By Administrator_ India Capital Sands A woman medico, who was India’s first COVID-19 case, has tested positive again for the virus, health authorities said here on Tuesday. “She is reinfected with COVID-19. Her RT-PCR is positive, the antigen is negative. She is asymptomatic,” Thrissur DMO Dr. K J Reena told […]
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India registers record 4,205 COVID-19 deaths in 24 hours, adds 3.48 lakh new cases
By Administrator_ India Capital Sands India witnessed a record 4,205 COVID-19 deaths in the last 24 hours and registered 3.48 lakh new cases, as per the Union Health Ministry’s data on Wednesday (May 12, 2021). India’s death toll has now climbed to 2.54 lakh, while the total caseload has mounted […]
India closing in on Brazil in daily coronavirus deaths :Second wave
By Administrator_ India Capital Sands India’s rising death toll is putting it on course to become the country with the highest daily death toll, shows an analysis of international numbers collated by tracker ‘Our World in Data. This comes even as both countries have seen a surge in the number […]
Rajasthan issues new COVID-19 guidelines, curfew in all cities from 6 pm to 6 am
By Administrator_ India Capital Sands Amid a fresh surge in COVID-19 infections, the Rajasthan government on April 14 has issued new guidelines to curb the pace of virus transmission. A strict curfew would be observed in all cities in the state from 6 pm to 6 am, the order said. […]
Covid-19 vaccine shortage: Maharashtra, Centre in a war of words
By Administrator_ India Capital Sands The Centre today hit back at the Maharashtra government and accused it of creating panic and spreading lies after it raised serious concerns about the Covid-19 vaccine shortage in the state. The Centre’s reaction came hours after Maharashtra health minister Rajesh Tope said that the state had barely 2-3 […]
Russia’s COVID-19 vaccine Sputnik V makes headway in India
By Administrator _India Capital Sands The Drug Controller General of India on October 17 gave Dr Reddy’s Laboratories the permission to conduct late-stage clinical trials for Russia’s COVID-19 Sputnik V vaccine in the country. The nod came after the Hyderabad-based company submitted a reworked application to the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) on […]
India expected to have Covid vaccine by early next year
By Administrator_ India Capital Sands India is expected to have a Covid-19 vaccine from more than one source by early next year and the government is formulating distribution strategies for the immunisation of people across the country, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Tuesday. Vardhan had earlier said a Covid-19 vaccine […]
Britain outpaces Italy with Europe’s highest official coronavirus death toll
By Ritu, Capital Sands Britain has overtaken Italy to report the highest official death toll from coronavirus in Europe with more than 32,000 deaths, figures released on Tuesday showed. The high death toll could increase political pressure on Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who waited longer than other European leaders to […]