By Reuters Staff MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia has granted regulatory approval to a second COVID-19 vaccine, according to its register of authorised medicines. A delighted President Vladimir Putin announced the news at a government meeting on Wednesday. The jab was developed by the Vector Institute in Siberia and completed early-stage human trials last month. However, results […]
By James Gallagher Health and science correspondent Coronavirus pandemic A man in the United States has caught Covid twice, with the second infection becoming far more dangerous than the first, doctors report. The 25-year-old needed hospital treatment after his lungs could not get enough oxygen into his body. Reinfections remain rare and he has now […]
Union Health Minister also said that the Feluda paper strip test could be rolled out in the next few weeks. Press Trust of India NEW DELHI — Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Sunday said the government has not yet taken a view on granting emergency authorisation to COVID-19 vaccines in India, as and when they become […]
Coronavirus pandemic The virus responsible for Covid-19 can remain infectious on surfaces such as banknotes, phone screens and stainless steel for 28 days, researchers say. The findings from Australia’s national science agency suggest SARS-Cov-2 can survive for far longer on surfaces than previously thought. The virus is most commonly transmitted when people cough, sneeze or […]
The statement puts a spotlight again on the government’s approach to the pandemic in India. By Rohini Chatterji The Narendra Modi government’s Ministry of AYUSH has been issuing different protocols regarding Covid-19 in the past few months and much of it has to do with Ayurveda and Unani. Now, after health minister Harsh Vardhan released a list of protocols on “prevention […]
The staff at Hindu Rao Hospital threatened to stop working from Saturday unless they were paid salaries for last three months. By Akshita Jain Healthcare workers at Delhi’s Hindu Rao Hospital, a Covid dedicated hospital, on Friday continued their protest over non-payment of salaries and threatened to stop working unless they are paid salaries for last three […]
By Danish Siddiqui NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Workers were clearing undergrowth from wasteland on Tuesday to add 400 graves to the Indian capital’s oldest functioning cemetery beside the ruins of historic city walls, as the death toll from the coronavirus grows. With more than 100,000 deaths nationwide, India’s tally of infections has crossed 6.6 million, […]
By Alexandra Alper, Andy Sullivan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Doctors treating President Donald Trump for COVID-19 sent conflicting signals about the severity of his condition on Sunday, hours before the president surprised supporters gathered outside the hospital with an impromptu motorcade. Doctors giving Trump steroid to fight COVID-19 Trump, 74, wore a mask as he waved from […]
By Alexandra Alper, Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said from his hospital room that the next few days will be the “real test” of his treatment for COVID-19, after a series of contradictory messages from the White House caused widespread confusion about his condition. In a four-minute video posted on Twitter on Saturday from […]
By Alasdair Pal NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Eight months after the novel coronavirus arrived in India, the number of deaths from the disease is due to cross 100,000 imminently. Nearly 6.5 million people have been infected in total, second only to the number in the United States. Reuters met and interviewed relatives of 30 people who […]
