The Serum Institute of India (SII) has sought permission from the country’s drug regulator to conduct Phase-3 trial to evaluate the safety and immunogenicity of its COVID-19 vaccine Covovax as a booster dose in children aged two to 18 years, official sources said on Sunday. The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) had granted permission … Read more
A COVID-19 booster dose will provide strong and broad antibody protection against Omicron sublineage variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, two new studies using serum from human blood samples suggest. Researchers from the Ohio State University in the US tested neutralising antibody levels against the BA.2 and BA.3 Omicron variants and Deltacron, a recombinant variant created … Read more
Covid-19 in India Live Updates: India recorded 2,364 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of Covid-19 cases in the country to 4,31,29,563, according to the data shared by the Health Ministry on Thursday. The active cases declined to 15,419, and the death toll climbed to 5,24,303 with 10 fresh fatalities. The active cases were … Read more
Coronavirus Omicron Live Tracker: Pandemic pushes Spanish workers out of the shadows For decades, a cash-filled envelope – or “sobre” – was how hundreds of thousands of Spaniards working without legal contracts in tourism, agriculture or construction collected their salaries. COVID-19, however, may finally be putting paid to the “sobre”, economic data and workers’ experiences … Read more
The NTAGI will discuss on Wednesday whether to allow early administration of the precaution dose of COVID-19 vaccine to those travelling abroad for education, employment, sporting events and business commitments. The advisory panel is also likely to deliberate on reducing the gap between the second dose of COVID-19 vaccine and the precaution dose from the … Read more
Seventy per cent of the people who received a booster dose of the Covid vaccine did not contract the disease during the third wave, according to a new study that covered around 6,000 people in India. The study led by Dr Rajeev Jayadevan, co-chairman of the Indian Medical Association’s national task force on coronavirus, said … Read more
Coronavirus Omicron Live Tracker: Shanghai reports 12 new COVID deaths as frustrations boil over The major financial hub of Shanghai reported 12 new COVID-19 related deaths on April 22, up from 11 the previous day, as frustrations among residents continued to boil over amid a harsh lockdown and strict censorship online.The city, battling China’s biggest … Read more
Vaccine major Serum Institute of India (SII) has appealed to the government to reduce the gap between the second and booster dose to six months from nine months at present to safeguard people against emerging COVID variants, according to its CEO Adar Poonawalla. Recalling that they could not meet the commitment of exporting vaccines in … Read more
Serum Institute of India has cut the price of the Covishield precaution (booster) dose at private hospitals by more than half, a day before booster shots become available to all Indian adults, CEO Adar Poonawalla announced. The price of a single dose has been slashed to Rs 225 from Rs 600 earlier. The decision was … Read more
The minister said 51.48 per cent of people in the state were covered as against the targeted 21.21 lakh on the vaccination to children aged between 12-14 years. More than 50 lakh people were yet to receive the first dose of vaccination against COVID-19 in Tamil Nadu while over 1.34 crore people have not got … Read more