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 »China Joins COVAX Vaccine Alliance Against Coronavirus
China, which has four coronavirus vaccine candidates in stage 3 clinical trials, said on Friday that it will join the Covid-19 vaccine alliance known as COVAX. The country signed an agreement with GAVI, the co-leader of the alliance, on Thursday, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said in a statement. China initially …
Read More »WHO: 10% of the world’s population may have been infected with the virus
GENEVA: The World Health Organization chief of emergencies said Monday that his “best estimates” indicate that roughly 1 in 10 people worldwide may have been infected by the coronavirus, more than 20 times the number of cases. confirmed, and warned of a difficult period. ahead. Dr. Michael Ryan, in a …
Read More »Deaths from covid-19 in India close to 1 million
Deaths due to the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) are expected to exceed 1 million by Sunday afternoon and the World Health Organization (WHO) warned that another million could die before the pandemic is under control, a reminder of the unprecedented death toll charged. because of the crisis that has shown few …
Read More »India responded well in many respects, but positive spin on Covid-19, avoiding bad negative news: The Lancet
A woman reacts when a healthcare worker tries to collect her swab sample to test for Covid-19, in Hyderabad on September 23, 2020 (AFP). The British magazine stressed that India has the fastest growing Covid-19 outbreak in the world in absolute numbers, adding that not relying on science despite a …
Read More »Corona Roundup: SII Starts Covid Vaccine Production, Record Recoveries, and More | India News
NEW DELHI: Codagenix Inc said Tuesday that the Serum Institute of India has started manufacturing the potential Covid-19 vaccine from the American biotech company and expects to begin early-stage human testing of the vaccine by the end of 2020 in the UK. United. Serum Institute, the world’s largest vaccine manufacturer …
Read More »No guarantee that any Covid-19 vaccine in development will work, says WHO chief
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said Tuesday that the health organization has no guarantee whether any vaccine in development for the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) will work. “We have no guarantee that any vaccine in development will work. The more candidates we analyze, the greater …
Read More »India May Approve COVID-19 Vaccines Showing 50% Efficacy In Clinical Trials
NEW DELHI: Taking as a reference the benchmarks set by the World Health Organization and the US Food and Drug Administration, India’s drug regulator has said that it plans to approve the covid-19 vaccines that can provide immunity to at least 50% of the participants in phase 3 clinical trials. …
Read More »Coronavirus LIVE Updates: India Death Toll Breaks 85,000 Mark, Over 93,000 New Cases in Last 24 Hours
Deaths in India have been relatively low and it has a mortality rate of 1.62%. On Friday, the Health Ministry said 1,174 people died of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the total deaths from the disease to 84,372. The new coronavirus has killed at least 946,727 people since …
Read More »WHO: Don’t turn Covid-19 into “political football” | World News
GENEVA: The World Health Organization’s top emergency expert, asked on Thursday about conflicting comments by President Donald Trump and US health officials on Covid-19, said it was important for all countries to have “consistent messages” for their audience. Trump on Wednesday objected to comments from US Centers for Disease Control …
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