Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Aug 13 (ANI): Hundred per cent testing in micro containment zones and containment zones must be done using Rapid Antigen Testing, said Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Thursday.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Aug 13 (ANI): With Maharashtra reporting a spike in 11,813 COVID-19 cases on Thursday, the state's cumulative coronavirus cases now stand at 5,60,126, said the Public Health Department.
New Delhi [India], Aug 12 (ANI): India reported a spike of 60,963 COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the national count over the 23 lakh-mark, as per the Union Health Ministry on Wednesday.
Washington DC [USA], Aug 11 (ANI): US President Donald Trump on Monday said that the US "has already responded" in many ways to the sanctions posed by Beijing on American officials and added that phase-1 deal with China means "very little".
Hanoi [Vietnam], Aug 10 (VNA/ANI): Vietnam reported new 29 COVID-19 cases on Sunday afternoon, taking the national count to 841, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], Aug 8 (ANI): Kerala recorded the highest single-day spike of 1,420 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said on Saturday.
Moscow [Russia], Aug 6 (Sputnik/ANI): The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Brazil has increased by 57,152 to 2,859,073 within the past 24 hours, the national Ministry of Health said on late Wednesday.
New Delhi [India], Aug 4 (ANI): Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan on Tuesday informed that he has tested positive for COVID-19.
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Aug 4 (ANI): The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Tuesday imposed restrictions on movement and gathering of not more than three persons in districts in the Kashmir valley in wake of the spike in COVID-19 cases.
New Delhi [India], Aug 3 (ANI): The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) gave approval to Serum Institute of India, Pune to conduct Phase II+III clinical trials of Oxford University-Astra Zeneca COVID-19 vaccine (COVISHIELD) in India, said the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on
New Delhi [India], August 3 (ANI): Union Law and Justice Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Monday said he will undergo "a few days" of home isolation as he met the Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday who tested positive for COVID-19 on Sunday.