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Covid vaccine for US to be manufactured by India's Serum, says Novavax

Novavax Inc said on Tuesday that its Covid-19 vaccine initially available in the United States, if authorized, will be manufactured by the Serum Institute of India.

FDA advisers back Novavax's Covid vaccine shots as 4th US option

American adults who haven't yet gotten vaccinated against COVID-19 may soon get another choice, as advisers to the Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday backed a more traditional type of shot. Next, the FDA must decide whether to authorise the protein vaccine made by latecomer Novavax as the nation's fourth coronavirus shot for adults. It's made with more conventional technology than today's dominant Pfizer and Moderna shots and the lesser-used Johnson & Johnson option. Novavax shots are already available in Australia, Canada, parts of Europe and multiple other countries, either for initial vaccinations or as mix-and-match boosters. But U.S. clearance is a key hurdle for the Maryland-based company. FDA's vaccine chief Dr. Peter Marks said another choice in the U.S. may entice at least some vaccine holdouts -- whatever their reason -- to consider rolling up their sleeves. We do have a problem with vaccine uptake that is very serious in the United States," Marks said. "Anything w

Covid-19 pandemic: Maharashtra, Kerala on high alert as cases spike

On Tuesday, Maharashtra recorded 1,881 new Covid cases, 81 per cent more than the previous day and highest since February 18

Paraguay cancels orders for one million doses of Covaxin, say sources

Media reports cite quality issues; sources say Bharat Biotech had stopped production and exports in April, any pending orders stand cancelled

Mumbai reports 1,242 new Covid cases in a day, highest since Jan 29

Notably, for the first time since March-end, the civic body has increased daily Covid-19 tests to over 15,000

Top Headlines: IDBI might merge with pvt bank, Sensex valuation & more

The conditions for the strategic divestment of IDBI Bank could facilitate its merger with other financial entities, including commercial banks, said an official. Read more in our top headlines

Shot in the arm for boosters: Demand jumps 20% as Covid cases spike

On Saturday, the daily vaccination in the state touched 100,000, said Sachin Desai, state immunisation officer

Novavax's Covid vax effective, but concerns over sideeffects remain: FDA

Vaccine NVX-CoV2373 is already being locally manufactured by the company's India partner, the Pune-based Serum Institute of India (SII) under the brand name Covovax

Covid concerns - again

Govt must gear up to treat the disease as endemic

Beijing opens up restaurants, cinemas as China eases Covid curbs

Public transport will resume in most districts, except Fengtai and some parts of Changping, allowing workers to return to the office and restaurants to start dine-in services, local authorities said

Covid-19 vaccine: SII to test Novavax for Omicron variant strain

The Pune-based company has also got a nod from the Indian drug regulator's office to manufacture trial batches of this vaccine for the purpose of testing, sources indicated.

Covid-19: Delhi records 343 new infections, positivity rate at 1.91%

Delhi on Sunday logged 343 fresh COVID-19 cases with a positivity rate of 1.91 per cent while no new death was reported due to the viral disease, according to data shared by the city health department

12 samples tested positive for BA4 and BA5 Omicron samples in Tamil Nadu

New Omicron variants BA4 and BA5 were detected from the samples collected in Tamil Nadu and the results from a lab in Hyderabad have revealed it, state Minister Ma Subramanian said on Sunday. The Minister for Medical and Family Welfare said 12 samples of the 150 samples were sent to the lab in Hyderabad which have confirmed the presence of the new variants marking the emergence of new coronavirus variants in the state. "As many as four people have been detected with BA4 variant while eight people have been diagnosed with BA5 variant. All of them are isolated. We are closely monitoring these 12 people. They are all doing fine," he told reporters. He said those secondary contacts who came in contact with the primary contacts were identified and are being monitored by the health officials. Stating that one case of BA4 variant was reported in Navalur, Old Mahabalipuram Road, Chennai about 15 days back, he said that patient was fully recovered. "We have sent about 150 samples collected

Covid-19: Daily positivity rate above 1% after 34 days; 4,270 new cases

The active cases rose to 24,052 and the death toll climbed to 5,24,692 with 15 fresh fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated

Data story: India logs 4,270 new Covid cases; death toll at 524,692

The count of active cases across India on June 5 increased by 1,636, compared with 1,239 on June 4

Why herd immunity no longer being sold as the path out of the pandemic

circumstances have changed dramatically over the course of the pandemic, with the original SARS-CoV-2 virus superseded by far more infectious variants.

Biological E's Corbevax gets DCGI nod as a heterologous Covid booster dose

The Hyderabad-based company claimed that the booster dose of Corbevax increased the neutralising antibody titers in the Covishield and Covaxin groups significantly when compared to placebo

Data story: India logs 3,962 new Covid cases; death toll at 524,677

India has so far administered 1,939,647,071 vaccine doses

Maharashtra records 1,134 Covid cases, 3 deaths; active count crosses 5,000

Maharashtra on Friday recorded 1,134 new coronavirus infections, the highest daily rise in cases since February 24, and three deaths, the state health department said. The tally of active cases rose 12 per cent and crossed the 5,000 mark, it added. The caseload in the state rose to 78,90,346, and death toll reached 1,47,864. The daily rise was the highest after 1,182 cases recorded on February 24, and was a sizable jump from the 1,045 cases (besides one death) recorded on Thursday, an official said. Mumbai led with 763 new cases, while deaths were reported from Beed, Solapur and Pune districts. The recovery count increased by 563 and reached 77,37,355. There are now 5,127 active cases, up from 4,559 on Thursday, a rise of over 12 per cent. Dhule, Jalna, Latur, Parbhani, Buldhana and Gondia districts have no active cases at the moment. The recovery rate in the state is 98.06 per cent, fatality rate 1.87 per cent. As many as 26,285 samples were tested since previous evening, ta

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