Harsh Vardhan said that “the authorization of emergency use for the COVID-19 vaccine will depend on data from clinical trials.” Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Sunday that his ministry will soon launch the FELUDA paper strip test for the diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2. This has been developed by CSIR-IGIB …
Read More »Coronavirus | Active COVID-19 Cases Below 9 Lakh For Second Consecutive Day
Up to 18 states and Union Territories have recorded recovery rates above the national average, the ministry said. Active COVID-19 cases in India stayed below the nine lakh mark for the second day in a row and now constitute only 12.65 percent of the total number of cases, the Union …
Read More »Coronavirus Vaccine May Never Be Found, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson Warns
[ad_1] London: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned that a massive vaccine for the new coronavirus may be more than a year away and, in the worst case, will never actually be found. In his foreword to the new government guide of 50 pages on a gradual reduction of the …
Read More »Crown cases in India: new cases exceed 3k for the third day in a row, total nears 60k mark | India News
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: India COVID-19 the count was around 300 less than the 60,000 mark late on Friday night, after new cases topped 3,000 for the third day in a row Maharashtra again adding more than 1,000 to the account. The infection continued to rage Tamil Nadu also, it reported …
Read More »ICMR gets approval to start phase II of plasma therapy trials
[ad_1] The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has received approval from the National Ethics Committee to start the phase II multicenter clinical trial of plasma therapy in India, the ministry of health said on Friday. Under this project, the ICMR will verify the safety and efficacy of Convalescent Plasma …
Read More »Covid-19 India update: doubling time worsens to 10.2 days in 1 week | India News
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: India’s doubling rate for COVID-19 cases worsened to 10.2 days in the past seven days with cases increasing rapidly in states like Maharashtra, Gujarat and Delhi, although there is better news on the improvement of the recovery rate and mortality rate nationwide by 3.3%, as shown by …
Read More »Indian coronavirus cases: India crosses 50k cases; reaches a new peak of 3,600 cases in one day | India News
[ad_1] India surpassed two bleak Covid-19 milestones on Wednesday: It crossed the 50,000 mark overall and missed the 3,000 figure on its daily account for the first time. With 3,602 new patients, the largest in one day since the outbreak of the pandemic, the total number of positive cases in …
Read More »Covid-19: Doubling time worsens to 10.2 days in 1 week | India News
[ad_1] Health workers prepare to collect samples for Covid-19 swab tests at a roadside camp in Kolkata (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: India’s doubling rate for COVID-19 cases worsened to 10.2 days in the past seven days with cases increasing rapidly in states like Maharashtra, Gujarat and Delhi, although there is …
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