On Friday, only about 4,300 doses of the coronavirus vaccine could be administered, the lowest in a day so far, before the stocks completely dried up.

The Covid situation will be closely monitored and a final decision on the conduct of the board examinations will be taken by the 1st week of June 2021.

Cupertino giant Apple on Thursday, April 15, announced a first-of-its-kind carbon removal initiative called 'Restore Fund'; The Centre has given its nod to Mumbai-based Haffkine Institute to manufacture Bharat Biotech's COVID-19 vaccine Covaxin; The Arvind Kejriwal-led Delhi government on Thursday announced fresh curbs, including weekend curfew, to tackle the rise in COVID-19 cases in the national capital; Delhi has left country's financial capital Mumbai, which at one point was the largest COVID-19 hotspot in the country, far behind in terms of daily coronavirus cases and is now the worst-affected city in the country. Watch this and more news on News Blast.

The double mutation happens when two mutated strains of a virus come together and form a third strain. In India,  E484Q and L452R are the two mutated strains that have combined and form a new strain, now classified as B.1.617

A total of 82,339 patients were discharged in the past 24 hours. As of April 14, India's total case tally stands at 1.38 crore; total recoveries 1.2 crore; active cases 13.6 lakh; and 1.72 lakh patients have died

Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) CEO Kirill Dmitriev added that Sputnik V's production at a larger scale will start by July 2021 with plans to produce 500 million doses

Indian vaccine manufacturers, including SII, Bharat Biotech, Panacea Biotech, Sanofi's Shanta Biotech, Biological E, Hester Biosciences and Zydus Cadila, have an installed capacity to manufacture 8.2 billion doses of different vaccines per year

Of around 20 coronavirus vaccines in several clinical and pre-clinical stages, Russia's Sputnik V may get SEC's nod first

Dr Vardhan says over 89 lakh healthcare workers have got the first dose and over 54 lakhs have got the second dose. As far as frontline or field level workers are concerned, over 98 lakhs got the first dose and over 45 lakhs have got the second dose, he adds

Following RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das' announcements on Wednesday, the apex bank notified on Thursday that it would conduct open market purchase of government securities of Rs 1 lakh crore under the G-sec Acquisition Programme (G-SAP); After a brief halt, India accelerated the work on Chabahar Port early this year and the strategic Iranian port is expected to be operational by next month; Australia and the Philippines limited use of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine on Thursday, while the African Union dropped plans to buy the shot amid global shortages, dealing further blows to the company's hopes to deliver a vaccine for the world. Watch this and more news on News Blast.Also Read: Govt panel to probe side effects of Covishield, Covaxin vaccines

A journalist shared an image on Twitter showing the inflated gloves kept on the hands of a COVID-19 patient, stimulating human touch

India coronavirus update: Active cases have continued to scale up to 9,79,608 which comprise 7.5 per cent of the total infections. Likewise, coronavirus-related deaths are also accelerating as hospitals get overwhelmed

Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine over 91% effective after 6 monthsDrug makers Pfizer and BioNTech on Thursday said their COVID-19 vaccine was 91.3 per cent effective six months after taking the second dose. Results from over 46,000 participants who took part in phase 3 trials confirm previously released data and demonstrate strong protection against COVID-19 through six months post-second dose.COVAX COVID-19 vaccine facility faces 'serious challenge' to meet demand: WHOThe COVAX facility to distr...

The Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) has allowed the extension of AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine's expiration time period from the earlier prescribed six months

Registration and consent form for Covid-19 vaccination issued by Mauritius health ministry requires beneficiaries to waive all claims against the country, GAVI Alliance, donor states, vaccine makers and agents for adverse events following immunisation

The app developed by the government will monitor those on quarantine so that they do not violate the rules. Users of the app will need to send photos or selfies to the monitoring team every hour through the app

With vaccines available now, people feel they should not wear masks. Maximum people hang their masks around their neck, some keep it in their pocket and some do not use it at all, says minister

During the Question Hour in Lok Sabha on Friday, Vardhan said 3.5 to 4 crore people have been vaccinated so far in India and side effects have been detected in only 0.000432% of vaccine recipients

The apex court on Thursday had stayed proceedings in the Delhi High Court on giving priority to the legal fraternity for administering COVID-19 vaccine and favoured transferring the suo motu case on the issue to itself for adjudication

The HLL Lifecare Limited, a public sector undertaking, has issued the supply order on behalf of the Union health ministry on March 12 in the name of Prakash Kumar Singh, Director, Government and Regulatory Affairs at the Pune-based SII