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US wants “Transparent” new probe into origins of Coronavirus
U.S. intelligence agencies are examining reports that researchers at a Chinese virology laboratory were seriously ill in 2019 a month before the first cases of COVID-19 were reported, according to U.S. government sources who cautioned on Monday that there is still no proof the disease originated at the lab.
Moderna’s single-dose COVID-19 vaccine in India likely next year; Pfizer ready with 5 cr doses for 2021
Pfizer has also sought certain relaxations in the regulatory regime, including relaxation in the requirement of post-approval bridging trials and dispensing the requirement of testing their vaccines in CDL (Central Drugs Laboratory).
Over 500 children orphaned in India due to second wave of Covid
The central government is constantly monitoring all these orphaned children in coordination with the state governments. For the care and well-being of such orphaned children, Rs 10 lakh has been released to each district across the country, through the Non-Institutional Child Care Fund.
India reports 2.08 lakh Covid cases as it conducts highest single-day tests; 4,157 more succumb
This is the second day in a row that positivity rate has remained below 10 per cent, the ministry said. Weekly positivity rate has also declined to 11.45 per cent. The updated data showed that the number of active cases have further come down to 24,95,591, constituting 9.19 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate has improved to 89.66 per cent.
India’s total deaths from COVID-19 surpass 300,000
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 2,37,28,011, while the case fatality rate has increased to 1.14 percent, the data stated.
Feature for on-site registration enabled for 18-44 age group on CoWIN: Govt
This feature will not be available for private CVCs and they will have to publish their vaccination schedules exclusively with slots for online appointments.
U.S. CDC looking into heart inflammation in some young vaccine recipients
The CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices in a statement dated May 17 said it had looked into reports that a few young vaccine recipients, predominantly adolescents and young adults, and predominantly male, developed myocarditis, an inflammation of the heart muscle.
Macron calls for WHO powers to be boosted, Merkel backs call for pandemic treaty
Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, in separate pre-recorded remarks to the WHO’s annual ministerial assembly, called for the U.N. agency’s funding to be improved and backed the idea of a new international treaty to prevent pandemics.
Singapore provisionally approves 60-second COVID-19 breathalyser test
The breath test achieved more than 90% accuracy in a Singapore-based pilot clinical trial, the company said last year.
SC seeks Centre’s reply on pleas for Rs 4 lakh ex-gratia to kin of those who died of COVID-19
Advocate Gaurav Kumar Bansal, who appeared in-person, said that under section 12(iii) of the Disaster Management Act, 2005, every family whose member died due to disaster is entitled for ex-gratia compensation of Rs 4 lakh.
Bansal said that since COVID-19 has been declared as a disaster and as per the order dated April 8, 2015, every family whose member dies due to disaster is entitled for ex-gratia compensation of Rs 4 lakh