Jammu and Kashmir: DLTF constitutes teams, notifies measures for Bird Flu control in Srinagar
Jan 12, 2021, at 11:13 pm
Srinagar: District Administration, Srinagar, convened the meeting of District Task Force on measures to be put in place for containment of Bird Flu and initiated steps for coordination of stakeholders for concerted efforts.
China's Hebei quarantines over 20,000 residents in 15 villages amid new COVID-19 outbreak
Jan 12, 2021, at 10:32 pm
Beijing/Sputnik: Local authorities in central China's Hebei province have sent over 20,000 residents from 15 villages to centralized quarantine centers, as part of their efforts to curb the recent local COVID-19 outbreak, a top provincial official said on Tuesday.
Joint field teams to monitor bird flu in Jammu and Kashmir
Jan 12, 2021, at 09:49 pm
Srinagar: The Animal Husbandry and the Wildlife Protection departments have established joint field teams and Whatsapp groups to monitor “bird-flu spread” in Jammu and Kashmir.
Jammu and Kashmir expects first batch of COVID19 vaccine today
Jan 12, 2021, at 09:19 pm
Srinagar: J&K is expecting to receive 2.5 lakh doses of COVID19 vaccines on Monday. The first batch will be administered to the healthcare workers here.
Bird-flu scare : Assam state zoo authority bans poultry entry
Jan 12, 2021, at 07:41 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: Taking notice after confirming report of bird-flu outbreak in seven states of the country, Assam State Zoo authority has also taken precautionary measures to protect birds and other animals and banned poultry entry in the zoos in the state.
Air India, SpiceJet, GoAir, and IndiGo transport 56.5 lakh doses of SII's Covishield across India
Jan 12, 2021, at 05:26 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The first batches of coronavirus vaccine began rolling out on early Tuesday from the Pune facility of Serum Institute of India with a total of 56.5 lakh doses to be transported during the day by Air India, SpiceJet, GoAir, and IndiGo, said media reports.
Jan 12, 2021, at 05:18 pm
New York: There needs to be a “collective commitment” to get vaccinations underway worldwide for health workers and others who are at high risk of catching COVID-19, within the next 100 days, said the UN health agency chief on Monday.
UN chief calls for ‘urgent transition’ from fossil fuels to renewable energy
Jan 12, 2021, at 04:34 pm
New York: Building a global coalition for carbon neutrality by mid-century will be the UN’s “central objective”, the world body’s top official told a conference on climate action on Monday.
COVID-19 recovery offers ‘chance to change course’, Guterres tells One Planet Summit
Jan 12, 2021, at 04:28 pm
New York: The process of recovery from the coronavirus pandemic offers the chance to change course, and put humanity on a path on which it is not in conflict with nature, the United Nations Secretary-General said on Monday, urging greater efforts by everyone to protect biodiversity and step up climate action.
India fights COVID-19: First consignment of Covishield vaccines leaves Serum Institute Pune
Jan 12, 2021, at 04:25 pm
Pune/UNI: Three temperature-controlled trucks rolled out of the Serum Institute's gates shortly before 5 am and left for Pune airport, from where the vaccines will be flown to different parts of India.
Himachal Pradesh: Moderate intensity earthquake hits Chamba and Kangra district
Jan 12, 2021, at 04:22 pm
Shimla/UNI: A moderate intensity earthquake struck parts of Chamba and Kangra district on Monday night, authorities said on Tuesday.
India records 12,584 new COVID-19 cases in 24 hours
Jan 12, 2021, at 03:19 pm
New Delhi: India registered 12,584 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, continuing the trend of recording a lower number of cases in recent times, as per Ministry of Health records released on Monday.
WHO's Tedros refutes new Japanese Coronavirus mutation more aggressive
Jan 12, 2021, at 02:46 pm
Moscow/Sputnik: There is no evidence to suggest that the newly-detected Japanese mutation made the coronavirus more aggressive, World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Monday.
Indian govt signs contract with Serum Institute for 11 million doses of Covishield
Jan 12, 2021, at 03:01 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The government has placed an initial order of 11 million doses of Covishield manufactured by Serum Institute of India (SII), media reports said.
Himachal Pradesh: 4,324 migratory birds, 215 others found dead due to suspected Bird Flu
Jan 12, 2021, at 01:49 am
Shimla/UNI: As many as 4,324 migratory and 215 other birds were found dead of suspected bird flu at Pong Dam Wildlife Sanctuary and other parts of the state, officials confirmed on Monday.
Germany to receive 1st batch of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine on Monday: Health Minister
Jan 12, 2021, at 01:16 am
Moscow/Sputnik: German Health Minister Jens Spahn said on Monday that the first batch of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by the US pharmaceutical company Moderna would arrive in the country later in the day.
French Agriculture Minister confirms 180 bird flu outbreaks across country since November
Jan 11, 2021, at 10:40 pm
Moscow/Sputnik: France has detected 180 active clusters of the pathogenic H5N8 bird flu virus since November 2020, Agriculture Minister Julien Denormandie told France Bleu broadcaster on Monday.
Jan 11, 2021, at 09:46 pm
New Delhi: India has been registering declining daily new cases since many days continuously. 16,311 New Cases were recorded in the last 24 hours.
WHO consultations for Sputnik V emergency use to take place late January: Health Official
Jan 11, 2021, at 03:05 pm
Moscow/Sputnik: The first round of World Health Organization consultations on granting Russian COVID-19 vaccine Sputnik V authorization for emergency use will take place in the latter third of January, Heath Ministry Advisor Sergey Glagolev said.
India registers 16,311 new COVID-19 cases, 161 deaths in past 24 hours
Jan 11, 2021, at 02:54 pm
New Delhi: India, one of the worst hit COVID-19 nations in the world, continued to register decline in cases and registered 16,311 new instances in the past 24 hours, as per the Ministry of Health released data on Monday.
New Corona strain found in Japan among Brazil returnees: Reports
Jan 11, 2021, at 02:25 pm
Tokyo/Sputnik: Japan’s National Institute of Infectious Diseases (NIID) on Sunday confirmed that it has discovered a new strain of the coronavirus among four persons who arrived from Brazil.
Arrangements finalised for foreign travellers testing positive in Jammu and Kashmir: DDMA
Jan 11, 2021, at 04:37 am
Srinagar:District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) Srinagar has put in place arrangements as per ICMR guidelines pursuant to foreign travellers testing positive for Covid19 on arrival in Srinagar.
Central teams conducting epidemiological investigation in Bird Flu-hit states
Jan 11, 2021, at 04:18 am
New Delhi/UNI: In wake of confirmation of Avian Influenza, commonly known as ‘Bird Flue’, spreading in seven states, the Central teams constituted by the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairy and Health Ministry has been visiting the epicentres of disease and have been conducting the epidemiological investigation in Bird Flu’s epicentres in States.
Pakistan: COVID-19 cases exceed 5,00,000-mark
Jan 10, 2021, at 10:49 pm
Islamabad/UNI: A total of 2,899 people have been tested positive of Novel Coronavirus in Pakistan over the last 24 hours, taking the national tally to 502,416, the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) of Pakistan said on Sunday.
India's COVID-19 fatality rate declines further to 1.44 percent
Jan 10, 2021, at 10:34 pm
New Delhi: India's COVID-19 fatality rate has declined further to 1.44 percent, as per Ministry of Health released data on Sunday.
Mamata Banerjee announces free Covid-19 vaccine for every citizen in West Bengal
Jan 10, 2021, at 06:56 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday announced that the state government is arranging to make Covid-19 vaccines available to all its citizens at free of cost.
Jan 10, 2021, at 02:45 pm
Tel Aviv/Sputnik: Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu on Saturday received his second dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine live on national television.
Bird Flu scare: Four parks in Delhi closed for public
Jan 10, 2021, at 06:32 am
New Delhi/UNI: As a precautionary measure to prevent bird flu in Delhi, four parks in the national capital have been closed for public on Saturday.
Chinese expert says Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine is 'most unsafe in world' with 73 side effects
Jan 10, 2021, at 05:08 am
Beijing: A Chinese vaccine expert has claimed that the COVID-19 vaccine which has been rolled out by the nation as the 'most unsafe vaccine in the world'.
Vaccinating equitably ‘saves lives, stabilizes health systems’: WHO chief
Jan 10, 2021, at 12:17 am
New York: Two billion doses of “safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines” have been secured by the international equitable vaccine alliance COVAX, and they will be ready for distribution as soon they are delivered, the UN health agency chief said on Friday.