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  • Coroanvirus Update: India logs 1,573 fresh Covid cases March 28, 2023 10:30 AM IST

    Coroanvirus Update: India logs 1,573 fresh Covid cases

    The death toll has increased to 5,30,841 with four deaths reconciled by Kerala, the data updated at 8 am stated.

  • COVID-19: Case count highest in 134 days, Centre issues advisory, Delhi hospitals conduct mock drills March 27, 2023 12:26 PM IST

    COVID-19: Case count highest in 134 days, Centre issues advisory, Delhi hospitals conduct mock drills

    Amid a spurt in the number of coronavirus cases in the city, Delhi government-run hospitals on March 26 carried out mock drills to assess their COVID-19 preparedness.

  • Active Covid cases above 10,000 after 134 days March 27, 2023 10:28 AM IST

    Active Covid cases above 10,000 after 134 days

    The daily positivity rate has been recorded at 3.19 percent and the weekly positivity rate at 1.39 per cent.

  • 'Today, I am Satisfied': In a First, PM Modi Talks About Leading Battle Against Covid, Rush to Bring Vaccine March 24, 2023 10:15 PM IST

    'Today, I am Satisfied': In a First, PM Modi Talks About Leading Battle Against Covid, Rush to Bring Vaccine

    In the 60-minute documentary titled ‘The Vial – India’s Vaccine Story’, PM Modi said the need of the hour was to develop a vaccine and for that, decision-making “could not move at the speed of files”

  • ‘It Would be Foolishness to Assume…' Know the First Thought in PM Modi's Mind as Covid Engulfed World March 24, 2023 10:07 PM IST

    ‘It Would be Foolishness to Assume…' Know the First Thought in PM Modi's Mind as Covid Engulfed World

    Talking about the tough decision of imposing a nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of the virus, PM Modi, in History TV18's documentary ‘The Vial – India’s Vaccine Story’, said he was able to educate people that ‘Jaan hai toh jahaan hai’

  • 'India Was the Only Country...': PM Modi Lauds CoWin Game-Changer in ‘The Vial – India’s Vaccine Story’ March 24, 2023 10:04 PM IST

    'India Was the Only Country...': PM Modi Lauds CoWin Game-Changer in ‘The Vial – India’s Vaccine Story’

    History TV18’s 60-minute documentary, titled The Vial – India’s Vaccine Story, is the first to feature PM Narendra Modi where he speaks in detail about India’s victory over the Covid-19 pandemic

  • From Plane to Truck, Car, Boat & Finally on Foot, How Covid-19 Vaccine Reached Remotest Parts of India March 24, 2023 09:53 PM IST

    From Plane to Truck, Car, Boat & Finally on Foot, How Covid-19 Vaccine Reached Remotest Parts of India

    Marrying technology with a spirit to eliminate the virus from the country also led to ingenious solutions such as the use of drones to deliver vaccines

  • Not Just Tough Terrain, Frontline Workers Fought Mindsets for Covid Jab | History TV18 Documentary March 24, 2023 09:44 PM IST

    Not Just Tough Terrain, Frontline Workers Fought Mindsets for Covid Jab | History TV18 Documentary

    ‘The Vial – India’s Vaccine Story’ revealed how residents of Malana, a village in Parvati Valley, claim they are the descendants of Alexander the Great and view outsiders --- including health workers --- with suspicion

  • 'Jaan Hai Toh Jahaan Hai': History TV18 Documentary Brings Focus on India's Untold Story of War on Covid March 24, 2023 09:38 PM IST

    'Jaan Hai Toh Jahaan Hai': History TV18 Documentary Brings Focus on India's Untold Story of War on Covid

    Narrated by actor Manoj Bajpayee, the 60-minute documentary that aired at 8pm on Friday traces India’s journey from deciding to develop a vaccine on its own to becoming the world’s saviour by providing the jabs to several countries

  • From origin of coronavirus to 'Vaccine Maitri', here's all the interesting trivia showcasing on History TV18's new documentary March 24, 2023 09:18 PM IST

    From origin of coronavirus to 'Vaccine Maitri', here's all the interesting trivia showcasing on History TV18's new documentary

    On January 3, 2021 India gave green signal to world's largest vaccination drive against Covid-19 and launched the vaccine. History TV18’s brand new documentary titled ‘The Vial – India’s Vaccine Story’ gives an insight to the largest vaccination programme in the world.

  • Any new booster dose should work against current, future Covid strains: Randeep Guleria March 23, 2023 11:42 PM IST

    Any new booster dose should work against current, future Covid strains: Randeep Guleria

    "Currently the vaccines that we have in India are covering for what was originally the Wuhan strain. After that we had so many variants. And therefore if we have to have a new vaccine, it should provide cover for the circulating strains like we do for influenza," he said.

  • An urgently needed TB shot could democratise vaccines March 23, 2023 05:49 PM IST

    An urgently needed TB shot could democratise vaccines

    A new strategy holds the promise of developing an important tool to fight the world’s deadliest infectious disease while easing a reliance on wealthier nations

  • XBB.1.16 variant 'new kid on the block', could be driving recent rise in Covid cases: Randeep Guleria March 22, 2023 07:07 PM IST

    XBB.1.16 variant 'new kid on the block', could be driving recent rise in Covid cases: Randeep Guleria

    New variants will keep coming as the virus keeps on mutating over the time and the XBB 1.16 is sort of a "new kid on the block", Guleria said.

  • Kirron Kher tests positive for COVID-19 March 21, 2023 01:49 PM IST

    Kirron Kher tests positive for COVID-19

    COVID-19: Kirron Kher urged people who came in contact with her to get themselves tested. India logged 699 new cases of coronavirus in the last 24 hours, while the active cases increased to 6,559.

  • All you need to know about the Omicron XBB. 1.16 variant that is causing a fresh surge in COVID-19 cases in India March 20, 2023 03:33 PM IST

    All you need to know about the Omicron XBB. 1.16 variant that is causing a fresh surge in COVID-19 cases in India

    The latest uptick in coronavirus infections comes amid the parallel outbreak of seasonal flu, driven by H3N2 influenza virus, which is making people sick across the country

  • India records 918 new COVID-19 cases, 4 deaths March 20, 2023 10:43 AM IST

    India records 918 new COVID-19 cases, 4 deaths

    According to the data updated at 8 am, the daily positivity was recorded at 2.08 per cent while the weekly positivity was pegged at 0.86 per cent. The infection tally stands at 4.46 crore (4,46,96,338).

  • Jharkhand reports first case of H3N2, five fresh cases of COVID-19 March 19, 2023 10:34 AM IST

    Jharkhand reports first case of H3N2, five fresh cases of COVID-19

    A 68-year-old woman, who was admitted to Tata Main Hospital (TMH), Jamshedpur with symptoms of cold and fever on Thursday, tested positive for influenza virus H3N2 on Saturday, the official said.

  • Moneycontrol Daily: Your Essential 7 March 19, 2023 05:55 AM IST

    Moneycontrol Daily: Your Essential 7

    A daily round-up of the most interesting articles to help jump-start the day.

  • Coronavirus Update: India's daily Covid tally crosses 800 after 126 days March 18, 2023 10:35 AM IST

    Coronavirus Update: India's daily Covid tally crosses 800 after 126 days

    With 843 fresh infections, the country's caseload increased to 4.46 crore, the death toll rose to 5,30,799 with four fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated.

  • WHO calls on China to be transparent in sharing data to determine Covid's origins March 18, 2023 10:12 AM IST

    WHO calls on China to be transparent in sharing data to determine Covid's origins

    The Huanan market in central China’s Wuhan city was the epicentre of the pandemic. From its origin there, the SARS-CoV-2 virus rapidly spread to other locations in Wuhan in late 2019 and then to the rest of the world.

  • Rising Covid cases: Health Ministry advises five states to prevent spread of infection March 17, 2023 07:58 AM IST

    Rising Covid cases: Health Ministry advises five states to prevent spread of infection

    The five states, which have received the letters, include Kerala, Maharashtra, Telangana, Gujarat and Karnataka.

  • Three years after COVID-19 shut down the world, we still don't know its origins. Here is what we know so far March 13, 2023 06:08 PM IST

    Three years after COVID-19 shut down the world, we still don't know its origins. Here is what we know so far

    Three years and 7 million deaths later, the question of how the pandemic began is still a mystery.

  • China's 'zero COVID' response 'completely right', highly effective: China's new Premier Li Qiang March 13, 2023 01:52 PM IST

    China's 'zero COVID' response 'completely right', highly effective: China's new Premier Li Qiang

    Addressing his first press conference, Li said it took less than two months for China, a highly populous country, to achieve a smooth transition in COVID-19 response and resume normal economic and social order, which is indeed remarkable.

  • Mask-free Monday comes to Japan as government eases COVID guidelines March 13, 2023 06:43 AM IST

    Mask-free Monday comes to Japan as government eases COVID guidelines

    Disney park operator Oriental Land Co, East Japan Railway Co and cinema operator Toho Co are among the major companies allowing patrons to go maskless starting Monday, based on revised government guidance announced last month.

  • Covid lab leak fight obscures the global rise of high-security biolabs March 09, 2023 07:26 AM IST

    Covid lab leak fight obscures the global rise of high-security biolabs

    There are 69 so-called Biosafety Level 4, or BSL-4, facilities designed to study dangerous infectious pathogens in operation, under construction or planned worldwide, according to Global Biolabs, a tracking project run out of King’s College London and George Mason University in Virginia. About a decade ago, there were only 25.