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Covishield dose interval under discussion: NTAGI working group Chairman
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Covishield dose interval under discussion: NTAGI working group Chairman

New Delhi, June 16: Discussions are underway on whether India should have a four or eight weeks interval for Covishield vaccine, Chairman of India's COVID-19 Working Group of NTAGI, Dr N K Arora, said. He also said that the emerging evidence and reports regarding efficacy of partial versus...
COVID-19: India reports 62,224 fresh cases, 2,542 new fatalities
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COVID-19: India reports 62,224 fresh cases, 2,542 new fatalities

New Delhi, June 16: A single day rise of 62,224 new coronavirus infections were reported taking India's total tally of COVID-19 cases to 2,96,33,105, while the active cases were recorded below nine lakh after 70 days, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Wednesday. The...
Global Covid-19 caseload tops 176.5 million
International

Global Covid-19 caseload tops 176.5 million

Washington, June 16: The overall global Covid-19 caseload has topped 176.5 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 3.81 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University.In its latest update on Wednesday morning, the University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed...
India confirms first death following COVID-19 vaccination
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India confirms first death following COVID-19 vaccination

New Delhi, June 15: A government panel studying COVID-19 vaccine side effects has confirmed the first death due to anaphylaxis following vaccination. The causality assessment of 31 reported Serious Adverse Events Following Immunisation (AEFI) cases following COVID-19 vaccination was carried...
Pfizer, AstraZeneca vaccines protect against Delta variant: Lancet study
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Pfizer, AstraZeneca vaccines protect against Delta variant: Lancet study

London, Jun 15: The Delta variant of coronavirus, first identified in India, doubles the risk of hospitalisation compared with the Alpha variant first found in the UK, but Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccines provide good protection against the strain, says a study published in The Lancet journal. ...
Daily COVID-19 count in India lowest after 75 days
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Daily COVID-19 count in India lowest after 75 days

New Delhi, June 15: India saw a single-day rise of 60,471 new coronavirus infections, the lowest after 75 days, taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 2,95,70,881, while the daily positivity rate declined to 3.45 per cent, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday. ...
India logs 70K Covid cases, lowest since March 31 and 3,921 deaths
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India logs 70K Covid cases, lowest since March 31 and 3,921 deaths

New Delhi, June 14: India's Covid cases continued to witness decline as it recorded 70,421 new Covid cases, lowest since March 31 and 3,921 deaths due to the virus in the last 24 hours, according to data released by the Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry on Monday. This is the seventh...
Saliva can be more effective for Covid testing: Study
Health & Fitness

Saliva can be more effective for Covid testing: Study

New York, June 13: The addition of a simple processing step to saliva samples before testing may improve Covid-19 detection rate, eliminate the challenges of nasopharyngeal testing and facilitate mass surveillance, researchers say.The researchers, including Ravindra Kolhe from Augusta...
Assam forms 2,000 teams to vaccinate 3 lakh people daily
Assam

Assam forms 2,000 teams to vaccinate 3 lakh people daily

Guwahati, Jun 12: Assam Health Minister Keshab Mahanta on Saturday said that the state government has formed 2,000 teams to vaccinate three lakh people every day provided an adequate number of doses are available. He said the state administration has an adequate stock of Covaxin for administering...
India reports 84,332 new cases in 24 hours, lowest in 70 days
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India reports 84,332 new cases in 24 hours, lowest in 70 days

New Delhi, Jun 12: The daily COVID-19 count in India remained below the one-lakh mark for the fifth consecutive day with the country reporting 84,332 fresh cases, its lowest in 70 days, according to data updated by the Union Health Ministry on Saturday. With the fresh cases, the infection...
US FDA rejects emergency use authorisation for Covaxin
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US FDA rejects 'emergency use authorisation' for Covaxin

Hyderabad, Jun 11: In a setback to Bharat Biotech's COVID-19 vaccine Covaxin, the US Food and Drug Administration has "recommended" Ocugen Inc, the US partner of the Indian vaccine maker, to go for Biologics Licence Application (BLA) route with additional data, nixinghopes of Emergency Use...
Daily COVID-19 count in India remains below one lakh
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Daily COVID-19 count in India remains below one lakh

New Delhi, June 11: The daily COVID-19 count in India remained below the one-lakh mark for the fourth consecutive day with the country reporting 91,702 fresh cases, while the daily positivity rate dropped to 4.49 per cent, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday. With...
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