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Nasal boosters will be essential to thwart future Covid variants: Study

Widely available vaccinations may not be enough to stop the spread of Covid virus and the future variants. But, using nasal spray as boosters may help in the longer run

Data story: India logs 20,557 cases, 2,603 deaths as Punjab clears backlog

India has added 133,769 cases in the past 7 days

Covid-19 in numbers: Latest data on cases and deaths in India and globally

Refer to these tables for data on confirmed coronavirus cases, deaths and recoveries in India and across the world

Bill Gates congratulates PM Modi on milestone of 2 bn Covid vaccinations

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates congratulated PM Narendra Modi on yet another milestone of administering 200 crore vaccinations in India

Centre closely following COVID-19 trajectory in India and world: MoS Health

On the progress achieved in vaccinating the complete population of India, Pawar said the National COVID-19 Vaccination Programme is targeted towards vaccinating all those above 12 years of age.

Data story: India logs 15,528 Covid cases, active cases see net decline

India reported a decrease of 610 in active coronavirus cases to take its count to 143,654

A vaccine milestone

Govt learns from mistakes but the fight isn't over

Mumbai sees 167 Covid-19 cases; no addition to toll after gap of five days

Mumbai on Monday reported 167 COVID-19 cases, which took the tally in the metropolis to 11,21,262 but the death toll remained unchanged at 19,632 as no fatality was reported after a gap of five days

Data story: India logs 16,935 new Covid cases; death toll reaches 525,760

India has so far administered 2,000,461,095 vaccine doses

Data story: India logs 20,528 new Covid cases, 127,948 infections in 7 days

India reported an increase of 2,689 in active coronavirus cases on Sunday

CM Dhami hails PM Modi's leadership for steering Covid inoculation drive

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has said that under the able leadership of Prime Minister Modi, the biggest and most successful campaign of Covid vaccination has been conducted in India

Covid: 498 new cases, 1 more death in Delhi; positivity rate 3.57%

Delhi on Sunday recorded 498 fresh Covid cases with a positivity rate of 3.57 per cent, while one more person died due to the viral disease, according to data shared by the health department here. With this, the capital's COVID-19 caseload climbed to 19,44,015, while the death toll rose to 26,292, the bulletin stated. The fresh cases came out of 13,959 tests conducted the previous day, it said. Delhi had on Saturday recorded 491 Covid cases with a positivity rate of 3.48 per cent and two fatalities. The city had on Friday logged 601 COVID-19 cases with a positivity rate of 3.64 per cent, and zero death. The capital saw 520 COVID-19 cases with a positivity rate of 3.44 per cent and one death on Thursday. Of the 9,490 beds for COVID-19 patients in Delhi hospitals, only 111 were occupied on Sunday. Beds at Covid care centres and Covid health centres are lying vacant, the bulletin said. The number of active COVID-19 cases in Delhi stands at 1,974, up from 1,894 the previous day. As

Slow and steady: India touches 2 billion Covid-19 vaccine doses milestone

Experts feel heterologous boosting and focus on drugs is the way forward

Gujarat sees 644 Covid-19 cases, no deaths; active tally at 4,776

Gujarat on Sunday reported 644 COVID-19 cases, which took the tally to 12,42,731, while the death toll remained unchanged at 10,954, a state health department official said. The recovery count rose by 500 and reached 12,27,001, which left the state with an active caseload of 4,776, he added. Ahmedabad led with 272 cases, followed by 90 in Surat, 46 in Vadodara, 36 in Mehsana, 32 in Bhavnagar, among other districts, the official said. The number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the state went up by 45,912 during the day to touch 11.24 crore, a government release said. No new case or recovery was reported from adjoining Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, leaving the Union Territory with an active caseload of 11, local officials said. Gujarat's COVID-19 figures are as follows: Positive cases 12,42,731, new cases 644, death toll 10,954, discharged 12,27,001, active cases 4,776, people tested so far - figures not released.

India's Covid vaccination drive unparalleled in scale and speed: PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed India's vaccination drive as 'unparalleled in scale and speed'.

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German health minister recommends fourth Covid-19 dose for under 60s

Germany's Minister of Health Karl Lauterbach on Friday recommended a fourth COVID-19 vaccine dose for people under the age of 60, contradicting the advice from a relevant national commission.Germany's Standing Committee on Vaccination (STIKO) recommends a second COVID-19 booster shot with a mRNA vaccine, such as the Pfizer/BioNTech or Moderna, only to people aged over 70, residents in care facilities, people with immunodeficiency and medical staff."If someone wants to enjoy the summer and not run the risk of getting ill, then I would recommend vaccination even to younger people in consultation with their family doctor," Lauterbach told the Spiegel magazine.A vaccine adapted to Omicron is expected to come out in late August or early September, but Lauterbach said people who are aged 60 and over "should definitely not wait for the new vaccine," as the protection they need against serious illness or death is already provided by the current vaccines.Of the 69.4 million adults in Germany ..

Efforts needed to get routine immunisation back to pre-Covid times: WHO

Many counties have demonstrated that routine immunization can be maintained or scaled up along with COVID-19 vaccination, said Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh, Regional Director WHO South-East Asia.

Booster dose necessary to beat residual effect of Covid-19: Karnataka CM

Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Saturday said the booster dose drive was important in the fight against COVID-19 as the residual effect of the pandemic will have a 'tapering effect'

Covid vaccine's protection short-lived, booster shots essential: Study

Vaccine's strong protection against the SARS-CoV-2 virus is short-lived and dependable; requires up-to-date boosters that are adapted to address changes that occur as part of virus' natural evolution