Efforts underway to track the spread of a new Brazilian variant of COVID-19 in UK: Boris Johnson 

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday said that a "massive effort" was underway to track the spread of a new Brazilian variant of COVID-19 detected in the country, as health officials issued an appeal for an unidentified person who had tested positive for it to come forward. 

1,032 shots of coronavirus vaccine wasted in Japan due to freezer malfunction

Nearly 1,000 shots of COVID vaccine were waste in Japan after storage temperatures deviated from a required range due to a freezer malfunction, the health ministry said on Monday.

Maharashtra: New one-day COVID-19 cases fall below 8,000 after 5 days

After reporting more than 8,000 COVID-19 cases for five consecutive days, Maharashtra on Monday witnessed a slight dip in fresh infections with the addition of 6,397 cases, taking the overall tally to 21,61,467, the state Health department said. With 30 more patients succumbing to the COVID-19 disease, the overall death toll in the state mounted to 52,184, it said.

Australian legspinner Fawad Ahmed tests positive for COVID-19

Australian legspinner Fawad Ahmed tested positive for COVID-19 while playing in the Pakistan Super League. He has been put in isolation, his club said Monday. The Pakistan Cricket Board said all remaining members of Islamabad United have tested negative.

Bharat Biotech hails PM Modi for taking vaccine, says it will give a huge boost to COVID-19 immunization campaign

Bharat Biotech on Monday said vaccine taken by Prime Minister Narendra Modi will have a positive effect on immunization campaign against COVID-19. 

Modi was administered Covaxin, developed by the company, at the AIIMS in Delhi on the very first day of expansion of the inoculation drive to cover people aged 60 and above and those between 45-59 having co-morbidities.

Nepal worried about COVID-19 vaccines' future supply 

The government is negotiating with Indias Serum Institute to obtain 5 million doses for the second stage of the campaign, in which 3.7 million elderly people are to be inoculated starting this weekend, Health Minister Hridayesh Tripathi said Monday.

Israeli Supreme Court bans unlimited COVID-19 mobile phone tracking

Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh received the first dose of the COVID19 vaccine at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in the national capital.

A 97-year-old man, Ramaswami Parthasarathy, took his first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at Manipal Hospitals in Bengaluru today. He was the first person to get vaccinated here. 

Supreme Court judges and their family members to be administered with the COVID-19 vaccine tomorrow: SC Registry sources

Rajasthan Governor Kalraj Mishra took his first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in Jaipur today.

Six states show surge in COVID cases; India's total active cases reach 1,68,627

Some local Beijing communities start giving elderly COVID-19 shots

2nd phase of COVID vaccination drive begins in Delhi, elderly queue up

The second phase of the COVID-19 vaccination drive began on Monday in the national capital as elderly people received their first shots of the vaccine, officials said. In the first phase, starting January 16, over 3.6 lakh beneficiaries comprising healthcare workers and frontline workers, have been vaccinated in Delhi. On Monday, the drive began to give jabs to persons aged 60 and above, and those in 45-59 age bracket with comorbidities.

CNBC-TV18 BOOTS on the ground on Phase 2 of the COVID VACCINATION drive: Here are the key highlights from major metros

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SBI contributes Rs 11 cr to the PM CARES Fund to support the next phase of the govt’s COVID-19 vaccination drive

Ministry of Health: The total number of cases with UK, South Africa and Brazil variants of the COVID virus in the country as on date are 213

Kerala, Maharashtra, Punjab, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Gujarat continue to report an upsurge in COVID Daily New Cases

No new COVID fatality reported in 20 States/UTs in the last 24 hours

Assam logs 10 fresh COVID cases

Assam on Sunday reported 10 new COVID-19 cases taking the tally to 2,17,537, the National Health Mission (NHM) said. During the day, 15 patients were discharged pushing the total number of cured people to 2,14,830, the NHM said in its daily bulletin. The coronavirus death toll remained unchanged at

2 new cases push the COVID-19 tally of Andamans to 5,020

The COVID-19 tally of Andaman and Nicobar Islands rose to 5,020 on Monday as two more people tested positive for the infection, a health official said. The Union territory now has six active cases, while 4,952 people have recovered from the disease and 62 patients have succumbed to the infection so far, he said. The administration has tested over 2.68 lakh samples for COVID-19 to date, the official added.

Telangana adds 116 fresh COVID-19 cases

Telangana recorded 116 new COVID-19 cases, pushing the tally to 2,98,923, while no fresh fatality has been reported and the death toll stood at 1,634. The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) accounted for the most number of cases with 26, followed by Rangareddy and Medchal Malkajgiri districts with 11 each, a state government bulletin said on Monday providing details as of 8 PM on February 28. The cumulative number of recoveries was 2,95,387. The total number of active cases was 1,902, it said.

Pandemic affected tourists' behaviour: Study

The pandemic has affected tourists' attitudes and behaviours in unforeseen ways, often subconsciously, said a new study. The study, published in the journal Annals of Tourism Research, indicated that post-pandemic tourism could curb our motivation for new adventures. "We found that a Covid-19 threat also made people overestimate the crowdedness of public spaces and feeling uncomfortable in crowded places like restaurants or shopping malls," said researcher Florian Kock from Copenhagen Business School. "Understanding the long-term psychological impact of the pandemic will be a crucial success factor for businesses during and long after the Covid-19 era," Kock added.

Maharashtra reports 8,293 new COVID-19 cases, 62 die

Maharashtra's per day count of new COVID-19 cases continued to remain above the 8,000-mark on Sunday, while the death toll increased by 62 to reach 52,154, the health department said. The state recorded 8,293 new cases during the day, it said. It was the fifth consecutive day when the state's daily infection count was more than 8,000.