Who Covid Response

The government on Monday shared a detailed response to reports of an alleged data breach of the CoWIN database, following reports that an automated bot on Telegram was surfacing personal details of people who had registered with the CoWIN platform to receive COVID vaccinations during the pandemic.

US President Joe Biden raised concern about China's handling of its COVID-19 outbreak hours after the World Health Organisation (WHO) said China was under-reporting deaths from the disease.

Restrictions some countries have introduced in response to China's Covid-19 surge are "understandable", given the lack of information from Beijing, the head of the World Health Organization said Thursday.

Coronavirus: For those who have received the COVID-19 vaccine but may not have had a strong enough immune response, a second primary dose is advised.

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, one of the most recognisable figures of the global battle against Covid-19, will stand unopposed Tuesday for the nomination to continue heading the World Health Organization.

A total of 21,914 families who have lost their loved ones to COVID-19 in Delhi have received a one-time financial aid of Rs 50,000 from the Delhi Disaster Response Fund (DDRF), officials said on Sunday.

Amid rising Covid cases and several government restrictions in place, Karnataka Minister Umesh Katti, who was seen without wearing a mask at a public event, refused to do so claiming that PM Modi had said "it is individual's responsibility".

Actor Kareena Kapoor Khan had been "extremely responsible" but contracted Covid at an "intimate dinner", a spokesperson has said amid a snowballing controversy over two Bollywood dinners.

Six different COVID-19 boosters are safe and elicit strong immune response in people who have previously received a two-dose course of AstraZeneca or Pfizer vaccines, according to a study published in The Lancet journal.

The Health Ministry is urgently waiting to fill vacant posts of senior officers who will work with India's COVID-19 response team. It has raised concern about "acute stress" in the fight against COVID-19 due to these vacancies.

Arrangements will be made at 65 railway stations in Mumbai, where quick response or QR code-based passes will be issued to people who have taken both doses of Covid vaccine and wish to travel in suburban local trains, city mayor Kishori Pednekar said

The Delhi government has given Rs 1 crore each as compensation to 17 "Corona warriors", including doctors, teachers and sanitation staff, who died of the infection on duty, according to a response to an RTI query.

Tens of thousands of Brazilians took to the streets Saturday to demand the impeachment of President Jair Bolsonaro, who is facing increasing pressure as the pandemic exacts a devastating toll.

A hospital in Vadodara on Wednesday said it has successfully collected sperm of a COVID-19 patient who is on life support, as directed by the Gujarat High Court in response to a petition filed by his wife.

36-year-old Seetha Devi is helping many breathe. Rechristened Chennai's 'Oxygen Woman', Ms Devi lost her mother to Covid. Since then, she took up the responsibility to help people who need oxygen.

The government on Monday shared a detailed response to reports of an alleged data breach of the CoWIN database, following reports that an automated bot on Telegram was surfacing personal details of people who had registered with the CoWIN platform to receive COVID vaccinations during the pandemic.

US President Joe Biden raised concern about China's handling of its COVID-19 outbreak hours after the World Health Organisation (WHO) said China was under-reporting deaths from the disease.

Restrictions some countries have introduced in response to China's Covid-19 surge are "understandable", given the lack of information from Beijing, the head of the World Health Organization said Thursday.

Coronavirus: For those who have received the COVID-19 vaccine but may not have had a strong enough immune response, a second primary dose is advised.

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, one of the most recognisable figures of the global battle against Covid-19, will stand unopposed Tuesday for the nomination to continue heading the World Health Organization.

A total of 21,914 families who have lost their loved ones to COVID-19 in Delhi have received a one-time financial aid of Rs 50,000 from the Delhi Disaster Response Fund (DDRF), officials said on Sunday.

Amid rising Covid cases and several government restrictions in place, Karnataka Minister Umesh Katti, who was seen without wearing a mask at a public event, refused to do so claiming that PM Modi had said "it is individual's responsibility".

Actor Kareena Kapoor Khan had been "extremely responsible" but contracted Covid at an "intimate dinner", a spokesperson has said amid a snowballing controversy over two Bollywood dinners.

Six different COVID-19 boosters are safe and elicit strong immune response in people who have previously received a two-dose course of AstraZeneca or Pfizer vaccines, according to a study published in The Lancet journal.

The Health Ministry is urgently waiting to fill vacant posts of senior officers who will work with India's COVID-19 response team. It has raised concern about "acute stress" in the fight against COVID-19 due to these vacancies.

Arrangements will be made at 65 railway stations in Mumbai, where quick response or QR code-based passes will be issued to people who have taken both doses of Covid vaccine and wish to travel in suburban local trains, city mayor Kishori Pednekar said

The Delhi government has given Rs 1 crore each as compensation to 17 "Corona warriors", including doctors, teachers and sanitation staff, who died of the infection on duty, according to a response to an RTI query.

Tens of thousands of Brazilians took to the streets Saturday to demand the impeachment of President Jair Bolsonaro, who is facing increasing pressure as the pandemic exacts a devastating toll.

A hospital in Vadodara on Wednesday said it has successfully collected sperm of a COVID-19 patient who is on life support, as directed by the Gujarat High Court in response to a petition filed by his wife.

36-year-old Seetha Devi is helping many breathe. Rechristened Chennai's 'Oxygen Woman', Ms Devi lost her mother to Covid. Since then, she took up the responsibility to help people who need oxygen.