MUMBAI : Indian markets made a strong rebound from the brutal sell-off on Monday as hopes of a faster rollout of covid vaccination in India uplifted investor sentiment.

As the government fast-tracked emergency approvals for globally produced covid-19 vaccines amid rising cases, investors expect a quicker control on the deadly virus which had majorly disrupted businesses last year.The BSE Sensex gained 660.68 points or 1.38% closing at 48,544.06.

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Mumbai reports 8,834 new COVID cases, 1,169 buildings sealed

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The Latest: Pakistan lowers age for vaccinations

ISLAMABAD — Authorities in Pakistan have decided to start vaccinating people aged 50 to 59 next week, hours after the country reported over 100 fatalities in a single day for the fifth consecutive day.

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Uttar Pradesh records highest one-day Covid death toll, over 27,000 cases

LUCKNOW : Uttar Pradesh today reported 120 deaths, its largest one-day toll from the pandemic pushing the fatality count to 9,703, while 27,357 fresh COVID-19 cases raised the infection tally to 8,21,054, according to an official statement.36 fatalities were reported from state capital Lucknow, followed by 15 from Kanpur, eight from Varanasi, four each from Moradabad, Muzaffarnagar and Jaunpur among other districts.Lucknow accounted for 5,913 of the fresh COVID-19 cases, Allahabad 1977, Kanpur 1826 and Varanasi 1,664, the UP government said in a statement issued here.So far, 6,41,292 COVID-19 patients have recovered from the disease in the state, it said.The number of active COVID-19 cases stands at 1,70,059 in Uttar Pradesh, the statement

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Maharashtra: Nagpur records 6,956 COVID-19 cases, 79 casualties

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Ontario reports more than 4,300 new COVID-19 cases, 34 deaths

COVID-19 cases on Saturday, bringing the total number of cases in the province to 412,745.“Locally, there are 1,162 new cases in Toronto, 936 in Peel, 430 in York Region, 301 in Durham and 251 in Ottawa,” Health Minister Christine Elliott said.Thirty-four new deaths were also reported, bringing the provincial death toll to 7,698.A total of 364,353 coronavirus cases are considered resolved, which is up by 3,611.More than 56,800 additional tests were completed. Ontario has now completed a total of 13,479,381 tests and 37,520 remain under investigation.

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Karnataka: Former CM H D Kumaraswamy hospitalised after testing positive for Covid

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Scottish Government announce two covid deaths and 210 new cases in last 24 hours

coronavirus in the last 24 hours, the Scottish Government has confirmed. The latest figures for Scotland also showed that 210 new cases were identified overnight.

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Today's Public Health Scotland Covid figures as Glasgow City has highest infection rate

0.0 Orkney Islands / Na h-Eileanan Siar 2.6 Scottish Borders 2.7 Dumfries & Galloway 3.5 Argyll & Bute 7.5 East Lothian 8.0 South Ayrshire 8.7 Midlothian 9.5 Angus 13.1 Shetland Islands 13.8 Aberdeenshire / East Dunbartonshire 14.9 City of Edinburgh 15.1 Perth & Kinross 19.1 Highland 20.6 Inverclyde 22.5 West Dunbartonshire 23.0 North Ayrshire 25.4 East Ayrshire 30.6 Aberdeen City 31.8 Stirling 37.6 Moray 39.5 Dundee City 40.8 East Renfrewshire 41.8 Fife 42.3 Falkirk 43.1 West Lothian 43.4 South Lanarkshire 48.5 Clackmannanshire 53.3 North Lanarkshire 56.4 Renfrewshire 58.9 Glasgow City The Ayrshire Live app is available to download now.Get all the local news in your area – plus features, football news and the latest on the coronavirus

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Sri Lanka mulls restricting foreign arrivals to curb Covid pandemic

COLOMBO : Sri Lanka may place restrictions on overseas arrivals to limit the spread of coronavirus that has infected over 96,000 people and claimed more than 600 lives in the country, chief epidemiologist Sudath Samaraweera said on Saturday.He said some 15% of the positive cases reported this month have been overseas arrivals.“We have to review our current policy on arrivals.

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Covid survivors may require just 1 shot of a two-dose vaccine

Nature Medicine write-up. In fact, if you already had the virus, your immune response after one vaccine is likely to be even better than a never-infected person’s after two, according to Italian research just out in the New England Journal of Medicine.The issue of giving only a single dose to people who have had Covid has become all the more urgent since safety concerns have been raised about Johnson & Johnson’s and AstraZeneca’s vaccines.

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Kerala reports highest single-day Covid-19 spike with over 13,000 cases

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Karnataka records over 17,000 new Covid cases in highest single-day spike since pandemic began

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UP covid situation: Govt must take concrete steps, be sensitive rather than aggressive, says Priyanka Gandhi

NEW DELHI : Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday flagged the "deteriorating" COVID-19 situation in Uttar Pradesh and said the state government should try to solve the problems being faced by the people instead of "exacerbating" them and "hiding" statistics.Uttar Pradesh's daily COVID-19 cases surged to a record high of 27,426 on Friday, taking the state's cumulative tally to 7,93,720.In a video message posted on her Twitter account, Priyanka Gandhi said the situation in Uttar Pradesh due to the spread of the coronavirus pandemic is "deteriorating".Reports are coming in from all over about lack of beds, oxygen and medicines, she said."It is the duty of the Uttar Pradesh government that instead of exacerbating the

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Many Ontario police forces won’t use new COVID-19 powers to conduct random stops

COVID-19 rules.Instead, they say, they plan to act on complaints or obvious violations.Criticism of Premier Doug Ford’s new powers for police has been widespread and furious.

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India has a double mutant coronavirus variant. Should we worry?

As India’s daily tally of Covid-19 infections surge by a record 200,000-plus cases for three consecutive days, public health experts worry that a new — possibly more virulent — coronavirus variant could be racing through the crowded nation of more than 1.3 billion people.The new variant, which has a so-called double mutation, is thought to be fueling India’s deadlier new wave of infections that has made it the world’s second worst-hit country, surpassing Brazil, and has already begun to overwhelm its hospitals and crematoriums.

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Drugmakers slash prices of covid-19 drug remdesivir

₹899-3,490 per vial from the earlier price of ₹2,800-5,400 per vial NEW DELHI : Seven pharmaceutical companies which manufacture remdesivir in India have slashed the prices of the drug, given to patients with severe covid-19 in hospitals, by at least a fourth after the government urged them to do it.The seven companies—Cadila Healthcare, Syngene International, Dr Reddy's Laboratories, Cipla, Viatris (which was earlier Mylan), Jubilant Generics and Hetero Healthcare—are contract manufacturers of the intravenous drug through a voluntary licensing agreement with its US-based innovator Gilead Sciences Inc.The companies will now be selling the drug in the range of ₹899-3,490 per vial from the earlier price of 2,800-5,400 per vial.Cadila

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How Seminole County uses Florida COVID-19 data to determine what areas need more vaccines

SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. – After Orange County’s government lost access to vaccination data broken down by zip code this week, News 6 is learning other counties also don’t have access, including Seminole County, where the Emergency Manager Alan Harris said the county government itself doesn’t need the data because it’s easily accessible through the Seminole County branch of the Florida Department of Health.

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PM Modi calls review meeting on COVID-19, vaccination situation today at 8 pm

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Zimbabwe frees some inmates to reduce COVID-19 risk in jails

HARARE – Zimbabwe has begun releasing about 3,000 prisoners under a presidential amnesty aimed at easing congestion to reduce the threat of COVID-19 in the country’s overcrowded jails.

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Coronavirus: Remdesivir manufacturers cut price on govt's request. Check details here

The revised price rates are as follows:Remdesivir is considered a key anti-viral drug in the fight against COVID-19, especially in adult patients with severe complications.Seven Indian companies are producing Injection Remdesivir under voluntary licensing agreement with M/s. Gilead Sciences, USA.

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Covid victim's body ferried on tractor in Chhattisgarh's Rajnandgaon

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Centre to supply ventilators to states with high covid burden

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Coronation Street’s Bill Roache ‘hopes to return to cobbles next month’ after recovering from coronavirus

Coronation Street icon Bill Roache is reportedly hoping to return to the cobbles as early as next month after his coronavirus battle.The soap actor, 88, is said to be “as fit as a fiddle” after fighting the potentially deadly virus. Bill, who plays Ken Barlow on the soap, was reportedly forced to take time off from the ITV soap after becoming unwell in March.

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Prakriti E-mobility collaborates with Delhi Govt to facilitate COVID-19 patients

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Russia, China using their COVID-19 vaccines to gain political power: experts

China and Russia have been using their locally produced COVID-19 vaccines to grow their international soft power by giving doses to desperate countries in order to have more political influence over them, experts say.Benjamin Gedan, deputy director of the Latin America program at the Wilson Center in Washington, called the practice “vaccine diplomacy,” noting that it happens when countries seek to grow their international prestige by distributing vaccines to nations that need them.He said authoritarian governments, including those in China and Russia, have taken the lead in vaccine diplomacy in the last months.

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Maharashtra: Covid-19 curbs may extend beyond 1 May, says health minister Tope

New Delhi: As Maharashtra is reeling under the second wave of novel coronavirus surge for the past few weeks, the state's health minister Rajesh Tope on Saturday said that the Covid-19 restrictions imposed in the state to curb the spread "may be extended beyond May 1 depending on the outbreak situation."Speaking to reporters in Jalna, over 400 kilometres from Mumbai, Tope said people have been supportive of the restrictions, though some violations of prohibitory rules under section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) have also been reported."We are taking stock of the situation. There have been some violations of CrPC section 144 invoked to curb the COVID-19 spread.

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Increase Covid hospitals, oxygenated beds: Harsh Vardhan directs states amid virus surge

Harsh Vardhan on Saturday directed the states and Union Territories to cope with the crisis by ensuring containment, surveillance and treatment of the coronavirus positive cases.The states and UTs where the Covid-19 spike is particularly worrying are Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Kerala, West Bengal, Delhi, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh.This morning, India added 2.34 lakh new coronavirus infections, its highest daily rise since the pandemic began, the government data showed.Chairing a high-level review meeting with the health ministers of 11 states and UTs, Vardhan presented a snapshot of the unprecedented rise in new cases at the outset.Union Health Min on Covid spike in 11 states, UTsThe Union

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Shiv Sena blames Centre, EC for second wave of COVID-19 in India

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Delhi facing shortage of oxygen, ICU beds, Remdesivir amid Covid surge: Arvind Kejriwal

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Indian Covid mutation may 'resist vaccine and scupper roadmap out of lockdown'

Fancy an escape? Sign up to the Chill newsletter for weekly inspiration and advice on UK holidays The Indian strain of Covid-19 may resist vaccines and "scupper the UK's escape plan" out of lockdown, according to a top scientist. This comes after 77 cases of the B.1.617 variant, first discovered in India, were found in the UK.

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Over 3 million people have now died of COVID-19 worldwide

COVID-19 topped a staggering 3 million people Saturday amid repeated setbacks in the worldwide vaccination campaign and a deepening crisis in places such as Brazil, India and France.The number of lives lost, as compiled by Johns Hopkins University, is about equal to the population of Kyiv, Ukraine; Caracas, Venezuela; or metropolitan Lisbon, Portugal. It is bigger than Chicago (2.7 million) and equivalent to Philadelphia and Dallas combined.And the true number is believed to be significantly higher because of possible government concealment and the many cases overlooked in the early stages of the outbreak that began in Wuhan, China, at the end of 2019.

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India's largest COVID facility in South Delhi to be revived amid surge

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COVID vaccines don't stop one from getting infected, but helps reducing severity

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COVID-19: Karnataka CM BS Yediyurappa remains under medical observation

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Uttarakhand: 67 health workers test positive for COVID-19

ANI report said.According to the Director of State Medical and Health Department, Dr. SK Gupta, the COVID-19 cases are increasing rapidly and the surge is mainly in five districts.

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Hospitals turning away COVID patients despite bed availability will face action: Manish Sisodia

Delhi logs fifth record daily rise in Covid-19 cases on FridayDelhi government is ramping up availability of beds for COVID-19 patients and recently urged the Centre to do so at hospitals run by it in the national capital.

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From exporter of COVID vaccines to importer: Priyanka Gandhi takes dig at Centre

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Goa bans export of oxygen cylinders amid rise in COVID-19 cases

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AIIMS director lists out two main causes of rapid Covid-19 spread in India

ANI, "The two main causes are-when in Jan/Feb vaccination started and cases went down people stopped following COVID appropriate behaviour and at this time the virus mutated and it spread more rapidly.""This a time when a lot of religious activities happen in our country and polls also underway. We must understand lives are also important.

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COVID has hit with fury; despite a year to prepare, we were caught off guard again: Sonia Gandhi

NEW DELHI : With the country witnessing a massive rise in COVID-19 cases, Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Saturday accused the Modi government of "gross unpreparedness" and "adhocism" in managing the crisis and suggested reducing the immunization age to 25 years and providing income support to people.Chairing the meeting of the Congress Working Committee (CWC), she also called for making all equipment, medicines and instruments required for treating COVID-19 free of the Goods and Services Tax (GST).The Congress has always believed that fighting the COVID-19 pandemic is a national challenge that should be kept above party politics and it hopes suggestions put forth would be considered in the spirit of true democratic traditions, she

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Covid-19 compared with other deadly viruses

Here are some comparisons:- Flu epidemics -In 2009, the H1N1 virus, or swine flu, caused a global pandemic and left an official death toll of 18,500.This was later revised upwards by The Lancet medical journal to between 151,700 and 575,400 dead.That brings it close to seasonal flu, which accounts for between 290,000 and 650,000 deaths worldwide every year, according to the World Health Organization.In the 20th century, two major non-seasonal flu pandemics -- Asian flu in 1957-1958 and Hong Kong flu in 1968-1970 -- each killed around one million people, according to counts carried out afterwards.The greatest catastrophe of modern pandemics to date, the flu pandemic of 1918-1919 also known as Spanish flu, wiped out some 50 million people

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J&K: Class 11 exams postponed, restrictions imposed on gatherings due to surge in covid-19 cases

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Double masking can be potent to protect people from Covid, study reveals

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Covid claims 3 million lives as burden shifts to poorer nations

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Former Karnataka CM HD Kumaraswamy tests positive for COVID-19

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NCP leader demands removal of PM Modi's photo from COVID vaccination certificate

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Will normal monsoon boost the economy amid surge in covid cases in India?

Monsoon rainfall, crucial for India's agriculture, is expected to be normal this year, with experts believing that good rains will lead to higher sowing of crops, boost farm income, and in turn, the rural economy, and also help rein in food inflation. A rise in global food prices and government spending though are critical factors to watch out for, they said.According to Aditi Nayar, chief economist, Icra Ltd, the forecast of a normal monsoon comes as a relief, given the early rise in temperatures and reservoir storage that is trailing year-ago levels by a margin of 8 percentage points.

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Actor Sonu Sood tests positive for COVID-19

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0

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