Coronavirus News

West Bengal’s total COVID caseload crossed the five-lakh mark on Sunday (December 6) to 5,02,840 after 3,143 new infections were detected. The active caseload dropped to 23,894 as the recovery rate increased to 93.51 per cent following the discharge of 3,167 patients.

Final checks were taking place on Sunday on the deliveries of the coronavirus vaccine developed by American drugmaker Pfizer and Germany’s BioNTech before its rollout to hospitals across the UK in super-cold containers.

The Serum Institute of India has become the first Indian company to seek emergency use authorization for the Oxford Covid vaccine in India.

India's total active caseload has dropped below 4.1 lakh mark (4,09,689) on Sunday -- the lowest after 136 days. New cases per million population in India has been one of the lowest in the world in the last seven days

Pfizer India has sought emergency use authorisation for its Covid-19 vaccine from the Drugs Controller General of India, become the first pharmaceutical firm in the country to do so. 

The resident doctors say the BS Yediyurappa government needs to wake up soon and consider the issues raised by them seriously.

Britain will start administrating the first doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine on Tuesday with the National Health Service giving top priority to frontline workers, care home staff and residents and those above the age of 80.

West Bengal's COVID-19 death toll climbed to 8,268, after 52 more patients succumbed to the virus on Friday (December 4). A total of 3,206 fresh cases pushed the tally to 4,96,522.

After taking the 'Covaxin' trial shot, West Bengal's Urban Development Minister Firhad Hakim said, “Kolkata is ready to give co-vaccine. The names of the citizens who have co-morbidity have been selected separately by the health department. The list of people who will take the COVID-19 vaccine has already been prepared by the state government.”  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced that India is just weeks away from a Covid-19 vaccine. He made this announcement at an all-party meeting with the floor leaders of all political parties of the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha to discuss the Covid-19 situation in the country and vaccine development. Here are some highlights: