a specific type of immune cells - called regulatory T cells - expand in the first three weeks of life in breastfed human babies and are nearly twice as abundant as in formula-fed babies ...
As part of its water supply and sanitation initiative, Dehradun based NGO Himmotthan Society is helping people living rural areas of Uttarakhand get access to drinking water and basic hygiene care ...
According to a new study released by the Centre for Science and Environment, a non-profit organisation based in Delhi, there has been lack of action over the years to control and reduce pollution in the areas that were already identified as ‘critically’ polluted ...
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 ...
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 ...
Hospitals are gearing up for the second phase of COVID-19 vaccinations, as the government aims to vaccinate over 27 crore people, out of whom around 10 crore are over the age of 60, starting today (March 1) ...
Coronavirus has spread to 192 countries. The total confirmed cases worldwide are 11,40,58,530 and 25,30,110 have died; 4,71,23,393 are active cases and 6,44,05,027 have recovered as on March 1, 2021 at 3:36 am.
India
1,11,12,241 15510Cases
1,68,627 4116Active
1,07,86,457 11288Recovered
1,57,157 106Deaths
In India, there are 1,11,12,241 confirmed cases including 1,57,157 deaths. The number of active cases is 1,68,627 and 1,07,86,457 have recovered as on March 1, 2021 at 2:30 am.
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