Kathmandu [Nepal], June 26 (ANI): The coronavirus caseload in Nepal has reached 632,326 on Saturday with over 1,170 people reporting positive in the last 24 hours.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 26 (ANI): Maharashtra administered 7,02,432 COVID-19 vaccine doses, the highest single-day vaccinations in the state so far, on Saturday till 6 pm, said Dr Pradip Vyas, Additional Chief Secretary (ACS) of the State Health Department.
New Delhi [India], June 26 (ANI): A study on the effectiveness of the existing COVID-19 vaccine against the Delta Plus variant, which has been notified as a "variant of concern" following its detection in several parts of India, is underway, said Dr Samiran Panda, Head of Epidemiology, IC
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], June 26 (ANI): The West Bengal government on Saturday formed a four-member expert committee to examine the effect of the fake COVID-19 vaccination in Kolkata and also to take corrective actions.
Moscow [Russia], June 26 (ANI): Iran's leading pharmaceutical companies, Actoverco has produced a test batch of Russian Sputnik V vaccine against coronavirus, the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) announced on Saturday.
Tokyo [Japan], June 26 (ANI): Japan will donate one million COVID-19 vaccine doses each to Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Thailand starting from next Thursday, said Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi on Friday.
New Delhi [India], June 26 (ANI): The Central government will provide more than 19,10,650 COVID-19 vaccine doses to states and union territories in the next three days, informed the Health Ministry on Saturday.
Buenos Aires [Argentina], June 26 (ANI): Mortality rate from COVID-19 among people older than 60 declined by 70-80 per cent after vaccination with Russia's Sputnik V or AstraZeneca jabs, the Argentinian health ministry said on Friday.
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], June 26 (ANI): West Bengal Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Suvendu Adhikari on Friday wrote to Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan demanding a probe by Central agencies into the alleged COVID-19 vaccination fraud case in Kolkata.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 26 (ANI): India Ratings and Research (Ind-Ra) has said its earlier estimate of gross domestic product (GDP) growth at 10.1 per cent for the current financial year (FY22) is unlikely to hold due to the speed and scale of Covid 2.0.
Buenos Aires [Argentina], June 26 (ANI/Xinhua): Argentina reported on Friday 24,023 new cases of COVID-19, raising the total caseload to 4,374,587, informed the Health Ministry.
Jakarta [Indonesia], June 26 (ANI): Facing increased COVID-19 infections and a deadly variant, Indonesia's doctors are at the centre of the crisis as many have died after being vaccinated by the Chinese COVID-19 vaccine - Sinovac.