Page 81 - Coronavirus Vaccine

16.4 mn people in Maha yet to take 2nd dose of Covid vaccines: Health dept

16.4 million people in Maharashtra are yet to take the second dose of coronavirus vaccines and the state health department is pursuing them to get jabbed at the earliest

Fully vaccinated travellers to S Korea exempted from self-quarantine

Four foreign countries, including Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Ukraine and Myanmar, were excluded from the self-quarantine exemption

Covid-19: China locks down city of 9 million amid new spike in cases

Residents are required to remain home and undergo three rounds of mass testing, while non-essential businesses have been closed and transport links suspended

Bharat Biotech sees no impact of Ukraine conflict on vaccine supply chains

Unlike several Western companies, no Indian company has publicly withdrawn from the region.

Assam reports no new Covid case for first time in nearly two years

Assam currently has 28 active Covid-19 cases, while 7,16,156 people have recovered from the disease including 13 during the day.

Covid-19 pandemic: Madhya Pradesh records 104 cases; active tally at 848

As many as 50,943 swab samples were tested during the day

Novak Djokovic withdraws from Indian Wells, Miami Open

World number two men's tennis player Novak Djokovic has withdrawn from Indian Wells and Miami Open, the Serbian confirmed on Wednesday.

Austria suspends mandatory vaccination days before enforcement measures

Austria has suspended its Covid-19 vaccination mandate, just days before enforcement measures were due to kick in, the government announced.

Unvaccinated Novak Djokovic says he is out of Indian Wells, Miami

Novak Djokovic said that he will not be able to compete at the hard-court tennis tournaments in Indian Wells, California, or Miami because he is unvaccinated and can't travel to the United States. The 20-time Grand Slam champion tweeted Wednesday that the Centers for Disease Control confirmed the regulations won't be changing so I won't be able to play in the U.S. Djokovic, who recently dropped to No. 2 in the ATP rankings, has played in only one tournament so far in 2022 because he has not received any shots to protect against COVID-19. He was deported from Australia in January and was not allowed to try to defend his title at Melbourne Park. Rafael Nadal wound up winning the Australian Open for his 21st major trophy, breaking a tie with Djokovic and Roger Federer for the most claimed by a man in the history of tennis. Djokovic is a 34-year-old from Serbia who said in April 2020, as the coronavirus pandemic raged, that he was opposed to needing to be vaccinated to travel. In June

UN chief denounces 'scandalously unequal' Covid vaccine distribution

UN chief Antonio Guterres has said in his statement on two years of Covid-19 that the vaccine distribution is "scandalously unequal" because rich-country health is prioritised over the poor.

Covid-19 pandemic: West Bengal logs 114 new cases, one fresh fatality

The state now has 1,560 active cases

Diagnostic industry looks to leverage Covid infra for non-Covid tests

Covid revenues are roughly 10 per cent of large lab chains' turnovers now, claims the industry.

PM Modi lauds efforts by Union, state govts, citizens in tackling Covid

It was also noted that India's pandemic response and vaccination efforts have been lauded globally by the WHO, United Nations, and International Monetary Fund

Faheem tests positive for Covid-19, ruled out of 2nd Test against Australia

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said if required, a replacement will be named for Faheem soon.

Covid-19 pandemic: Nagaland reports seven fresh cases, tally at 35,441

The Covid-19 recovery rate in the state is now 93.49 per cent.

Covid-19 pandemic: Gujarat reports 58 new cases, no fresh fatality

Ahmedabad district reported 27 new cases, Vadodara 11, Gandhinagar five, Surat two among others.

Djokovic added to draw, unclear if he can play at Indian Wells: Organisers

Djokovic's refusal to get vaccinated against Covid-19 may once again have significant implications with regard to his eligibility to play later this week

Covid-19 pandemic: Kerala records 1,421 fresh cases, 88 deaths

With 2,130 more people recovering from the virus since Tuesday, the total recoveries reached 64,37,366 and the active cases dropped to 11,879, the release said

DCGI grants emergency use authorisation to Covovax for 12-17 yrs age group

India's drug regulator has granted restricted emergency use authorisation to Serum Institute of India's COVID-19 vaccine Covovax for the 12-17 years age group subject to certain conditions

Biological E seeks EUA for Corbevax for children in 5-12 age group

In February, the Biological E had received the EUA for Corbevax from India's drug regulator Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) for the 12 to 18 age group