Coronavirus live updates: Assam eases curbs; weekend lockdowns to stay

"Good conversation with FM @HeikoMaas of Germany. Discussed the Covid-19 situation and vaccine cooperation. Reviewed the developments in Europe and Asia. Reaffirmed our multilateral partnership, including in the UN," Jaishankar said in a tweet.

It said "record-high" recoveries have led to a decline in the "actual caseload" of the country, which is the number of active cases, and currently is only 27.27 per cent of the total cases. The number of recoveries from Covid-19 exceed active cases by more than 10 lakh.

The world has not seen any data on Phase 1 or 2 clinical trials conducted by Moscow-based Gamaleya Research Institute, the Executive Chairperson of Bengaluru-headquartered Biocon Ltd said. "If launching a vaccine prior to completion of Phase 3 trials is acceptable to Russia, well so be it," Mazumdar-Shaw told PTI."But it doesn't make them

Thousands of students at a Belgian university will collect weekly from September a sample of their saliva for a rapid Covid-19 test replacing more commonly used swabs - one of Europe's largest experiments with the new testing method. The pilot scheme could be applied in other universities, schools or companies if it proves successful in faster identifying clusters of infections among students, Belgian researchers and government officials told Reuters.

The recalculation was prompted by concerns that the Public Health England (PHE) analysis of the number of COVID-19 fatalities could be over-exaggerated by recording each and every positive coronavirus test and failure to assess if the eventual cause of death was directly linked to the deadly virus. The new system has now been agreed UK-wide by all four Chief Medical Officers – for England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland.