Nanobody that may prevent COVID-19 infection identified: Study
To fight against the Covid-19, the scientists have identified a small neutralising antibody, a so-called nanobody, that has the capacity to block SARS-CoV-2 from entering human cells.
Sep 05, 2020, 15:02 PM IST
India's COVID-19 tally crosses 40-lakh mark with 86432 new cases in last 24 hours
India on Saturday registered yet another highest single-day spike of 86,432 new COVID-19 cases and 1,089 deaths taking the total caseload past 40 lakhs. There are a total of 40,23,179 cases including 8,46,395 active cases, 31,07,223 discharged patients and 69,561 fatalities, as per a data by the Union Ministry of Health.
Sep 05, 2020, 10:24 AM IST
With a single-day jump of 83,341 coronavirus cases, India's tally cross 39-lakh mark
India reported single day spike of 83,341 coronavirus infections on Friday, taking its tally to 3.94 million as per the Ministry of Health data. India is Asia`s worst-hit country and stands at the third most affected country globally Brazil as the world`s second most affected nation from the virus.
Sep 04, 2020, 10:41 AM IST
India to receive Rs 3,500 crore loan from Japan's donor agency JICA to boost COVID-19 fight
The ODA loan agreement was signed between C S Mohapatra, Additional Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance and Katsuo Matsumoto, Chief Representative, JICA India.
Sep 01, 2020, 11:27 AM IST
India coronavirus COVID-19 tally cross 36 lakh mark with 78,512 new cases
As per the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the coronavirus tally in India stands at 36,21,246 cases. Out of the total cases,7,81,975 are active ones.
Aug 31, 2020, 10:44 AM IST
India records highest single-day spike of 78,761 COVID-19 cases, total tally cross 35 lakh mark
The coronavirus cases in India has crossed 35 lakh mark with the highest single-day spike of 78,761 fresh cases and 948 deaths. As per the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the coronavirus tally in India stands at 35,42,733 cases.
Aug 30, 2020, 11:45 AM IST
After Europe and Hong Kong, US reports first case of coronavirus reinfection
Nevada officials are reporting what may be the first documented case of coronavirus reinfection in the United States, following similar reports earlier this week from Hong Kong and Europe.
Aug 29, 2020, 11:45 AM IST
India COVID-19 tally crosses 34 lakh mark with 76,472 new cases
As per the Ministry of Health and Family welfare, the total number of COVID-19 cases stands at 34,63,972 including 7,52,424 active cases, 26,48,999 recovered cases.
Aug 29, 2020, 10:41 AM IST
India records 60,975 new coronavirus COVID-19 cases; total tally at 31,67,324
With 60,975 new COVID-19 cases reported in India in the last 24 hour the total tally in surged to 31 lakh mark. As per the Ministry of Health and Family welfare data the total coronavirus cases in India stands at 31,67,324.
Aug 25, 2020, 10:16 AM IST
1,370 new COVID-19 infections take Rajasthan's total to 73,325, active cases at 14,219
In a trageic incident in Mahad city in the Raigad district of Maharashtra, a five-storey residential building collapsed in on Monday (August 24) evening leaving at least one person dead and nearly 60 were rescued. Sources said that 20-25 people are still feared trapped inside the rubble of the collapsed structure. Rescue operations are still underway.
Aug 25, 2020, 08:30 AM IST
With 61,408 new COVID-19 cases, India's total tally crosses 31-lakh mark
India's COVID-19 caseload mounted to 31,06,348, while the death toll climbed to 57,542 with 836 fatalities being reported in a span of 24-hours, the data updated at 8 am showed.
Aug 24, 2020, 10:51 AM IST
With 69,239 new coronavirus COVID-19 cases, India's tally crosses 30-lakh mark
India’s coronavirus tally on Sunday (August 23) breached the 30-lakh mark after the country reported 69,239 new cases in the last 24 hours.
Aug 23, 2020, 10:15 AM IST
India records highest single-day spike of 69,874 coronavirus cases; tally nears 3 million mark
The death toll climbed to 55,794 with 945 fatalities being reported in a span of 24 hours, the recovery rate increased to 74.69 percent on Saturday, as per the Ministry of health data.
Aug 22, 2020, 11:20 AM IST
With highest ever one-day spike of 69652 COVID-19 cases, India's tally crosses 28-lakh
India's coronavirus cases breached the 28-lakh mark with the highest ever single-day spike of 69,652 fresh cases of infections. While the death toll rose to 53,866 with 977 fatalilties reported in the last 24 hours.
Aug 20, 2020, 10:35 AM IST
High humidity can extend lifetime of virus-laden aerosol droplets: Study
High humidity can extend the airborne lifetime of medium-sized virus-laden droplets by as much as 23 times, according to a study which suggests that maintaining physical distancing would significantly remediate the spread of COVID-19.
Aug 19, 2020, 13:49 PM IST
Over 64000 new COVID-19 cases reported in 24 hours, India's tally climbs to 2767274
As many as 64,531 new coronavirus COVID-19 infections have been reported in the past 24 hours, India's tally mounts to 27,67,273 while the death toll climbed to 52,889 with 1,092 more fatalities on Wednesday, said the Health Ministry.
Aug 19, 2020, 11:18 AM IST
India records 57,981 new coronavirus COVID-19 cases; death toll surpass 50,000 mark
The COVID-19 tally in India now stands at to 26,47,664 including 6,76,900 active cases, 19,19,843 discharged/migrated & 50,921 deaths as Ministry of Health and Family Welfare data.
Aug 17, 2020, 10:09 AM IST
Tirupati MLA, municipal chief set an example, perform funeral rites of COVID-19 victim
In an effort to bring awareness on the misconceptions regarding the bodies of COVID-19 victims, Tirupati MLA Bhumana Karunakar Reddy, and Municpal Corporation chief P S Girisha took part in performing the funeral of a COVID-19 victim on Sunday (August 16, 2020).
Aug 16, 2020, 21:43 PM IST
India records 63,489 new COVID-19 cases in last 24 hours, death toll nears 50,000-mark
India's COVID-19 tally increased to 25,89,682 with a single-day spike of 63,490 cases, while the total number of recoveries rose to 18,62,258 pushing the recovery rate to 71.91 percent on Sunday, according to the Union Health Ministry data.
Aug 16, 2020, 11:25 AM IST
India records highest single-day recovery with 57,381 patients getting recovered in last 24 hours
India`s TEST, TRACK, TREAT strategy has achieved another peak with 8,68,679 tests done in the last 24 hours. This has taken the cumulative tests to more than 2.85 crores.
Aug 15, 2020, 14:59 PM IST
