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Over 14.19 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in India
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Over 14.19 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in India

New Delhi, April 26: The cumulative number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the country has crossed 14.19 crore as part of the world's largest vaccination drive, which completed 100 days on April 25, the Union Health Ministry said on Monday. Cumulatively, 14,19,11,223 vaccine doses...
COVID-19: Over 3.32 lakh fresh cases in India in single day, record 2,263 fatalities
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COVID-19: Over 3.32 lakh fresh cases in India in single day, record 2,263...

New Delhi, April 23: India added a record over 3.32 lakh new coronavirus cases in a single day taking the country's tally to 1,62,63,695, while active cases crossed the 24-lakh mark, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday. The death toll increased to 1,86,920 with a record...
Over 3.14 lakh new COVID-19 cases in India, highest-ever single-day spike in any country
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Over 3.14 lakh new COVID-19 cases in India, highest-ever single-day spike in any...

New Delhi, April 22: India registered over 3.14 lakh new coronavirus cases in a day, the highest-ever single-day count recorded in any country, taking the the total tally of COVID-19 cases in the country to 1,59,30,965. According to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Thursday, a total of...
India becomes fastest country to administer 13 cr COVID vaccine doses: Health Ministry
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India becomes fastest country to administer 13 cr COVID vaccine doses: Health...

New Delhi, April 21: India took only 95 days to administer 13 crore doses of COVID-19 vaccine, the fastest country to do so, the Union Health Ministry said on Wednesday. The US took 101 days to administer 13 crore doses of COVID-19 vaccine, while China took 109 days to cross the same number,...
Global Covid-19 caseload tops 142.6 million
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Global Covid-19 caseload tops 142.6 million

Washington, April 21: The overall global Covid-19 caseload has topped 142.6 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 3.04 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University.In its latest update on Wednesday morning, the University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE)...
COVID-19 pandemic
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COVID-19 pandemic 'a long way from over', says WHO chief

United Nations, April 13: Even though more than 780 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine have now been administered globally, the pandemic is "a long way from over" but it can be brought under control in months with proven public health measures, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has said. The...
India set to get third vaccine as expert panel clears Sputnik
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India set to get third vaccine as expert panel clears Sputnik

New Delhi, April 12: A government expert panel has given its nod to emergency use authorization of Russian-made Covid vaccine, Sputnik-V, in India, Union Health Ministry sources said.After the Drug Controller General of India gives assent to the Subject Expert Committee's approval, the sources told...
Sonu Sood gets vaccinated for Covid prevention
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Sonu Sood gets vaccinated for Covid prevention

Mumbai, April 7: Actor Sonu Sood on Wednesday took the vaccine for Covid-19 prevention at a hospital in Amritsar, Punjab.The actor also launched "Sanjeevani: A Shot of Life", an initiative to encourage people to get vaccinated and raise awareness.Speaking about the same, Sonu Sood said: "I wanted to...
Girl aged 12 with 5 kg tumour gets new life after surgery
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Girl aged 12 with 5 kg tumour gets new life after surgery

New Delhi, April 7: A 12-year-old girl from Delhi got a new lease of life by a team of doctors of City based Sir Ganga Ram Hospital who removed two football-sized tumours weighing 5 kg from her stomach which she was carrying for the past few years.The girl, whose name is withheld with request from...
COVID-19 patients can be categorised into three groups, say scientists
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COVID-19 patients can be categorised into three groups, say scientists

Washington, April 4: Scientists have identified three different types of COVID-19 disease traits in patients, depending on their comorbidity, complications, and clinical outcomes, an advance that may help target future interventions to the most risk-prone individuals. The new study, published in...
India records 89,129 COVID-19 cases, 714 fatalities in a day
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India records 89,129 COVID-19 cases, 714 fatalities in a day

New Delhi, April 3: India on Saturday recorded 89,129 new COVID-19 cases in a day, the highest daily rise in around six-and-half-months, taking the nationwide tally of infections to over 1.23 crore, according to the Union Health Ministry data on Saturday. The death toll increased to 1,64,110 with...
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