Coronavirus live updates: No lockdown extension in Bihar, clarifies state govt

UP conducted 87,754 Covid-19 tests on July 28, says Amit Mohan Prasad

Speaking at a press conference here, Prasad said, "Yesterday in Uttar Pradesh, 87,754 samples were tested. Out of them, 52,195 samples were tested with Antigen test while the rest were done with RT-PCR and TrueNat tests." He said that 21,20,843 samples have been tested in the state so far.

Gujarat's Covid-19 situation better than other states: CM Vijay Rupani

"Around 50,000 fresh cases of coronavirus cases are emerging every day in India. As against 1,108 new cases in Gujarat on Tuesday, Andhra Pradesh's tally was 7,948, followed by 7,717 cases in Maharashtra, 6,972 in Tamil Nadu and 5,536 in Karnataka," Rupani told reporters in Rajkot, around 200km from here. Gujarat was on the 12th spot in terms of fresh cases. At one point, our mortality rate was 7 per cent, the highest in the country. Now its 4 per cent," said Rupani

Covid-19 fatality rate declining progressively, total recoveries 9.88 lakh: Health ministry

The total number of recoveries from Covid-19 is fast approaching the 10-lakh mark, while the case fatality rate has been falling progressively due to coordinated implementation of the 'test track treat' strategy by the Centre, states and Union Territories, the health ministry said on Wednesday.

Read: US records 10,000 coronavirus deaths in 11 days as fatalities approach 150,000

This is the fastest increase in fatalities since the United States went from 100,000 cases to 110,000 cases in 11 days in early June, according to the Reuters tally.

Offices of the Govemment of India, its Autonomous/Subordinate offices and Public Corporation shall work with 50% sub-ordinate staff, officers to attend office. Commercial and private offices allowed to operate at 50% strength: Bihar lockdown guidelines

32 more jail inmates tested positive for coronavirus in Dehradun.

Total 98 prisioners are admitted in government Doon Medical College where security was increased 5 times as so many undertrials and convicts are admitted here.

Central govt relaxes norms for its employees who were either on leave or on an official tour and could not join office due to non-availability of public transport during the Covid-19 lockdown

NEET 2020: Supreme Court seeks reply from Centre and Medical Council of India, on plea for examination centres in Gulf countries or postponement of the exam.

Lockdown extended in Bihar for a period of 16 days effective from 1st August in wake of Covid-19, reports ANI

France must not drop guard against Covid-19, minister says

France's health minister urged the country on Wednesday not to drop its guard against Covid-19, saying it faced a long battle and that observing social distancing rules was vital to avoiding a new national lockdown.France reported 14 new deaths from the novel coronavirus on Tuesday, a figure twice as high as the daily average increase of seven seen over the previous week. A total of 30,223 have now died of Covid-19 in France, health authorities said.

Maharashtra: State government today told Bombay high court that the restriction barring cast/crew above 64 years from film and television shootings was not permanent and may change with new unlock guidelines on July 31, 2030.

Russia's coronavirus cases near 830,000

Russia on Wednesday reported 5,475 new cases of the novel coronavirus, pushing its national tally to 828,990, the fourth largest in the world.In the daily readout, officials said 169 people had died in the last 24 hours, pushing the national death toll to 13,673.

Pakistan's coronavirus tally reaches 276,287 with 1,063 new infections

Pakistan's coronavirus tally reached 276,287 with the detection of 1,063 new cases in the last 24 hours, the health ministry said on Wednesday. Twenty-seven more people died overnight due to coronavirus-related complications, pushing the nationwide death toll to 5,892. Read more

Hetero launches generic Covid-19 drug at Rs 59 per tablet

Drug firm Hetero on Wednesday said it has launched generic oral antiviral drug Favipiravir used for the treatment of patients with mild to moderate Covid19, in India under the brand name 'Favivir' at Rs 59 per tablet. The company has been granted the manufacturing and marketing approval for Favipiravir from the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI), Hetero said in a statement.

Coronavirus vaccine unlikely to be widely available before mid-2021

German Research Minister Anja Karliczek said on Wednesday that a coronavirus vaccine was unlikely to be widely available before the middle of next year."We must continue to assume that vaccines for the broader population will only be available from the middle of next year at the earliest," she told a news conference.

236 more Maharashtra Police personnel test positive for Covid-19 while 1 died in the last 24 hours, taking the death toll to 98.

Total number of police personnel infected with Corona at 8958, out of which 6,962 have recovered and 1,898 are active cases: Maharashtra Police

Trump on Fauci's high approval ratings: 'Nobody likes me'

President Donald Trump groused on Tuesday about medical expert Anthony Fauci's high approval ratings and joked that "nobody likes me" as he struggles to improve his standing with voters for his handling of the coronavirus pandemic. "It can only be my personality," said Trump .

Himachal Pradesh's Covid-19 tally rises to 2,334 with 1,043 active cases

Early in pandemic, frantic doctors traded tips across oceans

Amid the chaos of the pandemic's early days, doctors who faced the first coronavirus onslaught reached across oceans and language barriers in an unprecedented effort to advise colleagues trying to save lives in the dark. With no playbook to follow and no time to wait for research, YouTube videos describing autopsy findings and X-rays swapped on Twitter and WhatsApp spontaneously filled the gap.