New Delhi [India], July 18 (ANI): The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Ethics Committee on Saturday gave its approval for conducting the human clinical trial of the indigenously developed COVID-19 vaccine candidate Covaxin.
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], July 18 (ANI): The second phase of 10-day lockdown in Pune will start on Sunday and shall continue till July 23, to prevent the further spread of COVID-19 in the city.
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], July 18 (ANI): The IKEA store in Hyderabad was closed for the second time on Saturday because of the COVID-19 pandemic, CEO and CSO of IKEA India Peter Betzel said.
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], July 18 (ANI): In view of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare Department of Odisha government has exempted the use of bio-metric mode for Aadhaar authentication during the distribution of PDS to the beneficiaries in the state.
New Delhi [India], July 18 (ANI): South Africa's batsman Faf du Plessis on Saturday announced that he will be auctioning one of his bats and a pink ODI jersey in order to raise funds for feeding vulnerable children from local communities.
Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], July 18 (ANI): The total number of COVID-19 cases in Himachal Pradesh has reached 1421 on Saturday, informed the State Health Department.
Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], July 18 (ANI): The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Jharkhand rose to 5,110 including 2,487 active cases, said State Health Department on Saturday.
New Delhi [India], July 18 (ANI): Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday slammed Uttar Pradesh government as the COVID-19 cases are rapidly increasing in the state.
Washington D.C. [USA], July 18 (ANI): Actor Rita Wilson, who was one of the first celebrities to contract coronavirus, said on Friday that the debate around wearing a face mask during the pandemic "doesn't make sense."
New Delhi [India], July 18 (ANI): With a spike of 34,884 cases and 671 deaths reported in India in the last 24 hours, the total number of positive cases reached 10,38,716 on Saturday, according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.