Coronavirus live updates: Sputnik V vaccine soft launch scaled up in Delhi, Mumbai, other cities, says Dr Reddy's

Given the acute shortage of Covid-19 vaccines, one way to ramp up the vaccination programme is by providing a smaller quantity of the vaccine in an intradermal (ID) way, said experts.

Covid-19 vaccine from Germany's CureVac only 47 percent effective: Interim analysis

Under ‘Quad Vaccine Cooperation’, India is looking to increase the production of Covid-19 vaccines by around 1 billion doses by the end of next year.

UK records 9,055 new Covid-19 cases, highest since February

Cases among pregnant women, new moms doubled in 2nd wave: Study

Symptomatic cases of Covid-19 were significantly higher at 28.7% among pregnant and post-partum women during the second wave, compared with the first wave when the proportion was 14.2%, a comparative analysis of data during the two waves by ICMR showed. The case fatality rate among such women was also much higher during the second wave at 5.7%, against 0.7% in the first wave.

Jagannath Temple in Odisha's Puri district to open for public visit on July 25: Authorities

Bengal logs 69 more Covid deaths, 3,187 new cases

West Bengal's Covid-19 toll rose to 17,118 after 69 more people succumbed to the disease on Wednesday, the state health department said in a bulletin. The tally mounted to 14,71,231 after 3,187 fresh cases of infection were reported in the state, it added. In the last 24 hours, 2,012 patients recovered from the disease taking the total number of cured people to 14,32,961.

Rahul accuses govt of saving PM's image amid vaccine shortage; Harsh Vardhan hits back

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday alleged the government was busy saving the prime minister's image while Covid-19 took its toll on the people of the country, drawing a sharp retort from Health Minister Harsh Vardhan who accused him of making "mythical claims" and politicising the issue.

Sonia took both doses of Covid vaccine, Rahul's inoculation delayed due to positive result: Congress

Uttarakhand govt orders Haridwar dist administration to register FIR in Covid testing scam during Mahakumbh. Order issued to file case against labs from Delhi and Haryana, which conducted testing at 5 places in Haridwar during Kumbh Mela: State govt's spokesperson Subodh Uniyal to ANI

Punjab sees 688 fresh Covid-19 cases

Punjab registered 688 fresh cases of the novel coronavirus on Wednesday, taking the tally to 5,89,828, while 46 more fatalities pushed the toll to 15,698, according to a medical bulletin.

'Near home' vaccination centres for elderly, differently-abled for simplifying inoculation process, reports PTI quoting Union minister Rattan Lal Kataria

The government has allowed setting up of 'near home' vaccination centres for elderly and differently-abled people for simplifying the process of inoculation for them. In a statement, Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Rattan Lal Kataria highlighted various steps taken by the government to assist the senior citizens during the pandemic.

Soft launch of Sputnik V vaccine in India, which was initiated in Hyderabad, has been scaled up to many cities including Bengaluru, Mumbai, Kolkata, Delhi, Chennai among others. Registration on CoWIN not open to public yet, will be open at the time of commercial launch: Dr Reddy's

Manipur government cancels Class 10 and 12 board examinations in state-run schools in wake of Covid-19 pandemic: Official statement

Indians vaccinated with double doses of the Covishield vaccine will be able to enter South Korea freely as South Korea is going to withdraw the mandatory two-week quarantine guidelines from July 1. However, those inoculated with Covaxin will have to remain in quarantine for two weeks.

Mumbai reports 830 Covid cases in last 24 hours, deaths 11

Congress to undertake campaign to help Covid pandemic-affected people, gather data on deceased

The Congress on Wednesday announced that it will undertake a nationwide outreach campaign to help those affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and to gather data on coronavirus infected patients and the deceased. In a statement, Congress general secretary, organization, K C Venugopal said party president Sonia Gandhi and state unit presidents will also be writing condolence letters to the next of kin of those who passed away due to Covid.

Total number of maternal deaths during both the waves of pandemic were 2%, of which majority were due to Covid-19 pneumonia & respiratory failure, as per comparative analysis of data from pregnant women & postpartum women during 1st & 2nd wave of Covid-19: ICMR

As per comparative analysis of data from pregnant women & postpartum women during 1st & 2nd wave of Covid, symptomatic cases were significantly higher at 28.7% in 2nd wave compared to 1st wave (14.2%). Case fatality rate (CFR) was 5.7% during 2nd wave than 0.7% in 1st wave: ICMR