People not wearing masks, maintaining social distancing driving COVID-19 pandemic in India: ICMR DG

People not wearing masks, maintaining social distancing driving COVID-19 pandemic in India: ICMR DG

The testing for the disease has been increased from 363 tests per million per day on August 1 to more than 600 tests per million per day at present, the ministry said with India having tested nearly 3.7 crore cumulative COVID-19 samples so far. ICMR Director General Balram Bhargava on Tuesday said “irresponsible” people not … Read more

China administering COVID-19 vaccines since July 22, says report

China administering COVID-19 vaccines since July 22, says report

Coronavirus Vaccine update: The staff of state-owned enterprises (SOEs), who were preparing to go abroad, and frontline medics were offered two choices of inactivated vaccine candidates developed by Sinopharm for urgent use. (Reuters image) China has been administering Coronavirus vaccines on workers since July 22. Last month China had “officially launched” the urgent use of the … Read more