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India approves 'world's first' intranasal COVID-19 vaccine

Kyodo News
Posted at Sep 07 08:45 PM

India's drug regulator has approved what a local vaccine innovator calls the 'world's first' intranasal COVID-19 vaccine, restricted for use in emergency situations for those aged 18 years and above. Read more »

India COVID death toll could be 3 million - experts

Neha Arora and Sumit Khanna, Reuters
Posted at Feb 04 12:27 PM

"Our study published in the journal Science estimates 3 million COVID deaths in India until mid-2021 using 3 different databases," a co-author said. Read more »

India reports 264,202 new coronavirus infections in past 24 hours

Reuters
Posted at Jan 14 01:48 PM

India reported 264,202 new cases of the coronavirus in the last 24 hours, taking its total tally to 36.58 million. Read more »

Indian na si Kovid: 'I am not a virus'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 10 04:34 PM

'My name is Kovid and I am not a virus.' Read more »

India confirms first Omicron-related death as COVID-19 cases jump

Krishna N. Das, Reuters
Posted at Jan 06 10:12 AM

A diabetic man who died in the western state of Rajasthan was India's first fatality from the Omicron COVID-19 variant, the health ministry said on Wednesday, adding that overall infections had doubled to 58,097 over the past four days. Read more »

India detects more Omicron cases

Reuters
Posted at Dec 06 09:35 AM

India expects Omicron, which scientists say appears to be the most contagious variant so far, to be less damaging than the currently dominant Delta, which caused a devastating wave of infections in March and April. Read more »

India reports highest COVID-19 fatalities since July

Reuters
Posted at Dec 05 05:33 PM

India on Sunday reported its highest single-day COVID-19 deaths since July after two states revised their death tolls. Read more »

India logs slimmest rise in COVID-19 cases despite festivals

Reuters
Posted at Nov 23 03:35 PM

India reported 7,579 new coronavirus infections on Tuesday, the smallest rise in one-and-a-half-years despite huge festival gatherings in recent weeks, thanks to rising vaccinations and antibodies from prior infections. Read more »

India reports 30,773 new COVID cases as it seeks to welcome back tourists

Reuters
Posted at Sep 19 08:34 PM

NEW DELHI - India on Sunday reported 30,773 new coronavirus infections in the past 24 hours, taking the total to 33.4 million, as it seeks to reopen the country to overseas tourists. Read more »

Indian court backs shorter dose gap for those paying for AstraZeneca vaccine

Jose Devasia, Reuters
Posted at Sep 07 04:28 PM

An Indian court has ordered the government to offer a choice of a shorter four-week gap between doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine to those paying for the shots. Read more »

COVID-19 locks out India's poor students

Nivrita Ganguly, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 05 02:57 PM

The pandemic and the heavy blow to the Indian economy -- and to the poor who have suffered most of all -- have only made things worse. Read more »

Global COVID-19 cases top 200 million

Kyodo News
Updated as of Aug 05 09:31 AM

The cumulative worldwide total of infections with COVID-19 has surpassed 200 million as the Delta variant continues to rage in many countries. Read more »

India reports 3,998 COVID-19 deaths after state corrects its data

Reuters
Posted at Jul 21 03:20 PM

India reported its highest death toll in a month on Wednesday - at nearly 4,000 - after its richest state reconciled its death count with 3,509 previously unreported fatalities, the health ministry said. Read more »

India's COVID-19 deaths 10 times higher than reported: study

Glenda Kwek, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 20 08:45 PM

India's coronavirus death toll is up to 10 times higher than the nearly 415,000 fatalities reported by authorities, likely making it the country's worst humanitarian disaster since independence, a US research group said Tuesday. Read more »

India's COVID-19 infection rate edges up, with second wave yet to abate

Neha Arora and Ankur Banerjee, Reuters
Posted at Jul 15 09:12 PM

NEW DELHI - A rise in India's COVID-19 infection rate is worrying authorities who are concerned that pilgrimages and tourism could prove to be "superspreader" events in the battle to douse a devastating second wave of infections that has killed thousands. Read more »

Rural India sinks deeper into debt as COVID-19 wipes out work

Aftab Ahmed and Saurabh Sharma, Reuters
Posted at Jul 06 01:40 PM

The coronavirus and a lockdown aimed at stopping it last year saw millions of people thrown out of jobs in cities and towns and forced back to villages in India, and ever higher levels of debt.   Read more »

India's death toll from coronavirus crosses 400,000

Shilpa Jamkhandikar, Reuters
Posted at Jul 02 03:38 PM

India reached the grim milestone of 400,000 deaths from the coronavirus on Friday, half of them during a second wave in the past few months that overwhelmed the health care system and crematoriums. Read more »

India's famed Taj Mahal reopens for tourists as COVID-19 curbs ease

Uday Sampath Kumar, Reuters
Posted at Jun 16 04:28 PM

India's iconic Taj Mahal reopened to the public on Wednesday as the country, still reeling from a disastrous second wave of the pandemic, rushes to lift restrictions in a bid to revitalize its economy. Read more »

India records world's highest daily COVID-19 deaths after state revises numbers

Reuters
Posted at Jun 10 01:45 PM

India reported on Thursday the highest single-day death toll from COVID-19 in the world, at 6,148, after a big eastern state revised its figures to account for people who succumbed to the disease at home or in private hospitals. Read more »

How India's most crowded city beat the odds, and the virus

Ammu Kannampilly, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 09 02:51 PM

When COVID-19 arrived in India, few places looked as vulnerable as Mumbai. But a year on, South Asia's most crowded city has surprised many by tackling a vicious second wave with considerable success. Read more »