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'Warm' vaccine candidate effective against Delta, Omicron variants in mice
The vaccine candidate, by the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in Bengaluru and biotech start-up company Mynvax, uses a part of the viral spike protein called the receptor-binding domain (RBD)
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India's cumulative COVID-19 vaccination coverage exceeds 1.86 billion mark
Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare informed that India's cumulative Coronavirus vaccination coverage crossed 186.38 crores on Saturday, as per the provisional reports by 7 am.
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Covid mRNA tech may create first-ever cure for heart attacks: UK scientists
UK scientists may have discovered the world's first cure for heart attacks using the same mRNA technology as Covid vaccines.
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China reports 3,867 new local Covid-19 cases in past 24 hours
Notably, of these new local cases, 3,590 were reported in Shanghai
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India records 975 fresh Covid-19 infections, 4 more fatalities
The active cases comprise 0.03 per cent of the total infections
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Global Covid caseload tops 503.5 mn, death toll surpasses 6.19 mn mark
The global coronavirus caseload has topped 503.5 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 6.19 million and vaccinations to over 11.16 billion, according to Johns Hopkins University.
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FDA authorizes first-ever breathing test for detecting Covid-19 infection
The agency said that in a study of 2,409 people, which included both people with and without symptoms, the test had a 99.3 per cent specificity rate
Shanghai reports 3,590 local, 19,923 asymptomatic Covid-19 cases
cent spike in COVID cases in the global financial hub Shanghai, which has caused a major disruption in supply chains, has been attributed to family infections and logistics transmission
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Delhi records 366 fresh Covid cases, two-fold increase reported in 7 days
From April 8, when the city reported 146 fresh Covid cases at a positivity rate of 1.39 per cent, cases more than doubled to 366 on Friday.
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Children testing Covid positive, but no need to shut down schools: Expert
Paediatric Gastroenterologist at Delhi's Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, Dr Smita Malhotra on Friday said that there is no need to shut schools
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Health cover premiums shoot up as Covid-19 pandemic threat looms
Premium costs jump 10-15%, driven by large number of claim payouts during pandemic as well as factors such as rising healthcare costs
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Dip in demand for Covid medicines takes a toll on drug sales in March
Covid related drugs contributed 40% of the pharma market last year
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About 300 positive samples from Delhi sent for genome sequencing: Report
The sequencing is to be done essentially to find if any new variant, like XE, has circulated in the city or not, amid a spike in daily cases in the last few days
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366 fresh Covid cases in Delhi, positivity rate rises to 3.95%
The daily COVID-19 cases and the positivity rate in the national capital have seen an upward trend in the last few days
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Tesla plans to partly resume production in Shanghai plant soon
The plan remains vulnerable to any change in the government's Covid prevention policy, and it will take a while for the company to ramp up fully
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LIVE: Delhi sees 366 new Covid cases in 24 hrs, positivity rate at 3.95%
Doctors on Tuesday had said that it was not a panic situation as the count of daily cases was still low, but had cautioned against dropping the guard
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Delhi govt asks schools to close specific wings if needed as cases surge
Two top private schools confirmed that each of them have received information from parents about their wards testing positive
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Covid surge hits record high in Shanghai amid growing public anger
The Chinese mainland on Thursday reported 3,472 locally transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases, besides 20,782 asymptomatic cases, according to the National Health Commission (NHC)
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Covid-19: Gurugram authorities to vaccinate door-to-door as cases surge
The district has been reporting over 100 cases every day for the last four days and accounts for around 13 per cent of country's total active cases at present
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Covid-19: Delhi govt says free precaution doses at its hospitals soon
The move comes as the national capital witnesses an uptick in coronavirus cases and a rise in positivity rate
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