Coronavirus LIVE: Bengal makes negative Covid report mandatory for 4 states

Coronavirus live updates: Travellers from Maharashtra, Kerala, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Punjab will need a negative coronavirus test report to enter Delhi. Stay tuned for corona-related news

9:50 AM

US: Houston launches federally managed coronavirus vaccination site

A US federally-supported, state-managed Covid-19 mass vaccination facility was launched in Houston, Texas on Tuesday.

 

According to officials, the drive-through facility, located in NRG Park in Houston, plans to serve 6,000 people per day, seven days a week. In the first three weeks, it will provide the first doses of vaccine and then transition into second doses in three weeks, the Xinhua news agency reported. Read on...

9:42 AM

India reports 13,742 new Covid-19 cases, 14,037 discharges

India reports 13,742 new Covid-19 cases, 14,037 discharges, and 104 deaths in the last 24 hours, as per Union Health Ministry 

 

Total cases: 1,10,30,176

Total discharges: 1,07,26,702

Death toll: 1,56,567

Active cases: 1,46,907

9:34 AM

Maharashtra, Kerala, Chhattisgarh, MP, Punjab travellers will need a negative Covid test report to enter Delhi

Travellers from Maharashtra, Kerala, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Punjab will need a negative coronavirus test report to enter Delhi from February 26 till March 15

9:22 AM

South Korea reports 440 more Covid-19 infections, caseload reaches 88,120

South Korea reported 440 more cases of COVID-19 as of midnight Tuesday compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 88,120.

 

The daily caseload was up from 356 the previous day, rising above 400 for three days.

 

The daily number of infections hovered above 100 since November 8, 2020, owing to cluster infections in Seoul and its surrounding Gyeonggi province as well as imported cases.

9:03 AM

Coronil has been awarded the CoPP licence as per WHO-GMP: Acharya Balkrishna

Coronil has been awarded the CoPP licence as per WHO-GMP. Dr Harsh Vardhan didn't endorse any ayurvedic medicine, neither, did he undermine the modern medicines: Acharya Balkrishna, General Secretary, Patanjali Research Foundation Trust, Haridwar over IMA on Coronil

8:48 AM

With vaccine rollout, fortunes of these covid billionaires are fading away

In the health-care industry, the coronavirus pandemic led to big fortunes, fast. Now some of them are evaporating just as quickly.

Take Seegene Inc., a maker of Covid-19 test kits, and Alteogen Inc., a biotech with subcutaneous-injection technology. Their founders became billionaires as the shares surged last year. Fast forward a few months to the vaccine rollout, and they’ve lost their title after both stocks sank more than 41 per cent, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.

8:35 AM

Punjab: Out of 4,000 schoolteachers tested, 13 found positive for Covid-19

Amritsar civil surgeon Charanjit Singh on Tuesday took cognizance of the rising number of Covid-19 cases in the state and informed that out of 4,000 schoolteachers tested, 13 teachers have been found positive for Covid-19.

 

Singh told ANI: "Covid-19 cases have increased in the last 2-3 days. Sampling at schools has been made mandatory. Out of 4,000 school teachers tested, 13 have been found to be positive."

 

"Concerned schools are now closed for 48 hours for sanitization," he said. Read on...

8:21 AM

Canadian Covid-19 cases surpass 850,000 mark, death toll at 21,747

Canada's cumulative Covid-19 cases surpassed 850,000 as of Tuesday noon, with the total hitting 851,231, including 21,747 deaths, according to CTV.

 

Ontario reported 975 new cases of Covid-19 Tuesday morning, pushing the province's case total to 295,119, including 6,884 deaths and 277,939 recoveries, the Xinhua news agency reported.

 

The Ontario government said the province's Covid-19 positivity rate stands at 4.2 per cent. The seven-day average for the number of cases reported is 1,050, up from the 1,038 reported a week ago today. Read on...