According to Union Health Ministry data published on Monday, India recorded 3,207 new coronavirus infections, bringing the overall number of COVID-19 cases to 4,31,05,401, while active cases fell to 20,403. The death toll has risen to 5,24,093 with 29 more fatalities, according to figures updated at 8 a.m. According to the government, active cases account […]
By Administrator_India Capital Sands New Delhi: Covid will start becoming endemic in India in the next six months, a top expert has said, asserting that a new variant can’t alone bring a third wave of infections. “This pandemic has defied most of our predictions but in the next six months, we will approach endemic status,” Sujeet […]
By Administrator_India Capital Sands Ministry of Health and Family Welfare announced on August 9 that it has decided to allow foreign nationals residing in India to get registered on CoWin portal to take the COVID-19 vaccine. A significant number of foreign nationals reside in India’s metropolitan areas, where the potential of COVID-19 spread is high […]
By Administrator_India Capital Sands Washington: Three researchers from China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) sought hospital care in November 2019, months before China disclosed the COVID-19 pandemic, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday, citing a previously undisclosed US intelligence report. The newspaper said the report – which provides fresh details on the number of researchers […]
By Administrator_India Capital Sands The US is working closely with India on its continued and emerging needs during the unprecedented second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, a top State Department official has said. While the assistance from the US government has been worth USD 100 million, the private sector has donated an additional USD 400 […]
By Administrator_India Capital Sands New Delhi: Deficit supply of oxygen to Delhi – where 12 people died Saturday and 25 last week, because of a shortfall triggered by the second wave of coronavirus cases – must be rectified on or before midnight of May 3, the Supreme Court has told the centre. The top court also directed […]
By Administrator_India Capital Sands Microsoft Corp on Tuesday said it has helped over 30 million people across 249 countries and territories gain access to digital skills, including close to 3 million people from India. This number is higher than the initial goal of 25 million that was announced by the tech giant in June last […]
By Administrator_India Capital Sands Walmart-backed Flipkart joins the league of conglomerates like Reliance Industries and IT firms such as Mindtree to cover COVID-19 vaccination costs of its employees and their families. The company has given the employees an option to either get reimbursed for the costs of the vaccinations or get them for free at a partner […]
By Administrator_ India Capital Sands World Health Organisation chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus will self-quarantine after being identified as a contact of a person who tested positive for COVID-19. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus wrote on Twitter late Sunday that he is “well and without symptoms” but will self-quarantine in “coming days, in line with WHO protocols, and […]
By Administrator_ India Capital sands The doubling rate of COVID-19 disease in India has increased to about 70 days, which indicates a substantial fall in the daily new coronavirus cases and the consequent increase in the time taken to double the total infection, said the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. According to the Union […]