New Delhi [India], November 6 (ANI): As Diwali falls on World Diabetes Day on November 14 this year, after a gap of 20 years, health experts have come together to celebrate "Blue Diwali" to spread awareness about the disease, especially amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], November 6 (ANI): Maharashtra reported 5,027 new positive cases of COVID-19 taking the tally of total cases to 17,10,314, said the state Public Health Department on Friday.
New Delhi [India], November 6 (ANI): Delhi witnessed its highest single-day spike of 7,178 new COVID-19 cases on Friday taking the total count of cases to 4,23,831.
New Delhi [India], November 6 (ANI): Officials from the Health Ministry on Friday informed a parliamentary committee on Urban Development (UD) of the risk of coronavirus infection due to pollution.
Geneva [Switzerland], November 6 (ANI/Sputnik): Chief Scientist at the World Health Organization Soumya Swaminathan said on Friday it was too early to decide whether the coronavirus mutation found in the farmed mink population in Denmark could impact the efficacy of vaccines.
Copenhagen [Denmark], November 6 (ANI/Sputnik): As many as 214 people have been infected with a mutated coronavirus strain that has been linked to minks in Denmark from June to mid-October, the country's Ekstra Bladet newspaper reports on Friday, citing a research institute.
New Delhi [India], November 6 (ANI): The Central government, in its blueprint for the country's biggest vaccination drive for COVID-19, has planned that the immunisation program will not only be limited to healthcare facilities, but it will also be extended to schools on the lines of polling
Tbilisi [Georgia], November 6 (ANI/Sputnik): The daily increase in the number of detected COVID-19 cases in Georgia reached a record-high of 2,775, Alexander Khodjevanishvili, a member of the Coordination Council for the fight against coronavirus, said.
New Delhi [India], November 6 (ANI): Former Indian cricketer and BJP MP Gautam Gambhir on Friday said that he has gone into self-isolation due to a positive COVID-19 case reported at his home.