9.40 am : Former French president Valery Giscard d’Estaing died late Wednesday of Covid-19, AFP reports. Giscard, who had been in hospital...
9.40 am: Former French president Valery Giscard d’Estaing died late Wednesday of Covid-19, AFP reports. Giscard, who had been in hospital several times in the last months for heart problems, died “surrounded by his family” at the family home in the Loire region, his family said in a statement.
9.38 am: The World Health Organization on Wednesday said it had received data from Pfizer and BioNTech on the Covid-19 vaccine and was reviewing it for “possible listing for emergency use”, reports Reuters. “WHO is also in discussions with MHRA [Britain’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency] on the possibility of accessing some of the information from their assessment, which could expedite WHO’s emergency listing,” the global health body said in a statement.
9.30 am: India’s coronavirus cases rise by 35,551 on Thursday morning, making it the 26th straight day when daily infections have stayed below the 50,000 mark. The country now has total 95,34,964 cases, while as many as 89,73,373 people have recovered so far. The toll rises by 526 to 1,38,648.
9.24 am: The United States reported over 2,700 deaths in 24 hours on Wednesday, the highest since April, Johns Hopkins University said, reports AFP. The new tally of 2,731 fatalities raised the toll in America to 2,73,181.
9.22 am: The World Health Organization does...
