Coronavirus News

West Bengal's COVID-19 death toll went up to 8,966 on Friday (December 11), with 50 people succumbing to the disease.  

The US Food and Drug Administration has authorised Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine for emergency use.

India's first indigenous mRNA vaccine candidate has received approval from the Drugs Controller General of India to initiate Phase I/II human clinical trial. 

Narayan said the work from home arrangement will continue for “some more months” because of the Covid-19 pandemic situation while replying to a question raised by Hoskote MLA Sharath Bachegowda.  

West Bengal reported 49 more COVID-19 fatalities on Thursday (December 10), pushing the death toll to 8,916, while the coronavirus tally jumped to 5,13,752 with 2,801 fresh cases, a health department bulletin said.  

Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine has been cleared by experts at the United States Food and Drug Administration, paving the way for the agency to authorize its use.

India manufactures more than 60% of all vaccines sold across the globe, and while its $40 billion pharmaceutical sector is not yet involved in the production of the expensive Pfizer Inc and Moderna shots, the nation will play a pivotal role in immunizing much of the world.

 South Africa, which with more than 828,000 cases is the continent's worst-hit country, on Wednesday said it had now entered a second wave of the pandemic.

Union Health Ministry has called out NDTV for posting a report which said that the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation had turned down Serum Institute of India and Bharat Biotech's proposals for emergency authorisation for their vaccines.

A doctor from Hooghly district in West Bengal tests COVID-19 positive for the second time within three months. The state health department thinks that the infection is spreading in the district due to the negligence of people.