Coronavirus LIVE: Andhra, Karnataka cases top 100,000 in southern spike

Coronavirus latest news: The total number of coronavirus cases in India has reached 1,464,991. US has 4,374,785 cases, and Brazil 2,419,901. Stay tuned for coronavirus LIVE updates

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Covid-19 crisis: Employment of young women hit most amid lockdown

Centre for Monitoring Indian Eco­nomy’s (CMIE) Consumer Py­ra­mids Household Survey has provided the fastest and most detailed description of the impact of the lockdown on employment in India. Administrative data also provide some interesting insights into the impact of the lockdown on employment. Most administrative data lack the comprehensive coverage that a large and representative sample survey enables. Nevertheless, they add value and enhance our understanding of the most debilitating economic shocks of the times. Read more

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Moderna Covid-19 vaccine could be ready for use by end of year, says US

Moderna Inc's vaccine against Covid-19 could be ready for widespread use by the end of this year, US and company officials said on Monday, after the drugmaker announced the start of a 30,000-subject trial to demonstrate it is safe and effective, the final hurdle prior to regulatory approval.

 

The trial is the first such late-stage study under the Trump administration's program to speed development of measures against the novel coronavirus, adding to hope that an effective vaccine will help end the pandemic. Moderna shares were up 7.5 per cent.

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Arvind Kejriwal says Delhi's Covid-19 recovery rate has gone up to 88 per cent, expresses happiness that there was no need to reimpose lockdown in national capital unlike several other cities

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147 more people test Covid-19 positive in Tripura: Chief Minister

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3,044 Covid-19 cases and 38 deaths reported in Pune today. Death toll rises to 1,737

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Jammu and Kashmir to allow 'home quarantine' of asymptomatic Covid-19 patients with no comorbidities

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Experimental Covid-19 vaccine is put to its biggest test

Experimental Covid-19 vaccine is put to its biggest test The biggest test yet of an experimental Covid-19 vaccine got underway Monday with the first of some 30,000 Americans rolling up their sleeves to receive shots created by the US government as part of the all-out global race to stop the outbreak.

 

Final-stage testing of the vaccine, developed by the National Institutes of Health and Moderna Inc., began with volunteers at various US sites given either a real shot or a dummy without being told which.

 

It will be months before results trickle in, and there is no guarantee the vaccine will ultimately work against the scourge that has killed about 650,000 people around the world, including almost 150,000 in the US.

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Centre should clear West Bengal's dues to help state tackle Covid-19 effectively: Mamata Banerjee

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Delhi allows street vendors, hawkers to operate from 10 am to 8 pm

The Delhi government on Monday issued an order allowing street hawkers and vendors in the city to operate from 10 am to 8 pm for an initial period of one week.

The order issued by Chief Secretary Vijay Dev, however, said weekly bazaars were not allowed.
 

"...Rehri-Patriwallahs (street vendors) are allowed to work from 10 am to 8 pm, initially for a period of one week, in NCT of Delhi (except in containment zones), subject to all instructions guidelines issued by Government of India and Government of NCT of Delhi, to contain the spread of COVID-19, such as face covering, social distancing, hygiene practice etc," the order stated.

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Single-day recoveries in Bengal outnumber new Covid-19 cases

For the first time, more Covid- 19 patients were discharged from hospitals in a single day in West Bengal than the number of new cases detected, as per the state Health Department bulletin issued on Monday.

 

The state reported 2,112 new cases, while 2,166 people were discharged from different hospitals in the last 24 hours, the bulletin said.

 

The total number of cases rose to 60,830 with the detection of the fresh infections, it said.

 

Further, 39 patients died of Covid-19, taking the toll to 1,411.

 

There are 19,502 active cases, which is lower than that of Sunday's as recoveries were more than fresh cases, it added.

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Trump national security advisor Robert O'Brien tests positive for Covid-19: White House

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Assam Covid-19 cases and deaths update

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US drugmaker earnings heat up this week with spotlight on vaccine news

Several major US drugmakers will report second-quarter results this week, with investors eager for fresh details from Pfizer Inc, Merck & Co and others on their efforts to develop vaccines and therapies against the novel coronavirus.

 

The earnings reports, including from Gilead Sciences Inc - maker of one of the only treatments that has shown a benefit for hospitalized Covid-19 patients - will be closely watched for any developments that could help contain the pandemic, which has claimed some 650,000 lives worldwide and upended economies.

 

The supply, pricing and profitability for these potential products also will be hot topics for companies reporting this week, including Eli Lilly and Co, which is developing an antibody treatment for the still rapidly-spreading disease.

 

Earnings reports are also due from British drugmakers GlaxoSmithKline Plc and AstraZeneca Plc and France's Sanofi, which are working on vaccines in various stages of development.

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Covid-19: Graduation, PG exams via open book mode in Madhya Pradesh in September

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Mamata thanks PM Modi for cooperation in tackling Covid crisis

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his cooperation in tackling the COVID-19 crisis in West Bengal, but alleged that "a few people holding constitutional posts" are disturbing the state government regularly.

 

Banerjee was apparently targeting West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar, who has been at loggerheads with the state government over a host of issues ever since taking office in July last year.

 

Both the state and the central governments are elected bodies and they should work together, she said during an online programme where the prime minister inaugurated new Covid-19 testing facilities in West Bengal, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh.