The daily vaccination tally is expected to increase with the compilation of the final reports for the day by late in the night, it said. India’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage has crossed 167.80 crore with over 48 lakh vaccine doses being administered on Wednesday, the Union Health Ministry said. The daily vaccination tally is expected to … Read more
The prevalence of tuberculosis among COVID-19 patients has been found to be 0.37 to 4.47 per cent in different studies, the ministry said. (Representational image) Tuberculosis is associated with a 2.1-fold increased risk of a severe COVID-19 disease, the health ministry said on Wednesday, recommending that all newly-diagnosed tuberculosis patients or those currently on treatment … Read more
Moderna is now reporting interim data from the Phase 1 study, which includes new analysis from 20 additional people and details on how the vaccine performs in older people. (Representational image) Moderna Inc said on Wednesday that an analysis of the early-stage data of its experimental COVID-19 vaccine showed it induced immune responses in older … Read more
Some experts say it is likely that such cases are starting to emerge because of greater testing worldwide, rather than because the virus may be spreading differently. (Representational image) Two European patients are confirmed to have been re-infected with COVID-19, raising concerns about people’s immunity to the coronavirus as the world struggles to tame the … Read more
The testing for the disease has been increased from 363 tests per million per day on August 1 to more than 600 tests per million per day at present, the ministry said with India having tested nearly 3.7 crore cumulative COVID-19 samples so far. ICMR Director General Balram Bhargava on Tuesday said “irresponsible” people not … Read more
As per doctors, India will have to live with the virus in the “same way we have lived with diseases like tuberculosis”. Synopsis“We need to vaccinate 60-70% of population to get herd immunity. If we get access to a vaccine by December, it would take two years to vaccinate 60% of population,” Dr Sandeep Budhiraja … Read more