India registers around 12 K new COVID-19 cases
JNS: In the past 24 hours, 12,591 new cases of COVID-19 have been reported in India. According to the Union Health Ministry, 10,827 persons have successfully recovered from COVID-19 in the same time frame. There are currently 65,286 confirmed COVID…
Two-day mock drill over preparedness of COVID management
JNS: A simulated exercise lasting two days will be carried out in each and every health facility across the nation in order to evaluate the preparedness of COVID management. Union Health Minister Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya will visit to the All India…
India’s COVID-19 Vaccination Programme, lockdown saved 34 Lakh Lives, 15bn USD: Stanford Report
JNS: COVID-19 vaccination programme in India saved 34 lakh lives and resulted in a net economic gain of $15.4 billion by preventing losses, revealed a working paper by Stanford University and the Institute for Competitiveness. The report, which was…
Japan records around 8,000 COVID-19 related deaths this month
JNS: Japan has experienced a new spike in the number of deaths connected to COVID, with 8,103 fatalities registered up until this month. Since the beginning of December 2022, the number of deaths attributed to COVID has been steadily climbing in Japan.…
XBB1.5 strain of coronavirus reportedly found in India
JNS: XBB1.5 strain of coronavirus, which has been responsible for the recent spike in cases in the United States, was reportedly found in India on Friday. JP Weiland was the first to notice XBB.1.5 a few weeks ago. It is the sublineage of the Omicron…
China stops publishing daily Covid data as leaked document suggests 25 crore fresh cases in 20 days
JNS: China may have seen 248 million people, or nearly 17.65 percent of the total population, contract COVID-19 during the first 20 days of December, a leaked document revealed. According to estimates from the government’s top health authority,…
Coronavirus was man-made virus, leaked from Chinese lab: Andrew Huff
by Ashis Sinha JNS: Andrew Huff, a US-based scientist, who worked at a controversial research lab in China’s Wuhan, has said that Covid-19 was a “man-made virus” that leaked from the facility. Covid was leaked from Wuhan Institute of Virology…
China hits another peak in daily COVID cases
JNS: China reported over 33,000 new COVID infections Friday, up from 31,600 Thursday. Even though most cases were asymptomatic, authorities increased limitations. Unlike the outbreak in April, which was mostly in Shanghai, this one has spread to many…
China has highest daily count in six months despite COVID-19 restrictions
JNS: China reported 4,420 locally transmitted COVID-19 infections on Saturday. This is the highest daily case count in six months. As of May 6, China had had the most instances in over a year. Despite China’s heavy-handed approach to the pandemic,…
Coronavirus vaccines for 5-12 years children
JNS: Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI), India’s drug regulator on Tuesday approved the emergency use of two Covid-19 vaccines, Biological E’s Corbevax and Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin, for children, aged between 5 to 12 years. Corbevax was approved…