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New Omicron subvariant takes hold in US as Covid cases tick up

The US was now averaging about 60,000 new infections and 320 new deaths each day as of Monday, CDC data showed.

TMS Ep164: LIC IPO, G7 summit invite, MGNREGS, Corbevax vaccine

What are the things investors should watch in the LIC IPO? Will an invite to the G7 summit impact India's foreign policy? Why did MGNREGS employment decline in April? What's Corbevax? All answers here

What is Corbevax, the Covid-vaccine for your 5-year-old?

The DCGI has recently approved the emergency use of Covid-19 vaccine Corbevax for children aged five to 12. Find out more about the new vaccine and how it can boost the immune response

Court can't sit in verdict of safety analysis on paediatric vaccination: SC

The Supreme Court has said that the decision taken by the Centre to vaccinate children in the country is in tune with global scientific consensus and expert bodies.

Biological E eyes 1 billion doses of non-Covid vaccines in 5 years

At present, the firm has a capacity to make 1.5-2 billion Covid vaccines and 600 million non-Covid vaccines per annum.

India has registered over 520,000 Covid-19 deaths in all: CRS report

Covid-19 deaths grew in 2021 compared to 2020

SII lowers each dose of Covovax jab from Rs 900 to Rs 225 excluding taxes

A day after its Covid shot Covovax was included on the CoWIN portal for inoculation of children aged 12-17 years at private vaccination centres, the Serum Institute of India (SII) on Tuesday reduced the price of each dose of the vaccine from Rs 900 to Rs 225, excluding taxes. Following recommendation of the National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (NTAGI) the provision of the vaccine option was included on the portal on Monday. On Tuesday, Director for Government and Regulatory Affairs, SII, Prakash Kumar Singh, is learnt to have communicated to the government that the firm is reducing the price of each dose from Rs 900 to Rs 225 plus goods and services tax (GST) for private hospitals. In addition, a private hospital can charge up to Rs 150 as service charge. The price of the vaccine, Covovax, is learnt to have been revised on the CoWIN portal. India's drug regulator had approved Covovax for restricted use in emergency situations in adults on December 28 last year and in t

LIVE: India becoming a trusted partner in global supply chain, says PM Modi

Live news updates: "India was hardly counted in start-up ecosystem; it now ranks third in the world," PM Modi said

Gujarat reports 12 new Covid-19 cases, no death; active tally at 108

The recovery count increased by 15 to touch 12,13,335, leaving the state with an active caseload of 108, he said

Brain impact of severe Covid akin to 20 years of ageing, finds UK study

The research, published in the journal eClinicalMedicine, indicates the effects are still detectable more than six months after acute illness and that any recovery is very gradual

SC asks Centre to decide on plea for re-vaccinating ones who took Sputnik V

The Supreme Court has asked the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Ministry to decide on a representation of a person seeking modification of policy to allow voluntary re-vaccination of persons

Covovax now available for children in India: SII CEO Adar Poonawalla

Serum Institute of India (SII) CEO Adar Poonawalla on Tuesday said that the Covid-19 vaccine Covovax is now available in India for children.

New York City raises Covid-19 alert level from low to medium

The accumulated new cases per 100,000 people in the city in the last seven days moved up to 209.02, which surpasses the threshold of 200 to enter the medium level, according to the official data.

China reports 368 fresh local Covid-19 infections, 20 fatalities

As the Covid-19 outbreak continues to spread in more and more cities in China, questions are mounting over the country's much-publicized "zero-covid" strategy

Pfizer stock falls as Covid pill fails in preventive therapy trial

The trial failure, along with reports of rebounding coronavirus levels in some patients who have completed a course of Paxlovid, are unlikely to change the drug's sales potential

66% adolescents in UP fully vaccinated, 315 mn doses administered in state

63 per cent of children in the 12-14 years age group have taken the first dose, said health officials on Tuesday.

Global Covid-19 caseload tops 514 million, deaths surge past 6.23 million

India accounts for the second highest caseload

Sweden likely to impose fresh measures to fight possible new Covid-19 wave

By the end of April, an average of 25 people were being hospitalised with Covid-19 in Sweden every day. This figure is likely to double by mid-May, Xinhua news agency reported said

NTAGI meet this week to review vaccine data for 5-12 age group

A senior government official had told Business Standard last week that so far there was no scientific evidence to expand the vaccination programme to young children

Make data public on Covid vaccine's side-effects: SC to Centre

Covid vaccination cannot be forced on any individual, the Supreme Court said on Monday and asked the Centre to make public data on the immunisation's adverse events