Citing the example of many states, including Maharashtra and Punjab, SBI's Group Chief Economic Advisor Soumya Kanti Ghosh said lockdowns were not effective

Analysis so far by the Consortium on Genomics (INSACOG), a grouping of 10 National Laboratories under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, revealed 771 variants of concerns (VOCs) have been detected in a total of 10,787 positive samples

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

Covid-19 vaccines that have been approved across the world so far have properties that create \"neutralising antibodies\" in our body, which blocks the virus from entering the body. But these VoCs and \"double mutants\" can escape these antibodies

Maharashtra continues to remain the worst affected state. India's richest state has more than 25.33 lakh COVID-19 cases as of March 24, 2021

While regular train services are yet to resume, the focus of the Railways has been to ensure that its freight revenues hold steady

The ministry said that INSACOG found out that there are 771 variants of concern (VOCs) in the 10,787 positive samples it had checked. Out of that 736 samples were positive for the UK variant

The samples found positive comprise 736 for viruses of the UK lineage; 34 for viruses of the South African lineage; 1 for viruses of Brazilian (P.1) lineage

Brazil has now crossed India to become the second-worst hit nation. The nation having a population of around 212 million is facing its worst COVID wave ever since the virus first hit the country last year. It is seeing more COVID deaths and cases than ever before, with its hospitals filled to the brim and overflowing. The World Health Organization has said that the state of the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil is very concerning and serious action needs to be taken. Watch the video for more.Also Read: Brazil reports 1.14 crore COVID-19 cases; overtakes India to become second most affected country

France reported 35,000 new cases on Thursday and there were more COVID patients in intensive care in Paris than at the peak of the second wave

Clear evidence of Candida auris, a multidrug-resistant organism, has been found in what scientists are terming as a 'landmark discovery'. C. auris is also known as a 'superbug' as it is able to resist main anti-fungal treatments

The Centre said India had reported four cases of the South African variant of SARS-CoV-2 and one case of the Brazil variant a month ago

The Pennsylvania-based biopharmaceutical firm is partnering with India's Bharat Biotech, a developer of the vaccine, to commercialize the shot in the United States

COVID-19 in India: NITI Aayog's Dr VK Paul had a word of advice for states like Maharashtra that have reported a rise in COVID-19 cases

Air crew will be 'medically unfit for flying' for 48 hours after vaccination, the DGCA said

The scientists said the neutralising ability was roughly equivalent the vaccine's effect on a previous less contagious version of the virus from last year

\"The spread of the variants is driving the increase, but not only,'' said Dr. Hans Kluge, WHO regional director for Europe, citing \"also the opening of society, when it is not done in a safe and a controlled manner.\"

Bharat Biotech published the interim efficacy report of phase 3 clinical trial on its COVID-19 vaccine, officially known as Covaxin. The indigenous COVID-19 vaccine is found to be 81 per cent effective in preventing the virus

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According to Maharashtra's health department, the Pune division's COVID-19 tally has increased to 5,24,760 with 1,765 new cases, while six fatalities took the death toll to 11,742