Corona Updates

India’s cumulative Covid-19 tally is at 43,888,755 after as many as 20,279 people tested positive in the last 24 hours, a Union health ministry bulletin showed on Sunday. The latest daily caseload is over 1,100 cases fewer (down 5.3%) than…
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Intranasal vaccines for Covid-19 will be critical to protect people against the emerging variants of concern of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, according to a study. Researchers at the University of Virginia (UVA) in the US noted that the widely…
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India is about to achieve the coveted landmark of administering 200 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses in what has been touted as the world’s biggest inoculation drive. Union Health Minister on Saturday tweeted saying that history was about to…
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The BA.5 Omicron subvariant, now the dominant coronavirus strain in the US, is four times more resistant to Covid-19 vaccines, according to a new study published in Nature. The study found the variant is four times more resistant to…
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People in the 18-59 age group can get free precaution doses of the Covid vaccine at government vaccination centres under a 75-day special drive which begins today. The drive, aimed at boosting the administration of Covid precaution doses,…
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A new study has revealed that the SARS-CoV-2 virus which causes Covid-19 may survive on meat and fish products in the refrigerator or the freezer for up to 30 days. The research was recently published in the journal Applied and…
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Covid-19 cases in Shanghai continued to climb as parts of China’s financial hub face more rounds of mass testing, with new sub-variants providing a constant challenge to the country’s zero-tolerance approach to the virus. The city recorded…
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In a slight dip in the new COVID cases, India logged 18,257 fresh infections in the last 24 hours, according to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Sunday. The country had reported 18,840 fresh COVID-19 cases on Saturday.…
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Standing Technical Sub-Committee (STSC) has given a nod for the use of Biological E`s Corbevax and Bharat Biotech`s Covaxin for children aged between 5-12 years, sources informed on Friday. According to the sources, no decision on…
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The latest Omicron sub-variants — including the BA.4 and BA.5 forms causing new global surges in infections — are even better at eluding vaccines and most antibody treatments than previous variants, finds a study. Subvariants BA.2.12.1,…
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