The Centre on Tuesday said the use if plasma therapy without approval from the relevant authority can not only be harmful to the patient but also illegal.

Speaking during Tuesday's joint press briefing, Lav Agarwal, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, said plasma therapy is not approved and must not be used to treat COVID-19 patients.

The Delhi government has suggested the Centre to promote the students of classes 10 and 12 on the basis of the performance in internal exams as it is not feasible now to conduct board exams which are pending due to the lockdown imposed to curb the COVID-19 spread.

Some papers of board exams are yet to be conducted after the state governments imposed restrictions and closed down schools in March to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus.

In what can only be termed as a chilling reminder of the unfortunate Palghar Mob Lynching incident, two priests were now found murdered in Uttar Pradesh's Bulanshahr district in the wee hours of Tuesday. The mutiliated bodies of the priests were recovered from a temple in the Pagona village under the Anoopshahar Kotwali jurisdiction of the district.

The Pentagon on Monday released three previously classified videos in which US Navy pilots can be seen encountering what appears to be unidentified flying objects (UFOs).

According to Pentagon, the videos, which are not of very good quality, depict unexplained aerial phenomena and these were previously leaked. The Pentagon said it released the footage to to clear up any misconceptions by the public on whether or not the footage that has been circulating was real or whether or not there is more to the videos, a statement on the Department of Defense website said.

In yet another warning to nations that the coronavirus pandemic is far from over, the World Health Organization (WHO) Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Monday called for the world to unite to fight Covid-19 together.

In a virtual news briefing, the WHO chief said that they continue to be concerned about the increasing trends in Africa, Eastern Europe, Latin America and some Asian countries.

Will the coronavirus lockdown be extended in the national capital? The Delhi government will follow the Centre's guidelines, officials said on Monday.

This comes after Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a video conference with chief ministers to discuss the situation arising out of the coronavirus outbreak and measures to deal with it.

In a relaxation of lockdown restrictions after reviewing the Covid-19 situation, the Delhi Government has allowed veterinarians, plumbers, electricians and repairers of water purifiers to resume their work from Tuesday.

In an order issued on Monday, Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) has allowed operations of veterinary hospitals, dispensaries, clinics, pathology labs, sale and supply of vaccine and medicine.

The Health Ministry on Wednesday stated that 85 districts in the country have not reported any new COVID-19 cases in the last 14 days. It further informed that 16 districts in the country which earlier had cases have not reported any fresh cases since last 28 days.

As the researchers across the globe are racing against time to develop a coronavirus COVID-19 vaccine, Oxford's Jenner Institute, which has taken a lead in clinical trials of the vaccine, has expressed hope that COVID-19 vaccine could be made available by September 2020.

It is to be noted that scientists at Jenner Institute have succeeded in getting a promising start on developing the vaccine, having already proved in earlier trials that similar immunisation could prove safe for humans, reported the New York Times.

Hours after the Indian Council of Medical Research issued an advisory to the states to stop using the Rapid Antibody Test kits from two Chinese firms, Tamil Nadu has returned as many as 24,000 such kits.

Earlier today, the ICMR issued a revised advisory and said that the states should avoid using the Rapid Antibody Blood tests that were procured from Guangzhou Wondfo Biotech and Zhuhai Livzon Diagnostics.

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