Coronavirus Roundup: 3 Covid Vaccines in Clinical Trial Stage, Oxygen Shortages in States, and More | India News

NEW DELHI: Three Covid-19 vaccines are in a clinical trial stage in the country and two indigenous candidate vaccines have completed the phase one trial, the director general of the Medical Research Council of India, Dr. Balram, said Tuesday. Bhargava.
“Three vaccines are in the clinical trial stage in India. Zydus Cadila and Bharat Biotech have completed phase I trials. Results are being analyzed. Recruitment for the second phase has begun,” Dr. Bhargava said at a conference. press.
Here are the main developments:
INDIA

• The government said 1.04 crore of migrant workers returned to their home states during the coronavirus-induced shutdown, but it has no data on migrant workers who were killed or injured during the shutdown period.

• The government prevented 14-29 lakh coronavirus cases and 37,000-78,000 deaths from the disease by imposing the nationwide lockdown that was announced on March 24, the Lok Sabha reported. Rai said that by imposing the blockade across the country, India was able to successfully curb the aggressive spread of Covid-19.
• Amid an outbreak of Covid-19 cases, the government said India learned from the experience of nations that suffered high mortalities and was able to “spread the curve” of coronavirus infection due to a “very effective” lockdown and avoid the “big peak”. those countries had in terms of deaths. Stating that India has one of the highest numbers of Covid-19 recoveries, the government said that there are 14 states and territories in the Union where the number of active cases is less than 5,000.
• India’s Covid-19 recovery rate has risen to 78.28 percent, as a total of 38.59,399 people have recovered, topping active coronavirus cases by 28,69,338 to date, it said Tuesday. the Union Ministry of Health. There are 9,90,061 active cases of Covid-19 in the country, which comprise 20.08 percent of total cases, according to data from the Ministry of Health.

STATE

• Maharashtra: Faced with a massive increase in active cases, civic authorities have asked the city’s main private hospitals to divert patients coming from the Mumbai Metropolitan Region to jumbo Covid care centers. It has also asked private hospitals to urgently discharge all asymptomatic positive patients if they are clinically stable.

• Arunachal Pradesh: Chief Minister Pema Khandu said he tested positive for Covid-19 and is currently in home isolation in New Delhi. “I have undergone the Covid RT-PCR test and have tested positive for Covid19. I am asymptomatic and feel healthy,” Khandu wrote on Twitter.
• Rajasthan: The government of Rajasthan revised the rates of Covid-19 tests conducted by private laboratories in the state from Rs 2,200 to Rs 1,200. Health Minister Raghu Sharma said that the prices of RT-PCR test kits, reagents, VTM kits and other consumables have been reduced and therefore it was decided to provide the test facility to people to lower prices.
• Telangana: The rapid rise in Covid cases has not only created a huge demand for oxygen cylinders, but has also led to a rise in prices. According to the manufacturers, the price of liquid oxygen, which before the pandemic was Rs 10 per cubic meter, has now risen to Rs 50 per cubic meter.

• Delhi: A seroprevalence survey conducted in the first week of August in Delhi found that 79 of the 257 people who recovered from Covid-19 did not have antibodies to the virus. Approximately 15,000 representative samples were taken in the August 1-7 survey from 11 districts and tested for antibodies (IgG) to the virus.
• Tripura: At least 531 more people tested positive for Covid-19 in Tripura, bringing the count in the state to 19,718, a health department official said. The death toll rose to 207 with seven more deaths.
• Uttarakhand: A steady increase in Covid-19 cases in Uttarakhand has led to an increased need for ICU admissions and therefore an increase in the demand for oxygen support. State officials told TOI that the oxygen supply to hospitals dedicated to Covid-19 increased to 6,000 cubic meters in July from 2,000 cubic meters in June.

• ABOVE: The highest peak in a single day of 113 deaths from Covid-19 raised the death toll in Uttar Pradesh to 4,604, while the count of coronavirus cases in the state rose to 3,24,036 with 6,895 more people giving positive for viral disease. The state now has 67,335 active cases of COVID-19.
• Goa: The already strained Covid funeral management system in South Goa is now on the verge of exploding following a spike in deaths and there is not enough space to cremate bodies.

• Ladakh: the number of victims of the new coronavirus Ladakh it rose to 41 with another death, while the number of cases rose to 3,419 with 74 new infections, authorities said. There are 903 active cases of the coronavirus disease.
• Jharkhand: The district administration ordered Bokaro General Hospital to increase the number of Covid beds and assign newly appointed doctors to Covid functions to control the growing number of infections in the district.

• Nagaland: Single-day recoveries outnumbered new cases of Covid-19 in Nagaland, as 30 people were cured of the infection and 15 tested positive for the disease, Health Minister S Pangnyu Phom said. The recovery rate for Covid-19 in the state is 75.1 percent. It was up to 87.82 percent on August 8.
• HP: Himachal Pradesh recorded eight more deaths due to the coronavirus, bringing the death toll to 89, while the infection count rose to 10,060 and 143 new cases were reported. Of the new deaths, three were reported from Mandi, two from Una, and one from Kangra, Shimla and Solan.
• Puducherry: The Puducherry government analyzed 5,496 blood samples and smears, the highest number ever recorded in the Union territory, and identified 380 new cases of coronavirus, bringing the infection count to 20,601.

WORLD

• A coronavirus vaccine developed in China could be ready for the public in November, a Chinese official told state television, as the global race to clear the final round of trials intensifies. Chinese manufacturers have been optimistic about the development, and companies Sinovac Biotech and Sinopharm even showcased their vaccine candidates at a trade fair in Beijing this month.

• The new coronavirus has killed at least 929,391 people since the outbreak emerged in China last December. At least 29,329,390 cases of coronavirus have been registered. Of these, at least 19,536,900 are now considered recovered.
• Germany says it is providing up to 750 million euros ($ 892 million) to support three national pharmaceutical companies that are developing vaccines against the new coronavirus. Science Minister Anja Karliczek said the government has already agreed to provide BioNTech and CureVac with € 375 million and € 230 million respectively to develop their mRNA-based vaccines.
• An estimated 87 million women and girls are living in extreme poverty in 2020 in India and this number is expected to rise to around 100 million by 2021 in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to new data recently released by the UN. Women and the United Nations Development Program.

• After a hiatus of almost five months, Pakistan began its gradual reopening of schools, in view of the decline in the number of new cases of cornavirus in the country. While high schools, colleges and universities reopened on September 15, classes VI through VIII would begin on September 23. Primary school will begin on September 30, authorities said.
• A small coronavirus clinical study was launched this week in the UK to explore the effects of delivering vaccines directly into the body’s airways using an inhaler. Researchers from Imperial College London said they will evaluate the safety and efficacy of two of the UK’s coronavirus vaccines under development when inhaled into the lungs.
• Israel will prepare to impose a national blockade for the second time from September 18, in light of the increase in coronavirus cases in the country. According to The Times of Israel, Israeli ministers approved a three-week national shutdown on Sunday, as the country reports around 4,000 Covid-19 cases every day.
• Nepal will resume both domestic flights and inter-district vehicle movement from September 21, said Yogesh Bhattarai, Minister of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation. Meanwhile, the Health Ministry has reported 1,170 new cases of coronavirus as of Monday, bringing the national count to 55,329.
• The UAE has announced that it has approved the emergency use for healthcare workers of a coronavirus vaccine that is still in the final phase of human trials. “The vaccine will be made available to our first line of defense heroes who are most at risk of contracting the virus,” the government said.