Ankara [Turkey], May 5 (ANI/Xinhua): Turkey on Tuesday confirmed 28,997 new COVID-19 cases, including 2,483 symptomatic patients, raising the total number of cases in the country to 4,929,118, according to its health ministry.
Washington [US], May 4 (ANI): American technology conglomerate Facebook has partnered with the Indian government to roll out a vaccine finder tool on its mobile app in India, which will help people identify places nearby to get vaccinated.
Kathmandu [Nepal], May 4 (ANI): Nepal on Tuesday alone reported 7,660 new cases of COVID-19 infection while another 55 succumbed to the virus in the last 24 hours.
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], May 4 (ANI): Over 13 lakh doses of Covishield vaccine were dispatched for Delhi, Bengaluru and Chennai by flights from Pune on Tuesday, informed Pune airport.
New Delhi [India], May 4 (ANI): A shipment carrying two oxygen generators, 548 oxygen concentrators, 365 ventilators and other medical equipment arrived here on Tuesday from Ireland to provide support in India's fight against the second COVID-19 surge.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 4 (ANI): In a first in Mumbai city, a drive-in COVID vaccination centre has been set up at BMC's Kohinoor public parking, Dadar for senior citizens and the disabled, wherein people can get their vaccine jabs while sitting in their cars.
Chandigarh [India], May 4 (ANI): Chandigarh Administrator V P Singh Badnore on Tuesday announced that all beneficiaries including those above 18 years will be vaccinated for free of cost in the Union Territory.
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], May 4 (ANI): Punjab Health Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu on Tuesday said that the coronavirus infection has started to spread to the rural areas because of which the positivity rate and the number of deaths are increasing in the state.
New Delhi [India], May 4 (ANI): Extending support to the states and union territories in the battle against the Covid-19 pandemic, the Ministry of Health on Tuesday said an additional 48 lakh vaccine doses will be sent to various places in three days.
New Delhi [India], May 4 (ANI): Several Urdu publications in their Tuesday editions gave prominent coverage to the postponement of the NEET Exam and the Supreme Court's direction to the Centre to revisit its vaccine procurement policy and consider imposing a lockdown in the wake of the risin
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], May 4 (ANI): A drive-in vaccination centre was started in Bhopal's Ashoka Hotel on Saturday when the third phase of the COVID-19 vaccination drive commenced.
New Delhi [India], May 4 (ANI): More than four lakh beneficiaries, belonging to the age group of 18-44 years have been vaccinated till date since the third phase of the vaccination drive commenced on Saturday, informed the government on Tuesday morning.