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Doha, Dec16 (Sputnik) - More than 100,000 people in Saudi Arabia have signed up for the coronavirus vaccination on the opening day of vaccination registration, the Saudi Health Ministry said. "Up until now, 100,546 people have signed up…

NEW DELHI: Russia's Sputnik V vaccine is 91.4 per cent effective in providing protection against COVID-19 and has demonstrated 100 per cent efficacy against severe coronavirus cases, the vaccine's developers said on Monday. "The efficacy…

CHENNAI: Another 33 people, including students, from IIT Madras tested positive for Covid 19 on Monday, taking the total number of people infected with the virus in the institute from December 1 to 104. Tamil Nadu Health Secretary J…

New Delhi , December 14  : As COVID-19 vaccination programme will soon start in India, the Union Health Ministry has pledged for "One needle, One syringe, Only one time" and prepared guidelines for safer disposal of used…

New Delhi, Dec 14  India's population is stabilising as per the Fifth National Family Health Survey as the total fertility rate has decreased across majority of the states. Of the 17 states analysed in the NFHS-5 data, except for Bihar,…

Ottawa , December 14 The first batch of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine has been delivered to Canada, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said. "The first batch of doses of Pfizer-BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine have arrived in…

As befits a Sunday morning, an otherwise busy lane in a tony south Delhi locality is visibly empty. Except for a single nondescript building, outside which a few citizens are basking in the winter sunshine, peeping inside through its…

Integrative medicine seeks to restore and maintain health and wellness across a person's lifespan by understanding the patient's unique set of circumstances. It addresses the full range of physical, emotional, mental, social, spiritual and…

Dhaka ,  Bangladesh reported 1,355 new Covid-19 cases and 32 new deaths on Sunday, pushing the tally to 490,533 and death toll at 7,052, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said. The official data showed that 12,748…

Tokyo ,The confirmed Covid-19 cases in Japan increased by 2,369 to reach 180,611 as of Sunday night, according to the latest figures from the health ministry and local authorities. The figure excludes the 712 cases from the…

Jakarta , The COVID-19 cases in Indonesia rose by 6,189 within one day to 617,820, with the death toll adding by 166 to 18,819, the Health Ministry said on Sunday. According to the ministry, 4,460 more people were discharged from…

Kathmandu , Nepal on Sunday recorded 830 new Covid-19 cases across the country as the total count reached 248,423. In the last 24 hours, Kathmandu has registered 348 coronavirus cases, The Himalayan Times reported. The death…

NEW DELHI: Average usage of smartphones by Indians is estimated to have gone up 25 per cent to almost 7 hours a day as people depend on these gadgets for work/study from home and entertainment amid the pandemic, a report said. The study,…

Washington, Dec 13   The overall number of global coronavirus cases has topped 71.6 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 1.60 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University. In its latest update on Sunday, the…

New York, Dec 13 (IANS) A total of 242,927 Covid-19 test results were reported to New York state, a new record high, while the total hospitalizations rose to a peak of 5,359, said an official statement. Of the 242,927 Covid-19 tests,…

Washington , December 13 The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the United States has surpassed 16 million, while the death toll stands at over 297,000, according to the latest data from the Coronavirus Resource Center of…

Washington , December 12  The United States has secured 100 million more doses of the mRNA coronavirus vaccine by US pharmaceutical company Moderna, the developer said in a press release. The US already purchased 100,000 doses of…

Washington, Dec 12  In yet another grim milestone, the overall number of global coronavirus cases has surpassed the 70 million mark, while the deaths have surged to more than 1.59 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University. In…

Dhaka , December 11  Bangladesh reported 1,884 new COVID-19 cases and 19 new deaths on Friday, bringing the tally to 487,849 and death toll to 6,986, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said. The official data…

Kathmandu, Dec 7 (UNI) Nepal on Monday reported 1,014 new cases of coronavirus cases across the country, taking the nationwide infection count to 241,995. Among the new cases, 370 are women while 644 are males, 442 of these cases were…