Coronavirus LIVE: Doctors, nurses should accept vaccine, says Niti Aayog

Coronavirus live updates: India has so far vaccinated 450,000 people. Globally, nearly 96 million people have been infected, of which, 10,572,672 are in India

11:28 AM

Govt presser on action taken, preparedness and updates on Covid-19

11:27 AM

Facebook to use AI in predicting if Covid-19 patients need more care

American social media giant Facebook is publishing a research conducted by its artificial intelligence (AI) unit in an effort to help healthcare providers predict in advance if a COVID-19 patient may need more intensive care solutions and adjust resources accordingly.

 

According to Mashable, Facebook in a recent detailed blog post said that it had developed two AI models, one based on a single chest X-ray, and another from a series of X-rays that could help forecast if a patient infected by COVID-19 is likely to get worse. A third model predicts the amount of extra oxygen a COVID-19 patient might need. Read on...

11:11 AM

With 10,064 new cases, India records lowest Covid numbers since June

Continuing its low streak of fresh daily cases, India on Tuesday recorded 10,064 new coronavirus infections in the past 24 hours, the lowest single-day spike in seven months.

 

With this the overall tally of Covid-19 cases touched 1,05,81,837, according to the Union Health Ministry.

 

India had recorded over 10,000 cases on June 6 last year for the first time, and within that week it had hovered around the same number before a steady climb that took the daily figures close to a lakh cases in September. Read on...

11:02 AM

0 boxes of Covishield, by Serum Institute of India, shipped from Pune to Hyderabad

30 boxes of Covishield, by Serum Institute of India, shipped from Pune in Maharashtra to Hyderabad in Telangana today.

10:54 AM

SC Bar Association urges Law Min to extend vaccination to judicial staff

The Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) on Monday wrote a letter to Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad and asked him to extend the Covid-19 vaccination drive to judges, lawyers, and judicial staff.

 

The SCBA also requested Prasad to include the judges, lawyers and judicial staff and members of the legal fraternity in the category of frontline workers.

 

At present, the vaccination programme against Covid-19 is confined to the frontline workers and will extend to others in a phased manner. Read on...

10:52 AM

Global stocks sink as soaring coronavirus cases outweigh recovery hopes

Global stock markets sank on Monday as soaring Covid-19 cases offset investor hopes of a quick economic recovery, even after data showing that the Chinese economy rebounded faster-than-expected in the fourth quarter of 2020.

 

European stocks as measured by the STOXX 600 index traded 0.1% lower as of 1134 GMT, after failed merger talks between French retailer Carrefour and Alimentation Couche-Tard. The continent's 50 biggest stocks were down 0.3%. Read on...

10:48 AM

Pakistan approves China's Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use

The Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) has approved a Covid-19 vaccine by China's Sinopharm for emergency use amid an unabated resurgence in the country.

 

A handout by DRAP on its official website late Monday said that Sinopharm, one of the two vaccines approved by the authority, has been given emergency use authorization after evaluating its safety and quality, Xinhua news agency reported.

 

The handout added that the authorization will be reviewed every quarter keeping in view further data regarding safety, efficacy and quality. Read on...

10:44 AM

Facebook to use AI in predicting if Covid-19 patients need more care

American social media giant Facebook is publishing a research conducted by its artificial intelligence (AI) unit in an effort to help healthcare providers predict in advance if a COVID-19 patient may need more intensive care solutions and adjust resources accordingly.

 

According to Mashable, Facebook in a recent detailed blog post said that it had developed two AI models, one based on a single chest X-ray, and another from a series of X-rays that could help forecast if a patient infected by COVID-19 is likely to get worse. A third model predicts the amount of extra oxygen a COVID-19 patient might need. Read on...

10:19 AM

Coronavirus in India: Latest update by MoHFW

Active cases: 200,528 (Net reduction: 7,484)

Deaths: 152,556 (Net increase: 137)

Cured: 10,228,753 (Net increase: 17,411)

Total cases: 10,581,837 (Net increase: 10,064)

Total vaccination: 381,305 (Increase over previous day: 157,004)

10:13 AM

Subhash Chandra Bose's birthday to be celebrated as 'Parakram Diwas' every year

Govt has decided to celebrate the birthday of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, on January 23, as 'Parakram Diwas' every year: Ministry of Culture

10:09 AM

Covid-19: Optimism rises for deal on nearly $1 trn relief package in US

Negotiators reported continued progress on an almost $1 trillion Covid-19 economic relief package on Saturday, with optimism rising that the overdue talks would soon produce an agreement.

 

The Senate convened a Saturday session, while House members stood by for a vote that will arrive no earlier than Sunday.

 

A new government shutdown of midnight Sunday was serving as a backstop for the tortuous negotiations, which were being conducted in secret largely among the top four leaders of Capitol Hill's warring tribes. A key negotiator said the talks continued in good faith. Read on...

9:36 AM

India to gift 2 mn doses of Covid-19 vaccine 'Covishield' to Bangladesh

Bangladesh will receive 2 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine 'Covishield' as a gift from India on January 20.

 

Citing the letter by the Indian High Commission written to the Bangladesh Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Dhaka Tribune reported that a special flight from India carrying the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines, locally manufactured by Serum Institute of India, would land at Shahjalal International Airport on January 20.

 

The Health Services Division under the Ministry has issued a letter to the drug regulator the Directorate General of Drug Administration (DGDA) to take appropriate steps to administer the vaccine.

9:26 AM

China's Heilongjiang reports 27 new confirmed cases

Northeast China's Heilongjiang Province reported 27 new confirmed Covid-19 cases and 43 asymptomatic infections on Monday, local health authorities said Tuesday.

 

The cases were all close contacts or secondary close contacts of earlier Covid-19 infections in Huiqi Village, Wangkui County, according to the Heilongjiang provincial health commission.

9:11 AM

First coronavirus case reported in Lakshwadeep

The first Covid-19 case was reported in the Lakshadweep Islands on Monday, nearly an year after the outbreak of the pandemic in the country.

 

The man, belonging to the India Reserve Batallion, had left for Kavaratti by ship from Kochi on January 3 and tested positive on Monday.

8:44 AM

Coronavirus world update: Global Covid-19 cases top 95.5 mn

The total number of global coronavirus cases has topped 95.5 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 2.03 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University.

 

In its latest update on Tuesday morning, the University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed that the current global caseload and death toll stood at 95,530,563 and 2,039,283, respectively.