Of the 1.2 million fully vaccinated people in Switzerland, more than 130 people contracted Covid-19 after their second dose. Around 12 cases are being considered fatal, according to the latest data provided by the Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH) on Monday.

Switzerland: Despite getting both vaccine shots, over 130 people contract COVID-19

The Chinese mainland has reported four new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases in Liaoning province, the National Health Commission said on Tuesday. Besides the four cases, the country has also registered 18 new imported infections, Xinhua news agency quoted the Commission as saying.

China reports 4 new locally-transmitted COVID-19 cases

India on Monday recorded 2,81,386 new cases of the novel coronavirus, along with 4,106 deaths due to the infection. According to the data shared by the Union Health Ministry, the country saw a total of 3,78,741 discharges in the last 24 hours, taking the total recovery to 2,11,74,076.

India records 2,81,386 lakh new COVID-19 cases, lowest rise after 26 days

The first batch of anti-COVID-19 drug 2-DG, developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), will be released today Monday by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Health Minister Harsh Vardhan.

COVID-19: DRDO's anti-coronavirus drug 2-DG to be released today

Dr Anthony Fauci, the Biden administration's top medical adviser said that the COVID-19 pandemic had exposed racial disparities in living conditions and access to healthcare across the US that required serious action to fix.

Fauci says pandemic exposed 'undeniable effects of racism' in US 

While India struggles to shake off the virus, the developed world is taking off the masks. Locals of the US can, now, ditch the mask at most places if they have taken both the shots of a vaccine and the United Kingdom has brought in new rules for hugging.

Mask free and hugs: How the West is rushing towards exit from pandemic lockdowns

It is believed that children, around the age of two, usually go through a turbulent period of uncontrollable emotions. However, similar emotional distress is now being observed in children much older, due to coronavirus.

Pandemic can leave long-term effect on kids' mental health: Study

The tourism industry in the Kashmir valley has been incurring huge losses for the last three years. Since the beginning of last year, tourism players in the valley had to go through the worst financial crisis.

JK government announces relief package for tourism industry hit by pandemic

Two individuals lost their lives and at least 120 prisoners tested positive for COVID-19, as per an official on Thursday. While speaking to the reporters, DIG (Prisons), Subhakanta Mishra said, "Two individuals lost their lives and at least 120 prisoners tested positive for COVID-19.

COVID-19 in India: 120 prisoners test positive in Odisha jails

Chinese biotech firm Kintor Pharmaceutical Limited saw its stock price jump by more than 20% the day after it announced on April 25 that it had "completed the first patient enrollment and dosing" in a late-stage U.

Chinese firm may have lied about tests of its COVID-19 drug

Mainland China reported seven new COVID-19 cases on May 13, including its first local transmissions in more than three weeks, the country`s national health authority said on Friday.

Mainland China reports first local COVID-19 cases in more than 3 weeks

A much-awaited report by an independent panel on the global response to the pandemic is out. The panel has failed to hold China to account in its report. Reportage about how China silenced whistleblowers has been reduced to footnotes. Palki Sharma tells you more.

Gravitas | Wuhan virus pandemic: Expert panel stops short of holding China to account

The overall global COVID-19 caseload has topped 160.8 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 3.34 million, according to Johns Hopkins University. In its latest update on Friday morning, the University`s Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed that the current global caseload and death toll stood at 160,825,974 and 3,340,130, respectively.

Global COVID-19 caseload tops 160.8 million

As gun violence becomes a little too common in the United States, there has been a massive demand for ‘active shooter’ insurance policies. The rise in demand came as the US started returning to normalcy after a year of repeated lockdowns.

Americans demand 'active shooter' insurance as mass shootings increase

Pan-India lockdown, local government restrictions and the new normal of work from home (WFH) have not deterred India’s best brains working at the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).

Exclusive: Young scientists at ISRO’s VSSC develop ventilators, oxygen concentrators

The first dose of the Russian COVID-19 vaccine Sputnik V, which has an efficiency of 91.6 per cent, was administered today in India. The first consignment of imported doses of the Sputnik V vaccine landed in India on May 1, and received regulatory clearance from the Central Drugs Laboratory, Kasauli, on May 13, 2021.

Sputnik V in India: Vaccine to cost ₹ 995 per shot, made in India may be cheaper

India on Thursday reported 3,62,727 new Covid cases and 4,120 fatalities, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said. On Wednesday, India recorded 4,205 fresh Covid deaths, while on Friday last, the country had recorded its highest ever cases of 4,14,188.

COVID-19: India clocks more than 362,000 fresh Covid cases, 4,120 deaths

An aircraft carrying 176 ventilators from Germany, 324 oxygen cylinders from Finland, and 10 oxygen cylinders from Greece, arrived in Delhi on early Thursday morning.

COVID-19: More ventilators, oxygen cylinders arrive in India from Europe

The National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation in India (NTAGI) has recommended increasing the gap between two doses of Covishield vaccine to 12-16 weeks.

COVID-19: Indian medical body recommends 12-16 week gap between Covishield doses, no change for Covaxin

An expert panel blamed bad coordination as well as dithering by national governments and international organisations for the failure to tackle COVID-19 before it became a full-blown pandemic, as India’s death toll topped 250,000.

Independent expert panel blasts early pandemic failures

The World Health Organization (WHO) has said in its COVID-19 Weekly Epidemiological Update that vaccines by Pfizer and Moderna have shown decreased effectiveness against the double mutant variants discovered in India.

Pfizer and Moderna show less efficacy against double mutant discovered in India

After setting new records with over 400,000 cases per day, the COVID-19 positive cases in India have remained below the four lakh mark this week. At the same time, the death toll continues to be a source of alarm.

COVID-19 in India: 3,48,421 fresh cases, 4205 deaths in last 24 hours

The Indian government has issued a statement after a wrong report circulating in media termed the B.1.617 COVID-19 variant as 'Indian variant'. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in a statement said, "several media reports have covered the news of World Health Organisation (WHO) classifying B.

WHO hasn't associated the term 'Indian variant' with B.1.617 COVID-19 variant: Govt

The head of the main Indian health agency responding to the coronavirus has said districts reporting a high number of infections should remain locked down for another six to eight weeks to control the spread of the rampaging disease.

Indian health agency chief says most of country should remain locked down for 6-8 weeks

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