White House Chief Medical Adviser and America’s top pandemic expert Dr Anthony Fauci has said that India’s home-grown coronavirus vaccine, Covaxin was effective against the Indian variant of the deadly virus. “This is something where we’re still gaining data on a daily basis. But the most recent data, was looking at convalescent Sera of COVID-19 […]

Candidates or their agents will not be allowed inside counting halls without a negative coronavirus report or without having both Covid-19 vaccine doses, the Election Commission said Wednesday in its latest guidelines for counting of votes on May 2. Issued amid spiralling coronavirus cases, the guidelines bar public gatherings outside venues during the counting process, […]

Expressing solidarity over the unprecedented medical emergency India is fighting against COVID-19, Canada offered USD 10 million to Indian Red Cross to support and procure essential supplies. Canadian Minister Karina Gould of International Development offered medical supplies and other essentials to India. According to an official statement, “Today, Karina Gould, Minister of International Development, announced […]

Assam chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Wednesday visited Dhekiajuli in Sonitpur district and took stock of the situation following the series of earthquakes that hit the area this morning. The quake hit at a shallow depth of 17 km beneath the epicentre near Dhekiajuli in Sonitpur district and caused damages in the village and neighbouring areas. The Chief […]

In a major move, the Serum Institute of India (SII) has reduced the price of its COVID-19 vaccine ‘Covishield’ from Rs 400 to Rs 300 per dose for states, announced firm CEO Adar Poonawallah on Wednesday. “As a philanthropic gesture on behalf of Serum Institute of India, I hereby reduce the price to the states […]

Assam now has a total of 10 oxygen plants as two more oxygen plants have become operational at the Assam Medical College and Hospital (AMCH) in Dibrugarh on Wednesday. Health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that with the addition of two more oxygen plants, the state’s total oxygen-producing capacity has gone up to 67.8 metric […]

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has sanctioned the procurement of one lakh portable oxygen concentrators from the PM Cares Fund on Wednesday. In addition to the earlier sanctioned 713 Pressure Swing Adsorption (PSA) plants under PM Cares Fund, 500 new PSA oxygen plants have been sanctioned. “1 lakh portable oxygen concentrators will be procured, 500 more […]

As many as seven back-to-back earthquakes rattled Assam and other parts of the Northeast on Wednesday morning, causing extensive damage to buildings and forcing people to scamper out of their homes. The first and strongest of the shocks measuring 6.4 magnitude on the Richter Scale originated in Sonitpur, Tezpur of Assam, which lasted for at […]

More than one crore COVID-19 vaccine doses are still available with states and union territories, and another 57 lakh doses will be received by them in the next three days, the union health ministry informed on Wednesday. Centre has so far provided 15,95,96,140 vaccine doses to states and union territories free of cost. Of this, […]

Everyone above 18 years of age can register for vaccination against COVID-19 using the CoWIN platform, Aarogya Setu app and UMANG App from 4 pm on Wednesday. “Registration for 18 plus to begin on http://cowin.gov.in, Aarogya Setu App and UMANG App at 4 PM on 28th April. Appointments at State Govt centers and Private centers […]