- Saturday, May 18, 2024
THE UK government has announced a £20-million funding for a Oxford University project on a Covid-19 vaccine, which is set for human trials from Thursday, and £22.5 million for Imperial College London to support its clinical trials. Health Secretary Matt Hancock told the daily Downing Street briefing on Tuesday (21) that the…
INDIA bats for a for a fair, transparent and equitable access to essential medical supplies and any future vaccines developed to fight COVID-19. The country co-sponsored a UN general assembly resolution in this regard. The 193-member assembly adopted the Mexico-drafted resolution ‘International cooperation to ensure global access to medicines, vaccines…
Absent staff and broken supply chains scuppered efforts by some Indian industries to restart Monday, weeks after the government ordered a nationwide shutdown to stop the spread of coronavirus. Although the national lockdown has been extended until May 3, officials said certain key sectors could resume operations under strict conditions…
THE latest data released by NHS England has revealed that 16.2 per cent of COVID-19 victims in the UK are from black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) communities. It also shows that these communities account for 35 per cent of all the coronavirus patients in intensive care. But, BAME constitutes…
About 500 people entered self-isolation at the Presidential House in the Indian capital on Tuesday (21) after a worker’s relative tested positive for coronavirus, officials said, as the number of cases nationwide neared 18,000 despite a strict lockdown. India’s 1.3 billion people have been ordered to remain indoors for 40…
A total of 16,509 people hospitalised with coronavirus in Britain have now died, health ministry figures showed Monday, up by 449 — the lowest daily toll for a fortnight. The figures — which do not include deaths in the community, including care homes — are always lower on a Monday…
From making new dishes in the kitchen to doing various household chores to working-out for hours on end, celebrities have been sharing everything they are doing to cope with the ongoing Coronavirus lockdown. While several celebs are getting bored in the confined of four walls, there are some who are…
THE death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 590 in India and the number of cases climbed to 18,601 on Tuesday (21), according to the health ministry. The number of active COVID-19 cases stood at 14,759 while 3,251 people have been cured and discharged, and one patient has migrated, the…
As many as 7,000 more Britons will return home from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh as the UK government has announced to operate 31 more charter flights over the next week to repatriate its citizens stranded in the coronavirus lockdown across South Asia. The flights, scheduled between April 20 and 27,…
Vijay Mallya on Monday (20) lost a UK High Court appeal against his extradition to India. The dismissal of the High Court appeal effectively clears the decks for Mallya’s extradition to India to face the charges in the Indian courts, with 14 days for him to apply for permission to appeal to…
