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Final analysis of Covaxin efficacy out; vaccine 65.2 pc effective against Delta variant
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Final analysis of Covaxin efficacy out; vaccine 65.2 pc effective against Delta...

Hyderabad, July 3: Bharat Biotech's Covaxin has demonstrated 77.8 per cent effectiveness against symptomatic COVID-19 and 65.2 per cent protection against the new Delta variant. The company on Saturday said it concluded the final analysis of Covaxin efficacyfrom Phase3 trials. The efficacy...
India records 44,111 new COVID-19 cases, 738 deaths
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India records 44,111 new COVID-19 cases, 738 deaths

New Delhi, Jul 3: India saw a single-day rise of 44,111 new coronavirus infections, raising its tally to 3,05,02,362, while the death toll climbed to 4,01,050 with 738 new fatalities, the lowest in 86 days, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Saturday. The active cases --...
Delta variant is dangerous & is continuing to evolve and mutate: WHO Chief
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Delta variant is dangerous & is continuing to evolve and mutate: WHO Chief

United Nations/Geneva, Jul 3: The world is in a very "dangerous period" of the COVID-19 pandemic compounded by more transmissible variants like Delta, which is continuing to evolve and mutate, World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has warned. He said in countries...
India records 46,617 new Covid cases; national recovery rate crosses 97 pc
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India records 46,617 new Covid cases; national recovery rate crosses 97 pc

New Delhi, Jul 2: India saw a single-day rise of 46,617 new coronavirus infections, taking the tally of COVID-19 cases to 3,04,58,251, while the national recovery rate has crossed 97 per cent, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday. The death toll due to COVID-19 rose to...
Mixing AztraZeneca and Pfizer Covid vaccines produces strong immune response: Study
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Mixing AztraZeneca and Pfizer Covid vaccines produces strong immune response:...

London, Jun 30: Alternating doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca and Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines generate robust immune response against COVID-19, according to a study led by researchers from the University of Oxford in the UK. The yet-to-be-published study found that both mixed schedules -- Pfizer...
COVID-19: India adds 45,951 cases, 817 fresh fatalities
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COVID-19: India adds 45,951 cases, 817 fresh fatalities

New Delhi, June 30: India logged 45,951 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 3,03,62,848, while daily fatalities remained below 1,000 for the third consecutive day, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Wednesday. The death toll rose to...
COVID-19: India records 37,566 new cases, 907 more deaths
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COVID-19: India records 37,566 new cases, 907 more deaths

New Delhi, Jun 29: The single-day rise in fresh cases was recorded below 40,000 after 102 days, bringing the COVID-19 infection tally to 3,03,16,897, while the daily fatalities remained below 1,000 for the second consecutive day, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday. ...
India: Covid deaths remain below 1,000 for the first time in 2 months
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India: Covid deaths remain below 1,000 for the first time in 2 months

New Delhi, June 28: India reported 46,148 new Covid-19 cases and 979 deaths in the last 24 hours, according to data released by the Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry on Monday.This is for the first time in over two and half months that the death toll has come below the 1,000-mark and the 11th...
Zydus Cadila trial for 12-18 concluded, 5 cr jabs by Dec: Centre to SC
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Zydus Cadila trial for 12-18 concluded, 5 cr jabs by Dec: Centre to SC

New Delhi, June 27: The Centre has informed the Supreme Court that Zydus Cadila vaccines have concluded clinical trials for the age group of 12-18 years and these vaccines may be available soon.The affidavit was filed by the Centre in response to the Supreme Court's pointed queries about the...
Vaccinated & Covid-recovered tests positive for Delta plus variant
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Vaccinated & Covid-recovered tests positive for 'Delta plus' variant

Jaipur, June 26: In the first case of Delta positive in Rajasthan, a 65-year-old woman, who recovered from Covid-19 in May and had undergone both doses of vaccination, has tested positive with the variant. However, the woman is healthy, confirmed government officials.With this, Rajasthan became the...
Over 48K Covid cases, 1,183 deaths in 24 hours in India
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Over 48K Covid cases, 1,183 deaths in 24 hours in India

New Delhi, June 26: Witnessing a slight dip, India reported 48,698 new Covid-19 cases and 1,183 deaths in the last 24 hours, according to data released by the Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry on Saturday. The total caseload rose to 3,01,83,143 cases as India crossed the mark of over three...
India records 51,667 COVID-19 cases, 1,329 deaths in a day
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India records 51,667 COVID-19 cases, 1,329 deaths in a day

New Delhi, Jun 25: A single-day rise of 51,667 COVID-19 infections took India's case tally to 3,01,34,445 while the weekly positivity rate declined to 3 per cent, according to Union Health Ministry data on Friday. The death toll climbed to 3,93,310 with 1,329 more people succumbing to the viral...
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