Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin is overall 77.8 per cent effective against Covid, the vaccine maker said today in a statement, citing the data from the third phase of clinical trials. The data, however, is yet to be peer-reviewed. The vaccine offers “65.2 per cent protection”, it said, against the rapidly…
India’s total tally of COVID-19 cases surged to 3,01,83,143 with 48,698 new infections being reported in a day, while the recoveries have crossed 2.91 crores, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Saturday. The death count increased to 3,94,493 with 1,183 new fatalities, the data updated at 8 am…
Drugs such as ivermectin, hydroxychloroquine, favipiravir and antibiotics like doxycycline and azithromycin prescribed for adult Covid patients are not recommended for treating children, stated a government guideline issued on Wednesday. The guidelines by the Union Health Ministry said the decision has been taken…
Gurgaon on Tuesday reported 12 Covid cases, an all-time low according to its health department. The city reported only one Covid death on Tuesday, while the active cases have come down to 332 bringing the positivity rate down to 0.4%. Gurgaon has been reporting (below 100) a significant dip in its daily Covid cases…
For the entire pandemic period, the task force has reported nearly 5.2 million infections in the country of about 146 million people, and 126,000 deaths. Russia’s national coronavirus taskforce on Saturday reported that the country’s tally of daily new infections has risen by nearly 50 per cent over the…
Live Updates: Experts have warned that a possible third wave can bring as much devastation as the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic if enough people are not vaccinated against the virus. The screening of children for clinical trials of Covaxin will start at AIIMS in Delhi soon, days after similar trials started…
Coronavirus Live Updates: Almost all states and Union Territories have extended the curbs which they first started imposing in mid-April as the second COVID wave hit the country . The coronavirus variant first found in India will henceforth be referred to as the “Delta variant”, the World Health…
India has cumulatively administered more than 20 crore vaccine doses up till 7 pm on May 25, reported news agency ANI. As many as 20,04,94,991 vaccine jabs have been administered as of May 25. The daily count of coronavirus cases in the country fell below the 2-lakh mark after over a month taking the total tally of…
With 2,40,842 new Covid cases, India’s overall case count surged to 2,65,30,132 this morning. The country’s total Covid death count is nearing the 3 lakh-mark; 3,741 deaths were reported in the last 24 hours. India has logged 77.67 lakh fresh cases in May as compared to 66.13 lakh cases in April and 10.25…