Only 1 in 10 jabs after four weeks. Only about one in 10, or about 23,628 healthcare workers, were vaccinated with the second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine on February 13, according to data from the Health Ministry. February 13 was an important day in India’s COVID-19 vaccination schedule marking …
Read More »Coronavirus | Covaxin obtains panel approval from the central authority for restricted-use drugs
Bharat Biotech vaccine candidate approved for use in clinical trial mode. The first COVID-19 vaccine developed in India, Covaxin, has been recommended for “restricted use in emergency situations, subject to multiple regulatory conditions” by the Subject Matter Expert Committee (SEC) of the Central Medicines Control Organization ( CDSCO), here on …
Read More »Coronavirus | Central Medicines Authority panel recommends approval of Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin
Covaxin has been indigenously developed in collaboration with ICMR. An expert panel from India’s central drug authority recommended on January 2 to grant permission for the emergency restricted use of the locally developed COVID-19 vaccine Covaxin with certain conditions, a day after giving similar instructions for the COVID vaccine. -19 …
Read More »Coronavirus | COVID-19 Vaccine Near Approval, India’s General Drug Controller Hints
VG Somani, Comptroller General of Drugs of India (DCGI), in a webinar on Thursday indicated that India was close to approving a COVID-19 vaccine. Mr. Somani was participating in a webinar, organized by the Department of Biotechnology, in which vaccine experts, infectious disease experts and representatives of companies developing vaccines …
Read More »Coronavirus updates | India’s number of active cases remains below 3 lakh for the 10th consecutive day
The Delhi government on Thursday issued an order on the imposition of night curfew on UT on December 31 and January 1 from 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, there will be no restrictions on the interstate movement of people and goods during the …
Read More »Coronavirus | Over 6,000 UK travelers tracked across all states
Passengers who tested positive were transferred to separate quarantine units. According to a Health Ministry directive, several states have stepped up their efforts to track and test people who have flown or transited from the UK between November 25 and December 23, in search of a more infectious version. of …
Read More »The transmissibility of the new strain of the virus will cause more deaths, according to a study
The mutated strain of coronavirus that has been spreading in the UK appears to be more contagious and will likely lead to higher levels of hospitalizations and deaths next year, a new study showed. The variant is 56% more transmissible than other strains, according to the study by the Center …
Read More »India’s COVID-19 cases surpass the 1 crore mark
The total number of recovered cases is more than 30 times the number of active cases, the ministry said. The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in India surpassed the 1 crore (10 million) mark on December 18, 2020. According to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at John …
Read More »India’s COVID-19 cases surpass the 1 crore mark
The total number of recovered cases is more than 30 times the number of active cases, the ministry said. The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in India surpassed the 1 crore (10 million) mark on December 18, 2020. According to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at John …
Read More »WHO says it will ‘do everything possible’ to discover the origin of COVID-19
The WHO chief urges critics who have accused the agency of handing over the reins of the investigation to China to stop “politicizing” the issue. The World Health Organization (WHO) insisted on Monday that it would do everything possible to find the animal origins of Covid-19, insisting that knowledge is …
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