Coronavirus live updates: India's indigenous vaccine against Covid-19 Covaxin achieves remarkable feat, says ICMR

846 out of 1200 air passengers, who had returned to Telangana from UK & via UK from Dec 9 till date, were tested for Covid & 7 of them have tested positive. Positive samples were sent to CCMB lab to check for the type of virus strain in them: Health Department, Telangana Govt

India's indigenous vaccine against Covid-19 Covaxin-a product of ICMR-Bharat Biotech collaboration, achieves remarkable feat. Data generated from within India underlines impressive safety & immunogenicity profile of Covaxin & sparks Lancet's interest in publishing them: ICMR

Madhya Pradesh reported 1,038 new Covid-19 cases, 1,118 recoveries, and 10 deaths today

1,063 fresh Covid-19 cases take Delhi's tally to over 6.2 lakh, death toll rises to 10,384 with 37 new fatalities: Authorities

Government of India has chosen Punjab to conduct the dry run for Covid-19 vaccine on Dec 28-29 at five sights each in Ludhiana & Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar districts: State Info & Public Relations Department, Punjab

Uttarakhand: Government issues notification cancelling winter vacation for Class 10 & 12 of state government & private schools

Class XII exam of the Goa Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education will begin from April 26 and the Class X exam from May 13. The state government has approved the delayed dates due to late start to the academic year during the pandemic

Logistics company Mudita signs MoU with SpiceJet for Covid-19 vaccine distribution

Logistics company Mudita Express Cargo said on Thursday it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with SpiceJet for the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines across the country. In a press release, Mudita stated it can turn around vaccine shipments in the shortest possible time as it has cross dock facilities at all major cities and a pan India distribution network wherein dedicated vehicles take items from major airports to Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities.

We will be lifting night curfew to celebrate the occasion of Christmas & to commemorate the Shahidi Jor Mel. For Christmas, night curfew will be removed for tonight. For Shahidi Sabha, night curfew will be removed in Fatehgarh Sahib from Dec 25th to 27th night: Punjab CM

Andhra Pradesh reported 357 new Covid-19 cases, 355 recoveries & 4 deaths today, according to the State Health Department

India temporarily suspends Vande Bharat flights from UK, says MEA

India has temporarily suspended its Vande Bharat flights from the United Kingdom due to the emergence of new strain of coronavirus, said the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Thursday. Speaking during the weekly virtual press conference, Anurag Srivastava, MEA Spokesperson, said that as many as 1,005 international flights have been operated under Phase 8 Plus of India's Vande Bharat Mission, thus, repatriating more than 40 lakh people from 27 countries.

India-Russia Annual Summit didn't take place in 2020 due to Covid. This was a mutually agreed decision between the two govts. Any speculation to contrary should be avoided. Whenever dates are finalised, we'll inform: MEA Spokesperson on India-Russia Annual Summit 2020

The first batch of 300,000 doses of SputnikV vaccine delivered to Argentina. This is one of the largest one-time deliveries of a Covid-19 vaccine to a Latin American country: Statement

Government of India handed over another consignment of RT-PCR Covid-19 test kits for 20,000 tests today to the Royal Government of Bhutan: Embassy of India, Thimphu

Night curfew order, issued earlier, has been withdrawn after reviewing the situation on the suggestion of Technical Advisory Committee: Chief Minister's Office, Karnataka

Country's first oldest Covid-19 survivor dead

The country's first oldest Covid-19 survivor Thomas Abraham died of age-related ailments on Thursday, his family said here. The 93-year-old died in Ranni village in the district and the funeral would be held at a church at Aithala on Friday. He is survived by his wife and three children.

No RTPCR test will be conducted for asymptomatic passengers, coming via flights from Europe, South Africa & Middle-East. They'll be taken to a paid institutional quarantine facility. RTPCR test will be conducted at passenger's cost between 5th-7th day at hotels: Maharashtra govt

Chief Secretary, Govt of Maharashtra issues SOP to be implemented by concerned authorities with immediate effect for the passengers arriving from Europe, South Africa & Middle-East countries and flights coming through the airports of these countries

Thailand tightens restrictions amid Covid-19 spike

Thailand on Thursday announced its decision to tighten restrictions to contain the spread of Covid-19, with new cases detected in more than one-third of the country's provinces.