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  Noted Urdu Poet Rahat Indori Passes Away Day after Testing Positive for Coronavirus Indori, 70, who was quite active on social media, had wrote about his infection on his Twitter handle in the morning. Renowned Urdu poet Rahat Indori passed away at a hospital in Indore in Madhya Pradesh on Tuesday. He had tested positive for COVID-19 on Sunday.  A doctor at Sri Aurobindo Hospital said Indori suffered two heart attacks on Monday. "He was admitted to hospital on Sunday, after testing positive for COVID-19. He had 60% pneumonia," said Dr Vinod Bhandari. Indori, 70, who was quite active on social media, had written about his infection on his Twitter handle earlier in the day. “After showing initial Covid19 symptoms, I was tested for the virus on Monday and I am declared positive for the virus today and have been admitted to Aurobindo hospital,” Indori has written. A well-known Urdu poet, he had also asked his followers and fans to wish him a speedy recovery, and urged them to ...

WHO says COVID19 seems to lack seasonal pattern ‘Number of people infected by coronavirus will hit 20 million this week’ The emergencies chief for the World Health Organization said that COVID-19 doesn’t seem to follow the seasonal patterns that some viruses exhibit, making it harder to control. Unlike other respiratory viruses like influenza that spread mainly in the winter, the coronavirus pandemic is accelerating in the summer. That’s despite earlier predictions from some scientists and politicians it would fade in the heat. “This virus has demonstrated no seasonal pattern as such,” said Dr Michael Ryan at a press briefing on Monday. “What it has clearly demonstrated is that if you take the pressure off the virus, the virus bounces back,” he said. Ryan said the U.N. Health agency continues to advise countries even where COVID-19 appears to be under control, such as those in Europe, to maintain measures to slow virus spread. He called for countries where transmission remains intense,...

 Russia announces world's first Covid-19 vaccine, Putin's daughter receives vaccine shot. Clinical trials of the vaccine began on June 18 and included 38 volunteers. ALL BREAKING NEWS LIVE Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday announced the launch of the world’s first Coronavirus vaccine, reported AFP news agency. The president also asked Health Minister Mikhail Murashko to keep him informed about the vaccine, while at the same time noting that he knows “it works quite effectively” and “forms a stable immunity”. Putin emphasized that the vaccine underwent the necessary tests. He added that one of his two daughters has received a shot of the vaccine and is feeling well, according to Associated Press. The vaccine’s registration is conditional and trials will continue while production gets underway, said Murashko. Russian health ministry had earlier said mass vaccinations could begin by October. Murashko had said members of “risk groups,” such as medical workers, may be offe...