A total 16,577 infections were reported in a day, while the death toll increased to 1,56,825 with 120 new fatalities

To encourage mask-wearing in public places, Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh tweeted a few days ago that the police will issue challans to those not wearing a mask in public places

Vaccines will be given free of cost at govt centres. Amount people will need to pay in private hospitals will be decided by health ministryin 3-4 days, says Union minister Prakash Javadekar

The three-member multidisciplinary teams are headed by joint secretary level officers in the health ministry, the Union Health Ministry said

According to an official of the Union Health Ministry, Maharashtra is showing a daily surge in COVID-19 cases. Kerala is showing an incremental decline, but the number of daily cases is still high

The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 1,07,26,702 which translates to a national COVID-19 recovery rate of 97.25 per cent and the case fatality rate stands at 1.42 per cent

AstraZeneca's statement late in the day said the company was striving to increase productivity to deliver the promised 180 million doses

Balkrishna said that the medicines introduced during the press conference have been validated through in-depth in-vitro and in-vivo biological and chemical studies, along with randomised clinical trials

Biological E has tied up with vaccine maker Johnson & Johnson and Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. And, it plans to start the Phase 3 trial of the candidate licensed from Baylor College next week

The country has already reported three mutated strains of the coronavirus - the UK strain, the South African strain and the Brazilian strain

Deshmukh's statements come a day after the Indian Medical Association (IMA) expressed shock over Patanjali's claims of getting WHO certification for Coronil tablets

Union Home Ministry has directed phased closure of two special and temporary COVID care centres in the city in view of \"continuous decline\" in coronavirus cases

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Only two states, Maharashtra and Kerala, account for 75.87 per cent of the total number of active COVID-19 cases, as per the union health ministry

The government might engage private firms and institutions to vaccinate the 50-plus age group to cover a much larger target population of 27 crore individuals. It will also include below-50 age group with serious co-morbidities

Indian business tycoon and Wipro founder-chairman Azim Premji has suggested to the Centre to allow private sector participation in order to speed up the vaccination process against coronavirus. Premji added that with the involvement of the private firms and institutions in the COVID-19 vaccination drive, over 50 crore people can be inoculated within two months. Meanwhile, the Union Health Ministry has directed all states and union territories to enhance the pace of vaccination amid the recent surge in COVID-19 active cases, especially in five states. Watch the video for more.Also Read: 50 crore Indians can be vaccinated in two months with help from private sector: Azim Premji

The company, which has its labs in England, had in early September 2020 received the approval from the Drug Controller General (DCGI) to conduct the phase 2 clinical trial of GPP-Baladol in patients with moderate infection of the pandemic with oxygen support

Yoga guru Ramdev's Patanjali Ayurved had on February 19 said that the Coronil tablet had received certification from the Ayush Ministry as a medicine supporting COVID-19 treatment as per the World Health Organization's certification scheme

It is mandatory for all passengers travelling to India to submit their self-declaration form on the Air Suvidha portal (newdelhiairport.in) along with a negative RT-PCR report, conducted within 72 hrs of departure

In Maharashtra, the weekly tally has shown a rising trend and increased from 18,200 to 21,300 in the last four weeks