COVID-19 tally crosses 10,000-mark in Nagaland

The COVID-19 tally in Nagaland crossed the 10,000-mark on Monday, as 140 more people have tested positive for the virus. 46 more patients have been discharged, taking the total recoveries to 8,860. The recovery rate has fallen to 88.37 per cent from 89.16 per cent on Sunday. With 1,009 active cases, the state’s COVID-19 caseload has […]

Moderna says its COVID-19 vaccine is 94.5 pc effective

US biotech company Moderna on Monday announced a new potential COVID-19 vaccine, which has been shown to be 94.5 per cent effective at protecting people from coronavirus, according to interim results from late-stage clinical trials. This announcement followed announcements by US giant Pfizer and Germany’s BioNTech who said their vaccine, was found to be more […]

US witnesses 1 million new COVID-19 cases in last week

The United States witnessed a surge of roughly a million new COVID-19 cases in the past week, as it passed 11 million confirmed cases on Sunday, according to figures tabulated by Johns Hopkins University. As the world neared 55 million total confirmed cases since the beginning of the pandemic, health officials around the US are […]

India reports 30,548 new COVID-19 cases, 435 deaths

India’s daily coronavirus cases tally continues to dip further as only 30,548 new infections were reported in the last 24 hours, according to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MOHFW) on Monday. India reported less than 50,000 new daily cases for the ninth continuous day. The last time daily new cases crossed the […]

COVID-19: Manipur to conduct sero survey in four districts

Manipur is all set to conduct sero survey from November 30 to determine the local spread of COVID-19. The step has been taken up in view of the rise in active cases last month. Talking to Northeast Live, State Surveillance Officer, Dr Somorjit Ningombam stated that population-based seroepidemiological investigation of COVID-19 in Manipur will be […]

With spike of 44,878 cases, India’s COVID-19 tally crosses 87-lakh mark

With 44,878 new COVID-19 infections reported in the last 24 hours, India’s total cases surged to 87,28,795, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) said on Friday. With 547 new deaths reported in the last 24 hours, the toll has mounted to 1,28,668. The total number of active cases in the country stands […]

Global coronavirus tally touches 52 million mark

Global coronavirus cases touched the 52 million mark, two days after hitting the grim milestone of 50 million. The exact case count stood at 51,817,846 as of Wednesday (local time). The number of confirmed virus-related death reached 1,278,086, according to data provided by Johns Hopkins University. Meanwhile, the United States has till now recorded as […]

Keeping Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine at low temperatures will be challenging for India: AIIMS Director

Dr Randeep Guleria, Director, All India Institute of Medical Sciences Delhi (AIIMS), Delhi on Wednesday said the results of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine phase III trials are very encouraging but preserving it at very low temperatures, -70 degree C, will be a challenge for India and other nations, especially in rural areas. Speaking to ANI, Guleria […]

Pfizer says its coronavirus vaccine more than 90 pc effective in first analysis

The coronavirus vaccine developed by drug giant American Pfizer and German biotechnology firm BioNTech was more than 90 per cent effective at protecting people from infection as compared to placebo saline shot, according to an analysis. The analysis was conducted by an independent data monitoring committee that met Sunday. “I would say it is a […]