COVID-19 Archives — Page 11 of 154

39% of Kashmir’s population has COVID antibodies: Sero survey

Srinagar: A sero survey conducted in Kashmir has found that two out of every five people in the valley have developed antibodies against the coronavirus. The survey carried out in October found

Nov. 18, 2020

Kashmir·Latest News·Lead Stories

Looking forward to work with Modi on global challenges like Covid-19: Biden

US President-elect Joe Biden has said that he looks forward to working closely with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on shared global challenges, including containing COVID-19, launching the global economic recovery and maintaining

Nov. 18, 2020

Pfizer vaccine found 90% effective against Covid-19, shows early data

New York: Taking a big jump towards delivering an effective vaccine to fight the pandemic, US-based pharmaceutical major Pfizer and German biotech firm BioNTech on Monday said that their vaccine candidate was

Nov. 9, 2020

Global coronavirus cases reach 50 million

Boston: The coronavirus has hit another sobering milestone: more than 50 million positive cases worldwide since the pandemic began. Johns Hopkins University’s coronavirus tracker reported more than 50.2 million COVID-19 cases globally

Nov. 9, 2020

India-made Covid vaccine could be launched as early as February: ICMR scientist

New Delhi: An Indian government-backed COVID-19 vaccine could be launched as early as February — months earlier than expected — as last-stage trials begin this month and studies had, so far, showed

Nov. 5, 2020

Rajasthan first state to pass law mandating masks for protection against COVID-19: Gehlot

Chandigarh: Rajasthan will be the first state in the country to enact a law mandating masks for protection against coronavirus, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said on Monday. In a tweet, Gehlot said

Nov. 2, 2020

Coronavirus mutation may have made it more contagious: Study

The virus that causes Covid-19 is accumulating genetic mutations, one of which may have made it more contagious, says a study involving more than 5,000 patients in the US. That mutation, called

Nov. 2, 2020

COVID19: 540 new positive cases, J&K tally 95325

JAMMU: The Government on Sunday informed that 540 new positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19), 171 from Jammu division and 369 from Kashmir division, have been reported today thus taking the

Nov. 1, 2020

Kashmir·Latest News

40% of Srinagar residents have Covid-19 antibodies, sero-survey shows

Srinagar: Over 40 per cent people living in Srinagar district have developed Covid-19 antibodies, according to a latest sero-prevalence study which suggests a large fraction of the population in the summer capital

Oct. 29, 2020

Savings exhausted, loans unpaid: Hoteliers still unpaid for hosting Covid warriors

Srinagar: Seven months on, the government has not cleared the payment of hotels which were converted into administrative quarantine to lodge frontline doctors and paramedics. Several hoteliers Wednesday protested at Srinagar’s Press

Jan. 17, 2024