Corona Updates

The BA.2 sub-variant of Covid-19 is more transmissible than the already infectious omicron strain, the World Health Organization said Thursday as several nations face a spike in cases. Dubbed ‘stealth omicron’ because it presents with…
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The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday warned that the world will continue to battle with surging Covid-19 infections and its emerging variants until all countries are covered with high vaccination. “We all want to move on from…
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New Zealand reported 20,907 new community cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, said the Ministry of Health in a statement. Among the new community infections, 4,291 were in the largest city Auckland. The rest of the cases were identified across…
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Novovax on Tuesday announced that it has received the first emergency use authorisation nod for its Covid-19 vaccine for adolescents falling between the age of 12-18 years in India. According to an official statement released by Novovax,…
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Even as most countries have lifted Covid-19 restrictions with the hope of life returning to normalcy, all is not hunky-dory as far as the hybrids of the Covid virus is concerned. Europe and several Asian countries including South Korea…
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The Centre on Tuesday clarified in the Supreme Court that it has not made COVID-19 vaccines mandatory and has only said that the vaccination should be 100 per cent. The clarification from Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the…
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The pandemic is far from over, the WHO has been insisting, as several countries face a spike in daily Covid cases accelerated by the emergence of the more transmissible BA.2 Omicron strain. In Europe, France, the UK and Germany are…
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India is considering expanding availability of booster vaccine doses to all adults, news agency Reuters reported Monday quoting sources close to the matter. The government has yet to decide if the booster dose will be free of charge,…
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AstraZeneca said its antibody-based cocktail to prevent and treat COVID-19 was shown to retain neutralising activity against omicron coronavirus variants, including the highly contagiouos BA.2 sub-variant, in an independent lab study. Data…
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Third year into the pandemic, several countries have yet again reported a surge in daily Covid infections, driven by the highly infectious Omicron BA.2 variant, triggering huge concerns. Top US medical expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci, warned in…
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