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 …
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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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To address the novel coronavirus pandemic, various health protocols have been implemented, which will remain for a long time and people will have to keep wearing masks even after a Covid-19 vaccine becomes available, said the head of the Indian Council of Medical Research. (ICMR). Professor Balram Bhargava said on …
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MUMBAI: Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech’s potential Covid-19 vaccine reported a serious adverse event during clinical trials in August, even as the Phase 3 stage of the study has now started. The adverse event occurred in a 35-year-old participant with no comorbidities, who was part of the Phase 1 trials in August, …
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MUMBAI: Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech’s potential Covid-19 vaccine reported a serious adverse event during clinical trials in August, even as the Phase 3 stage of the study has now started. The adverse event occurred in a 35-year-old participant with no comorbidities, who was part of the Phase 1 trials in August, …
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The world’s first Covid-19 home test was approved (for emergency use) by the US Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday. Performed by Lucira Health, this is a molecular test that is relatively inexpensive (according to the company’s website, it will cost less than $ 50) and quick (30 minutes). The …
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The Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) said on Wednesday that the indiscriminate use of convalescent plasma therapy (CPT) against coronavirus disease (Covid-19) was not advisable, even as the number of infections across the country exceeded the 8.9 million mark. The main medical body carried out a phase II multicenter …
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HYDERABAD: Covaxin, India’s first indigenous vaccine candidate for the Covid-19 vaccine, began phase III clinical trials on Monday in what is the country’s largest human trial of a vaccine for the dreaded coronavirus. Trials began in Hyderabad with the first doses of the candidate vaccine administered to volunteers at the …
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NEW DELHI: In order to ensure early availability of its Covid-19 vaccine once approved, the Pune-based Serum Institute of India (SII) has already manufactured 40 million doses of the candidate developed by the University of Oxford and AstraZeneca , under the category ‘at risk’ manufacturing and warehousing license from the …
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Active cases had been on a steady decline and stood at 5,16,632 on Saturday: Ministry of Health There were 577 deaths from COVID-19 in the last 24 hours in the country, and of these, 10 states / UT accounted for almost 83% of the deaths, according to a statement issued …
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