Karnataka Education Minister S Suresh Kumar has announced that schools for Class 6 onwards will re-open from January 1, 2021. Schools in Karnataka have been shut down since March due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The suggestion by Adar Poonawalla, the CEO of the world's largest vaccine maker Serum Institute of India, asking the government to indemnify manufacturers against lawsuits has triggered a massive debate.
A nurse in Chattanooga, Tennessee created a flutter after she fainted shortly after receiving a dose of Pfizer-BioNTech's Covid-19 vaccine.
Moderna Inc's coronavirus vaccine has received emergency use authorization from the US Food and Drug Administration. Moderna's mRNA-1273 is the second vaccine to be allowed for emergency use against COVID-19 in individuals 18 years of age or older.
Macron is the latest head of state to contract the virus. Earlier, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and U.S President Donald Trump had tested positive.
The 42-year-old took a test after symptoms appeared and will now isolate for seven days, the Elysée Palace said in a statement.
India's total cases have risen to 99,56,558 with 355 new deaths. Total active cases now stand at 3,22,366.
As India gears up to vaccinate its citizens against Covid-19 in the weeks to come, many questions are doing the rounds with regards to efficacy of the vaccine. Dr Arun Wadhwa, a senior consultant paediatrician, answers some commonly answered questions with regard to Covid-19 vaccines.
Nitish Kumar government on Tuesday approved a proposal for providing free COVID-19 vaccine to people of Bihar.
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 94,56,449, pushing the national recovery rate to 95.21%, while the Covid-19 case fatality rate stands at 1.45%.
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