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Booster dose of Covishield offers best immune response: Lancet study
According to the study, even though homologous and heterologous...
China says peak COVID infections exceeded 7 million daily, deaths more than 4,000 daily
However,there is great skepticism about the COVID data released by...
WHO’s supply suspension of Covaxin not to impact travel of people: MEA
'I certainly do not think there should be any impact at all on people who have taken Covaxin. It is a safe vaccine. In terms of their travel, it continues to be recognised under the EUL (emergency use authorisation) of WHO,'' he said New Delhi: Days after the WHO...
XE variant of Covid-19 not more severe than Omicron’: Dr Gagandeep Kang
Variants will come because people are travelling. Of what we know of the variant (XE) is that it is not a point of concern, XE variant of Covid-19 not more severe than Omicron': Dr Gagandeep Kang. Professor at Christian Medical College in Vellore, said on Thursday The...
India detects first ‘XE’ variant of COVID-19 in Mumbai
However, the Union Health Ministry is yet to confirm the detection of the first XE variant in the country According to the sources, the Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG) is doing a deep genomic analysis of the case as a follow-up declared XE positive by...
Shanghai extends lockdown to entire city as tests show COVID spread
The costs to the world's second-biggest economy mount. Some 23 Chinese cities are under total or partial lockdown, affecting an estimated 193 million people in areas accounting for 13.6% of its gross domestic product, the Nomura brokerage said in a note on Tuesday...
Thailand cancels licenses of 2 P/C insurers
The firms were in serious financial trouble, which could have damaged their clients and the wider public, the Office of Insurance Commission said in a statement late Friday The government will be responsible for payments of outstanding claims and the revocation of the...
PSU insurers lodge Covid insurance claims worth Rs 17,537 cr till Dec 2021
''Till December 31, 2021, 14.92 lakh COVID-19 health claims, of a total amount of Rs 17,537 crore, were lodged with public sector insurance companies, of which 93.3 per cent claims had been disposed of,'' Minister of State for Finance Bhagwat Karad said in a written...
China sends military, doctors to Shanghai amid COVID-19 outbreak
Shanghai will conduct city-wide nucleic acid testing on Monday. The city on Monday reported 425 confirmed and 8,581 asymptomatic domestically transmitted cases, the highest daily increases since the latest outbreak, bringing the total number of COVID-19 infections in...
WHO suspends Covaxin supply to UN agencies
A statement issued by WHO on Saturday said the suspension is in response to the outcomes of its post EUL (emergency use authorisation) inspection held between March 14–22, 2022 and the need to conduct process and facility upgrade to address recently identified GMP...
Russia registers nasal version of Sputnik V, world’s first nasal vaccine against COVID-19
"Laboratory tests show the Sputnik V protects against the Omicron in its ordinary injection form, and it will certainly be efficient in the nasal form," he added, according to TASS Moscow: Russian Health Ministry has registered the nasal version of Sputnik V, the...
New COVID-19 variant: No need to push panic button, but keep close watch, says TIGS Director
"It is unfortunate that a certain section of the society seems to be eager to declare that the pandemic is over. People should take care by using masks, administering vaccines as per rules and boosters wherever allowed and avoiding unnecessary clustering in crowded...