Although China aims to vaccinate 40 per cent of its population - 560 million people - by June, experts believe that the country may not be able to reach the target owing to shortage of vaccines and inadequate production capacity. China has administered 243.9 million doses, having given

The Serum Institute of India, which manufactures the AstraZeneca (AZN.L) COVID-19 vaccine, is planning to start vaccine production in other countries as it struggles to meet supply commitments, its chief executive officer told The Times. “There’s going to be an announcement

Bangladesh on Saturday recorded 60 deaths from Covid-19 in the last 24 hours raising the number of total fatalities to 11,510. Besides, 1,452 people have tested positive for coronavirus in the last 24 hours raising the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to 760,584. The

India on Saturday reported over 4,00,000 fresh Covid-19 cases for the first time as the tally crossed 19 million-mark, according to Union health ministry’s data.  With 4,019, 93 fresh coronavirus cases, India”s Covid-19 tally has risen to 19,164,969. The country also

Eighteen people died after a fire broke out at Bharuch Welfare Hospital on Bharuch-Jambusar road on Friday midnight. The fire broke out in the trust-run hospital around 12.35 am due to a short-circuit in the Covid ward which soon spread to the ICU. Officials said that 14 people died

Pfizer’s experimental oral drug to treat Covid-19 at the first sign of illness could be available by the end of the year, CEO Albert Bourla told CNBC on Tuesday. The company, which developed the first authorized Covid-19 vaccine in the U.S. with German drugmaker BioNTech, began

Bangladesh on Thursday recorded 88 deaths from Covid-19 in the last 24 hours raising the number of total fatalities to 11,393. Besides, 2,341 people have tested positive for coronavirus in the last 24 hours raising the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to 756,955. The

India reported 3.79 lakh new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, its sharpest spike since the pandemic first gripped the country last year. With this the total caseload rose to 1.8 crore. Meanwhile, with 3,645 deaths, the death toll surged to 2.04 lakh. Nearly 1.33 crore people

WASHINGTON: Covaxin, India's home-grown Covid-19 vaccine, has been found to neutralise the 617 variant of the deadly virus, White House chief medical adviser and America's top pandemic expert Dr Anthony Fauci said here. Fauci was speaking to reporters during a conference

Bangladesh on Wednesday recorded 77 deaths from Covid-19 in the last 24 hours raising the number of total fatalities to 11,305. Besides, 2,955 people have tested positive for coronavirus in the last 24 hours raising the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to 754,614.

India's new Covid deaths hit an overwhelming peak with 3,293 people dying in the last 24 hours.  New cases rose by over 3.6 lakh, a global high, pushing the total cases to over 1.79 crore. The crisis has left India grappling for oxygen and medicines. This is the seventh

Bangladesh on Tuesday recorded 78 deaths from Covid-19 in the last 24 hours raising the number of total fatalities to 11,228. Besides, 3,031 people have tested positive for coronavirus in the last 24 hours raising the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to 751,659. The

The US will share up to 60 million doses of its AstraZeneca vaccine with other countries as they become available, the White House has said. The doses will be able to be exported in the coming months after a federal safety review. The US has a stockpile of the vaccine even though

India, in the last 24 hours, recorded 3,23,144 fresh Covid-19 cases, taking the cumulative tally to 1,76,36,307. Of these, 28,82,204 are active cases. 2,771 deaths were also reported on Monday. While Maharashtra reported 48,700 cases, Uttar Pradesh’s number stood at 33,351. Early

Bangladesh on Monday recorded 97 deaths from Covid-19 in the last 24 hours raising the number of total fatalities to 11,150. Besides, 3,306 people have tested positive for coronavirus in the last 24 hours raising the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to 748,628. The

As Delhi continues to grapple with the ongoing Covid surge, the Delhi government on Monday announced that it will provide free vaccines to everyone above 18 years of age when the drive begins on May 1. “Today we have given the approval for the purchase of 1.34 crore vaccines. We

The government has decided to stop administering the first dose of the Oxford-AstraZenca shots from Monday (April 26). The health authorities took the decision amid uncertainty over the next shipment of the Covid-19 vaccine from India. The Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI) of

Bangladesh on Sunday recorded 101 deaths from Covid-19 in the last 24 hours raising the number of total fatalities to 11,053. Besides, 2,922 people have tested positive for coronavirus in the last 24 hours raising the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to 743,322. The

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced that the lockdown in the National Capital would be extended by another week in view of a rising number of coronavirus cases.  "The corona situation had worsened, which is why we started a 6-day lockdown last week, which ends

Bangladesh on Saturday recorded 83 deaths from Covid-19 in the last 24 hours raising the number of total fatalities to 10,952. Besides, 2,697 people have tested positive for coronavirus in the last 24 hours raising the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to 742,400. The