The U.K., which has Europe's deadliest coronavirus outbreak, adopted the policy in order to give as many people as possible a first dose of vaccine quickly

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 1,02,65,706 pushing the national COVID-19 recovery rate of 96.75 per cent

Russia began testing EpiVacCorona, which is being developed by Siberia's Vector Institute, in November

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

The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 1,01,62,738 pushing the national COVID-19 recovery rate to 96.53 per cent

Around 4,530 tonnes of such waste was generated in December, with Maharashtra contributing the maximum 629 tonnes, followed by Kerala (542 tonnes) and Gujarat (479 tonnes)

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

The death toll increased to 1,49,850 with 201 new fatalities, the data updated at 8 am showed

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 Brazilian Association of Vaccine Clinics (ABCVAC) confirmed on its website it had signed a memorandum of understanding with the Indian firm to purchase its vaccine

The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 99,06,387, pushing the national recovery rate to 96.12 per cent, while the COVID-19 case fatality rate stood at 1.45 per cent

The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 98,60,280 pushing the national recovery rate to 96.04 percent, while the COVID-19 case fatality rate stands at 1.45 percent

Fauci's remarks came during an online discussion of the pandemic with California Governor Gavin Newsom, who announced at the outset that a highly infectious coronavirus variant originally found in Britain has been detected in his state

Head of WHO emergencies program Dr Mike Ryan said that this is a wake-up call and that we are still learning to do things better including science, logistics, training and governance

The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 98,07,569 pushing the national recovery rate to 95.92 per cent,while the COVID-19 case fatality rate stands at 1.45 per cent

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) issued the new order, justifying the need for surveillance despite a decline in the rate of positive COVID-19 cases owing to the new mutation of the virus found in the UK

COVID-19 updates in India: The death toll climbed to 1,47,622 with the novel coronavirus virus claiming 279 lives in a span of 24 hours in the country

The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 97,17,834 during the same period, pushing the national recovery rate to 95.77 per cent

A new wave of infections is said to have hit Kerala, with the state accounting for about 23 per cent of the 167,221 cases reported over the past week