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Coronavirus deaths jump by 40%, but cases falling globally: WHO

The agency warned that less surveillance would particularly harm efforts to detect new COVID variants and undermine a potential response

NTAGI group to review SII's Covovax data for use in 12 yrs and above

A Covid working group of NTAGI will review this week data of SII anti-coronavirus jab Covovax to decide whether it can be included vaccination programme for inoculating those aged 12 years and above

No fresh Covid-19 case reported in Puducherry for sixth straight day

The test positivity rate was zero and the fatality and recovery rates were 1.18 per cent and 98.82 per cent, respectively.

US FDA approves fifth Covid vaccine booster shots for 50 and older

The US Food and Drug Administration has approved a fifth Covid-19 booster shot of Pfizer-BioNTech or the Moderna for people aged over 50 and some immunocompromised individuals.

Data story: India reports 1,233 new cases; death toll rises to 521,101

India has so far administered 1,838,241,743 vaccine doses. That is 4272.67 per cent of its total caseload, and 131.05 per cent of its population

Thane registers 10 fresh Covid-19 infections, no new fatalities

The Covid-19 mortality rate in the district is 1.67 per cent

Global Covid caseload rises to 484.9 million, deaths reach 6.13 million

The US continues to be the worst-hit country with the world's highest number of cases and deaths

US CDC recommends additional Covid-19 boosters for vulnerable groups

The move will increase protection for these vulnerable groups against severe disease from Covid-19, Xinhua news agency quoted the CDC as saying.

Amid surge in Covid-19, China registers 1,629 fresh infections

Amid growing resentment over the stringent measures towards the zero-Covid policy by the authorities, the Chinese public has been taking to social media platforms to express their frustration

Omicron subvariant BA.2 becomes dominant strain in US, says CDC

The variant has been steadily rising in proportion due to its increased transmissibility compared to the original Omicron strain, Xinhua news agency reported.

FDA authorises second booster of Pfizer/BioNTech, Moderna Covid shots

FDA authorises another booster dose of the Pfizer or Moderna Covid vaccine for people age 50 and up

Kerala records 424 new coronavirus cases, 22 deaths in a day

As many as 17,846 samples were tested in the last 24 hours

Citing WHO data, Centre says India has 'lowest' Covid deaths per mn people

Accordingly, all states/UTs report cases and deaths to the health ministry and the same is also put in public domain on a regular basis

Data required for suggesting mixing of Covid-19 vaccines, says govt

The National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (NTAGI) needs adequate scientific data to make a recommendation on mixing of COVID-19 vaccines, the government said on Tuesday. The Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (CDSCO) has granted permission to the Christian Medical College, Vellore to conduct phase-IV study with Covishield and Covaxin to compare immunogenicity of mixed vaccine regimen and to Bharat Biotech for phase-2 clinical trial to evaluate the immunogenicity and safety of Covaxin with BBV154 (Adenoviral Intranasal COVID-19 vaccine), Minister of State for Health Bharati Pravin Pawar said. "Adequate scientific data is required for NTAGI to make a recommendation on mixing of COVID-19 vaccines, at present this information is not available," Pawar said in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha. She was responding to question on whether the government is considering mixing of COVID-19 vaccines based on heterologous strategies conducted earlier for other diseases, to .

Shanghai bars all from leaving homes, allowed out only to get Covid test

While Shanghai's caseload remains modest by global standards, the city has become a testing ground for China's 'zero-Covid' strategy

Data story: India reports 1,259 new cases; death toll rises to 521,070

India has so far administered 1,835,390,499 vaccine doses. That is 4266.16 per cent of its total caseload, and 130.85 per cent of its population

Omicron variant wipes out Delta completely in Tamil Nadu Covid cases

A report of the state public health department said that 68.4 per cent of all whole-genome sequenced samples were of the BA.2 variant while 15.2 per cent were of the BA.1.1 variant.

Global Covid caseload rises to 481.9 mn, deaths surge past 6.12 mn

India accounts for the second highest caseload

US records nearly 30,000 weekly Covid-19 infections among children

Over 12.8 million children have tested positive for Covid-19 since the onset of the pandemic in the country, according to the report.

Shanghai lockdown hurts oil prices, bonds and yen take a beating

World stocks were largely flat, holding their ground in the face of another brutal selloff in major bond markets