Corona Updates

Two new sublineages of the Omicron coronavirus variant can dodge antibodies from earlier infection well enough to trigger a new wave, but are far less able to thrive in the blood of people vaccinated against COVID-19, South African…
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While cases in China’s Shanghai are gradually dropping, residents in the capital city of Beijing are now under stricter Covid-19 curbs. In a bid to avoid a Shanghai-like outbreak, authorities in the Chinese capital have made a negative…
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The central government is yet to decide on reducing the gap between the second dose of the Covid-19 vaccine and the precaution dose from the current nine months to six months, reported ANI on Saturday, quoting sources. This comes as recent…
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China’s Suzhou Abogen Biosciences Co. said its COVID-19 vaccine candidate using the messenger RNA (mRNA) technology and targeting the omicron variant has obtained clinical trial approval in the United Arab Emirates. With Friday’s…
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South Africa may be entering a fifth COVID-19 infection wave after a sustained rise in infections over the past 14 days, Health Minister Joe Phaahla said on Friday. Phaahla told a news conference that the provinces of Gauteng,…
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Very few recombinant variants of the coronavirus have been found in India and none of those have shown increased transmission, nor were they associated with severe disease or hospitalisation, according to a report of the Indian SARS-COV-2…
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India on Friday reported 3,377 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, the highest tally since mid-March. The country also reported 60 covid-19 related deaths, the ministry of health affairs said. The active cases increased by 821 while…
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US biotech firm Moderna said in a statement Thursday it had submitted a request for an emergency use authorization in the United States for its Covid vaccine for children aged six months to under six years. Children under six are the only…
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As the fears of an impending fourth wave of the pandemic are rising, World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Tuesday pushed the countries to do proper Covid-19 testing and surveillance in this…
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India reported 2,927 new coronavirus cases today, bringing the total number of infections to 4,30,65,496. According to the Union Health Ministry, the active cases increased to 16,279,The country also reported 32 deaths in the last 24…
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