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According to the ICMR, 19,01,48,024 samples have been tested up to January 21 with 8,00,242 samples being tested on Thursday

The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 1,02,28,753, pushing the national COVID-19 recovery rate to 96.66 per cent

Due to winter surge in US, coronavirus deaths are rising, overall toll toward 400,000 , warning of a new variant in states

According to a statement issued by the department, 18,122 \"corona warriors\" had been vaccinated on the inaugural day, while 14,745 received the jabs on Monday

Our finding that smokers are less likely to be seropositive is the first report from the general population and part of growing evidence that despite COVID-19 being a respiratory disease, smoking may be protective, CSIR said

Police are also probing if other officials helped Gawande to get the bribes as well as the number of flyers he cleared with fake document

With eight different coronavirus spike fragments, the scientists said this vaccine platform can generate a diverse antibody response -- an advantage over traditional vaccine methods that present pieces from only a single type of virus

Coronavirus vaccine: A royal source said the vaccines were administered by a household doctor at the queen's Windsor Castle residence, adding that she made the news public to counter any speculation

Coronavirus pandemic: Without the uniform implementation of effective face masking and strict social distancing, epidemics could quickly worsen as these variants spread and become predominant, said the task force

Critics have said that the country's immunisation campaign is running behind its regional peers and have questioned why the government has not moved more swiftly

Classes from 9 to 12 in schools, last year classes of university and college, coaching centers and government training institutes have been directed to be opened from 18 January, says CM Ashok Gehlot

Patna airport had given the list of passengers who came from the UK between November 23 and December 31 and their addresses. But when health officials went to their houses to put them under quarantine, they found the people were missing

Defending Covaxin, the Bhart Biotech Chairman said that his company has tremendous experience in developing vaccines; more than 70 articles on data related to Covaxin have been published in various journals

Comprehensive contact tracing has been initiated for co-travellers, family contacts and others.  Genome sequencing on other specimens is going on, says the government

Experts believe that the real numbers of US deaths and infections are much higher and that many cases were overlooked, in part because of insufficient testing

The ICMR head emphasised that the scientists at ICMR have been successfully able to culture the UK strain and the efficacy of Covaxin against it will be further tested in days to come

Calling it a great day for the country, AIIMS Director Dr Randeep Guleria said that initially Serum-AstraZeneca's Covishield will be administered to the people

Coronavirus pandemic: In December, the UK government reported a variant, which was referred to as SARS-CoV-2 VOC 202012/01. This variant is not phylogenetically related to the SARS-CoV-2 virus

The research body said vero cell lines were used by the scientists of ICMR-NIV to culture the UK-variant of the virus