Zurich [Switzerland], April 4 (ANI/Sputnik): The Swiss lit hundreds of virtual candles on Saturday to remember more than 9.7 million people who died during the COVID-19 pandemic and send a message of hope to the living.
Ranchi/Jamshedpur (Jharkhand) [India], April 4 (ANI): Jharkhand health minister Banna Gupta has said that the state health department is on alert mode and monitoring the Covid-19 situation very carefully.
Washington [US], April 3 (ANI): Researchers at the University of California San Diego found that the chemical inhibitor K777 reduces the coronavirus' ability to infect cell lines by blocking human enzyme cathepsin L. Clinical trials are underway.
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], April 3 (ANI): As many as 1,398 new COVID-19 cases and nine deaths were reported in Andhra Pradesh in the past 24 hours, the state health department informed on Saturday.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 3 (ANI): Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) batsman Nitish Rana, who had contracted coronavirus before returning a negative result, resumed training for the upcoming Indian Premier League (IPL) on Friday.
New Delhi [India], April 3 (ANI): Amid a daily spike in the coronavirus cases in Maharashtra, the Indian Premier League (IPL) Governing Council (GC) is thinking of shifting the Mumbai matches to some other venue, with Hyderabad and Indore on standby.
Damoh (Madhya Pradesh) [India], April 3 (ANI): Amid rising COVID-19 cases in Madhya Pradesh, people flocked in large numbers to celebrate Rang Panchami in Damoh on Friday.
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 3 (ANI): The renewal and verification of documents of Afghan refugees living in Pakistan have been suspended temporarily in view of the third wave of coronavirus in the country.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 3 (ANI): Australi batsman Steve Smith on Saturday arrived at the team hotel here in Mumbai and will be spending a week in quarantine.
Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], April 3 (ANI): All education institutes including schools, colleges and universities will remain closed till April 15 in Himachal Pradesh government amid the rising cases of COVID-19.
New Delhi [India], April 3 (ANI): India crossed a significant milestone in its fight against COVID-19 as the cumulative number of vaccine doses administered in the country crossed the 7.3 crore mark, the Union Health Ministry said on Saturday.