India reports more than 115,000 new Covid-19 cases in highest daily total

India reports more than 115,000 new Covid-19 cases in highest daily total

India on Wednesday reported 115,736 new cases of coronavirus, the highest single-day total since the pandemic began, according to a CNN tally of figures from the Indian Ministry of Health.  India has seen a rapid surge in Covid-19 cases since March. On Monday, the country reported 103,558 new cases, surpassing the previous daily high of nearly 98,000 … Read more

Coronavirus update: Latest Covid-19 vaccine and world news

Coronavirus update: Latest Covid-19 vaccine and world news

India on Wednesday reported 115,736 new cases of coronavirus, the highest single-day total since the pandemic began, according to a CNN tally of figures from the Indian Ministry of Health.  India has seen a rapid surge in Covid-19 cases since March. On Monday, the country reported 103,558 new cases, surpassing the previous daily high of nearly 98,000 … Read more

Global Covid-19 cases rise for sixth consecutive week, WHO says

Global Covid-19 cases rise for sixth consecutive week, WHO says

California, the first state to implement a lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic, plans to fully reopen the state’s activities and businesses beginning June 15, based on falling infection rates and low hospitalizations in the state, Health and Human Services Mark Ghaly announced Tuesday. Given the large number Covid-19 vaccinations administered so far – which surpasses … Read more

India’s capital imposes night curfew amid rise in coronavirus cases

India’s capital imposes night curfew amid rise in coronavirus cases

A health worker places a swab sample vial into a box after a roadside Covid-19 RT-PCR test in New Delhi, India on April 5. Naveen Sharma/SOPA Images/Shutterstock India’s union territory of Delhi, which contains the nation’s capital New Delhi, has imposed a night curfew with immediate effect as coronavirus cases mount, the region’s government has … Read more

Spectators can return to UK sporting events in April

Spectators can return to UK sporting events in April

A healthcare worker loads a syringe with the Covid-19 Johnson & Johnson Janssen vaccine in Buffalo, West Virginia, on March 26. Stephen Zenner/Getty Images US drugmaker Johnson & Johnson announced on Friday that it will soon begin vaccinating children as young as 12 in the company’s ongoing Phase 2a clinical trial of its Covid-19 vaccine — and … Read more

Quality problem at Johnson & Johnson plant could ruin millions of vaccine doses

Quality problem at Johnson & Johnson plant could ruin millions of vaccine doses

Hindu devotees gather for evening prayers after taking a holy dip in the waters of the River Ganges on the eve of Shahi Snan (grand bath) on Maha Shivratri festival during the ongoing religious Kumbh Mela festival in Haridwar, India, on March 10 Prakash Singh/AFP/Getty Images Massive crowds of Hindus began arriving in the northern … Read more

Hungary reports record number of COVID deaths despite high vaccination rates

Hungary reports record number of COVID deaths despite high vaccination rates

Clinical trial results of Pfizer/BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine showed its efficacy is 100% and it is well tolerated in youths ages 12 to 15, the companies said Wednesday. Pfizer/BioNTech plan to submit the data to the US Food and Drug Administration as soon as possible for expanded emergency use authorization of the two-dose vaccine.  In a … Read more

India’s Covid-19 surge has gone from “bad to worse,” health official says

India’s Covid-19 surge has gone from “bad to worse,” health official says

Family members along with graveyard workers perform the burial of a woman who died of Covid-19 in New Delhi, on March 30. Mayank Makhija/NurPhoto/Getty Images India recorded 354 Covid-19 related fatalities on Wednesday, the highest death toll reported in a single day since December 17, as officials warned the country must be on guard against … Read more

France imposes new coronavirus measures in schools amid rise in Covid-19 cases

France imposes new coronavirus measures in schools amid rise in Covid-19 cases

Anya Harris prepares a Moderna coronavirus vaccine at Red Hook Neighborhood Senior Center on February 22 in New York City. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images Most US states have announced plans to open up coronavirus vaccinations to everyone eligible under US Food and Drug Administration emergency use authorization. According to an official Twitter post from the White House’s COVID-19 … Read more