Coronavirus live updates: Vaccine still possible this year, despite trial pause, says AstraZeneca

Covid-19 tally in Mumbai's slum colony Dharavi rises to 2,850 with addition of 11 new cases, reports PTI quoting BMC

Tourism is one of the most important revenue-generating & economy driving industries in Chushul. Due to Covid-19, there are no tourists here this year. But we are working to implement SOPs to combat Covid. Tourists can come here with their negative test reports: JT Namgyal, MP, Ladakh

UN's Guterres calls for $35 billion more for WHO Covid-19 programme

nited Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres called for $35 billion more, including $15 billion in the next three months, for the World Health Organization's (WHO) "ACT Accelerator" programme to back vaccines, treatments and diagnostics against Covid-19. Some $3 billion has been contributed so far, Guterres told an online event on Thursday, calling it "seed funding" that was less than 10% of what the WHO wants for the programme, formally called Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator.

Vaccine still possible this year, despite trial pause, says AstraZeneca

Drugs giant AstraZeneca on Thursday said a Covid-19 vaccine could still be available by as early as the end of this year, despite a randomised clinical trial in the UK being paused.

DMRC chief Mangu Singh says Covid-19 situation has affected Delhi Metro's phase-4 work but the ongoing project will get delayed only by a couple of months and won't entail much cost escalation

Puducherry reports 452 new Covid-19 cases and 6 deaths today, taking total cases to 18,536 including 13,389 recoveries and 353 deaths. Number of active cases now at 4,794 cases, reports ANI quoting union territory health department

Guruvayur temple opened, devotees stick to Covid-19 norms

The Lord Krishna temple in Guruvayur in Kerala was opened on Thursday with devotees following Covid-19 protocol. The temple, about 27 km from here, was closed on March 24 when the nation-wide lockdown was implemented and was opened for five days in June. As part of the Covid-19 protocol, the temple authorities have started allowing darshan for 1,000 people from today after they registered themselves through an online portal.

A total of 2,21,506 people have been discharged so far after treatment. The recovery percentage is 75.85%. The death toll is 4,206: Uttar Pradesh Principal Health Secretary Amit Mohan Prasad

In the last 24 hours, 7042 new Covid-19 cases were reported in the state. Active cases stand at 66,317 - out of these 35,036 are in home isolation: Uttar Pradesh Principal Health Secretary Amit Mohan Prasad

Seats have been allocated to different parties proportionally in the two houses of the parliament as per their respective strengths. Members above 60-65 years have been advised to sit in galleries, says Speaker Om Birla

All members will undergo Covid-19 testing, says Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla

257 members will sit in the Lok Sabha main hall and 172 will be seated in the visitors’ gallery. Remaining 81 members will seated in Rajya Sabha Hall

Speaker Om Birla says there is a new app - attendance register- for the MPs to register their attendance. The app which has face recognition will be functional only in the premises of Parliament building.

Shivraj Chouhan talks to Maharashtra CM about oxygen supply to MP, reports PTI.

Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Thursday spoke to his Maharashtra counterpart Uddhav Thackeray about the supply of oxygen, which he said has been halted from the western state amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Don't take coronavirus lightly, wear masks, says PM Modi.