The United States, which has accused China of hiding the extent of its initial outbreak a year ago, has called for a \"transparent\" WHO-led investigation and criticised the terms of the visit

Pimlico Plumbers, with a workforce of more than 400, has been talking to its lawyers about making the vaccine mandatory for new hires within a few months, founder Charlie Mullins said

Due to the global COVID 19 situation, it has been decided that this year there will not be a foreign head of state or head of government as the chief guest for our Republic Day event, MEA Spokesperson Anurag Srivastava said

Moderna CEO Stephane Bancel has warned that the novel coronavirus might never disappear and there are high chances of it becoming an endemic disease

The CDC on December 28 began requiring almost all airline passengers arriving from Britain - including US citizens - to test negative for Covid-19 within 72 hours of departure

The two vaccines - Covishield and Covaxin - have received regulatory approval after extensive studies. The Covishield  vaccine has already been rolled out in the UK

Pfizer is yet to submit additional data sought by India authorities regarding its COVID-19 vaccine for granting emergency use approval to it; the company has missed last three SEC meetings too

All flights connecting the UK and India were suspended from December 23 to January 7 by the central government as a new variant of coronavirus emerged in that country

Ahead of the nationwide roll-out of COVID-19 vaccine, states have made all necessary preparations, including identifying vaccination sites and registration of healthcare and other frontline workers

Brazil's Health Ministry said it has been notified by Japan's authorities that the new variant has 12 mutations, and one of them has already been identified in the variants found in the UK and South Africa

As the world marches towards immunity, a bigger problem is the emergence of new strains of the virus, some more deadly and infectious than the original, warns WHO Chief Scientist Dr. Soumya Swaminathan

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

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Madhya Pradesh has reported that one of its citizens tested positive for the new virus strain which was originally discovered in the UK

A pick-up in luxury real estate has been the silver lining from the pandemic crisis, and with almost everyone banking on a sharp V-shaped recovery with the arrival of the COVID-19 vaccination, 2021 is poised to be a strong one, for high-value home transactions

On Multi Commodity Exchange of India (MCX), gold futures for February slumped 4% or Rs 2,086 to Rs 48,818 per 10 gram while silver futures tanked Rs 6,112 or 8.8% to Rs 63,850 per kg

A European Commission monthly survey showed economic sentiment in the euro zone ticked up in December, but inflation held in negative territory, lending weight to expectations of loose monetary policy in the bloc

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

A major incident is defined as one in which there is a risk to life and welfare and is \"beyond the scope of business-as-usual operations. It allows coordination between different emergency agencies and will let London ask for help from other areas

Chaos at Delhi airport as UK-India flights resume, flyers complain against 7-day quarantine Chaotic scenes were witnessed at the Delhi airport on Friday as many passengers arriving from the UK vociferously complained against the national capital government's belated decision to make seven-day institutional quarantine compulsory for them irrespective of their COVID-19 test results. Passenger flights resumed from the UK to India in limited numbers from Friday onwards after remaining suspended...