COVID-19 testing: The BMC has allowed people in Mumbai to test themselves for coronavirus infection at designated private laboratories without a doctor's prescription

Coronavirus myths: Thanks to the potent combination of social media and mischief-makers, there are an endless number of myths floating around on COVID-19

Merger plan, envisaged by late former finance minister Arun Jaitley, has been dropped for now and the Centre now wants to make these companies profitable

Instructions, prepared by ICMR in consultation with the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI), were intended to reduce red-tapeism or procedural delays

Cipla Ltd has priced its generic version of remdesivir, Cipremi, at 4,000 rupees ($53.34) per 100 mg vial, the Indian drugmaker said on Wednesday, making it among the lowest-priced versions of the COVID-19 treatment available so far globally; Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have sued the Trump administration over its decision to revoke visas of foreign students taking online-only courses in the US this fall semester; Watch this and more news on News Blast.Also Read: Dishwasher sales grow 250%; washing machines, microwaves, refrigerators demand double

Fauci said hopefully we'll be able to get some information, such as with this particular one representative vaccine that we started here in January

Coronavirus vaccine: SII CEO Adar Poonawala has stated that he has jumpstarted the production of four different coronavirus vaccine candidates

In a virtual interaction with a group of eminent Indian-American scientists, academicians and doctors, Sandhu said that a vast network of institutional engagements have brought together the scientific communities between both the countries

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Modi last month had announced that PMGKAY will be extended till November-end. Extension of the scheme for another 5 months will cost the government Rs 90,000 crore, PM Modi had also said

The Trump administration has formally notified the United Nations of its decision to withdraw the US from the World Health Organisation, officials said, breaking off ties with the global health body amid the expanding coronavirus pandemic; ICICI Bank plans to reward more than 80,000 of its employees for working during the coronavirus pandemic; The Drug Controller General of India has directed the department officials in states and union territories to keep strict vigil and prevent black marketing of COVID-19 treatment drug Remdesivir, following complaints of the medicine being sold above the Maximum Retail Price to the public. Watch this and more on News Blast.Also Read: Cipla share gains 2% on plan to launch own version of Remdesivir

Talking about how India can design a macro-economic policy, Rajan clarified that the country needs to get its medical policy right first

This year's parliament session is crucial since the country is grappling with rising COVID-19 cases. To maintain social distancing in both the Houses, speaker gallery, chairmen's gallery and visitors' gallery may be used for sitting arrangement of MPs

The GST intelligence unit has said that some of the sugar mills and distilleries are engaged in manufacturing and supplying alcohol-based hand sanitisers and are misclassifying them as items under HSN Code 3004, which are taxed at 12 per cent under GST

Coronavirus vaccine update: Twelve hospitals have been chosen for COVAXIN trials in the country. Bharat Biotech's COVAXIN is undergoing quality and safety tests before the doses are administered to volunteers

During blood purification therapy, the patient's blood passes through the Oxiris filter set, where it can adsorb inflammatory mediators, and remove fluid, electrolytes and uremic toxins, before returning the patient's blood to the body, Baxter India said

Coronavirus crisis: The researchers also point out that future outcomes would be more dependent on the willingness of people and governments to reduce transmission than tests

To withdraw the US from the WHO at the height of a global pandemic is self-defeating and dangerous, said House Majority Leader, Steny Hoyer

Speaking at Tuesday's briefing in Geneva, Benedetta Allegranzi, the WHO's technical lead for infection prevention and control, said there was evidence emerging of airborne transmission of the coronavirus, but that it was not definitive

Poonawalla also said that SII will talk about it only when the vaccine is in Phase 3 trials