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Covid-19 vaccine hesitancy linked to childhood trauma, says study

Reluctance or refusal to get vaccinated for COVID-19 infection may be associated with traumatic events in childhood, such as neglect, domestic violence or substance misuse in the family

States told to accelerate administration of 2nd dose for 15-18 age group

Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan told states/UTs 'it is important that the coverage second dose amongst adolescents is reviewed daily at your level'

Data story: India logs 161,386 cases; test positivity rate dips to 9.3%

India has so far administered 1,672,942,707 vaccine doses. That is 4018.51 per cent of its total caseload, and 119.4 per cent of its population

Jharkhand records 622 fresh Covid-19 infections, 2 fatalities

Schools, colleges and universities were allowed to reopen from Tuesday

Zydus starts supplying coronavirus vaccine ZyCoV-D from Ahmedabad facility

ZyCoV-D is one of the first plasmid DNA vaccines administered intradermally using a painless needle-free system in three doses.

India records over 161,000 fresh Covid infections, 1,733 fatalities

The daily positivity rate was recorded at 9.26 per cent

Thane records 683 fresh Covid-19 infections, 10 fatalities

The mortality rate is 1.67 per cent

S. Korea's new cases top 20,000 for first time amid raging Omicron spread

A revised virus response system went into effect Saturday to tackle the wave of omicron, which has become the dominant Covid-19 strain in the country

Pfizer asks FDA to allow Covid-19 vaccine for children under 5

The Biden administration has been trying to speed the authorization of Covid-19 shots for children

Omicron accounts for 99.9% of new weekly Covid cases in US

The Delta variant, which spiked last summer, only made up the remaining 0.1 per cent in the week ending January 29

WHO recommends countries ease Covid measures 'in steady, slow way'

Recent data have shown a sharp increase in coronavirus-related deaths around the world

14,366 new Covid-19 cases in Karnataka, 58 deaths; 60,914 discharges

Bengaluru Urban district now has a total of 17,27,575 cases, Mysuru 2,22,747 and Tumakuru 1,55,142

Rate of Covid-19 spread has come down in Kerala: Health minister

The state health department also issued new guidelines for the hospitals with regard to the circumstances of Omicron spread

Delhi records 2,683 Covid cases; positivity rate comes down to 5.09%

The number of Covid-19 tests conducted a day ago stood at 52,736

Covid-19 pandemic: Jammu and Kashmir adds 2,751 cases, 9 deaths

Jammu district recorded the highest number of fresh cases at 561, followed by 440 in Srinagar district

Covid-19 pandemic: Sikkim logs 98 new cases and three fatalities

The state has so far tested 3,10,614 samples for Covid-19, including 1,230 samples in the last 24 hours

'Vaccines induce robust protection against severe disease from Omicron'

Current COVID-19 vaccines provide robust protection against severe disease and hospitalisation caused by both the Delta and Omicron variants, according to a study. The research, published in the journal Nature on Monday, demonstrated that the vaccines induce this protection through cellular immunity or the production of protective immune cells, such as so-called killer and memory cells. Cellular immunity continues to protect from severe COVID-19 disease despite the Omicron variant's evasion of neutralising antibodies, the researchers said. The team at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) in Israel assessed samples from 47 individuals vaccinated with either the Johnson & Johnson or Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines. "Our data provide immunological context for the observation that current vaccines still provide robust protection against severe disease and hospitalisation due to the Omicron variant despite substantially reduced neutralising antibody responses and increased ...

Covid-19 curbs eased for Mumbai, 10 districts as infections decline

Restaurants and theatres to operate at 50 per cent capacity

Data story: India logs 167,059 cases; over 1,000 deaths added after 59 days

India has so far administered 1,666,848,204 vaccine doses. That is 4019.45 per cent of its total caseload, and 118.97 per cent of its population

628 fresh Covid-19 infections recorded in Thane, 7 more fatalities

The mortality rate in Thane stood at 1.67 per cent