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Covid vaccine sales push Moderna to $12-bn profit in 2021

The vaccine maker's COVID-19 shots, which are now available in more than 70 countries, totalled USD 17.7 billion in sales last year, their first full year on the market

Hong Kong starts Covid vaccine requirement for restaurants, stores

Hong Kong launched a vaccination requirement to enter shopping malls, restaurants and a host of other places as it battles an expanding omicron outbreak

India's cumulative COVID-19 vaccination coverage exceeds 1.76 bn

With the administration of more than 3,049,988 COVID-19 vaccine doses in the last 24 hours, India's COVID-19 vaccination coverage has exceeded 1.76 bn.

Google brings back massages, gyms as San Francisco Covid-19 worries ease

Those who enter Google's work sites will be required to be fully vaccinated or have an approved exemption.

Google drops coronavirus vaccine requirement for US office workers

In a major update to Covid-19 protocols, Google will no longer mandate vaccines as a condition of employment for US workers.

Drug that may treat serious Covid-19 complications in children identified

Scientists have identified a promising drug candidate for treatment of a rare but severe, and potentially life-threatening condition in children infected with SARS-CoV-2 virus, that causes Covid-19.

India records over 14,000 fresh Covid-19 infections, 302 more fatalities

The daily positivity rate was recorded as 1.22 per cent while the weekly positivity rate was recorded at 1.60 per cent

Data story: India logs 14,148 new cases; death toll rises to 512,924

India has so far administered 1,765,231,385 vaccine doses. That is 4116.56 per cent of its total caseload, and 125.99 per cent of its population

Global Covid caseload rises to 429.4 million, fatalities reach 5.91 million

The second worst hit country in terms of cases is India

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates praises India's commitment to global health

Gates said that India's 3 vaccines -- Covaxin, Corbavex and Covishield -- were the products of partnerships that bridged sectors as well as borders.

Covid-19 pandemic: Assam registers 25 new cases and 2 more deaths

Two fresh fatalities linked to coronavirus pushed the death toll to 7,984

Booster dose: Dose gap, natural infection slow offtake among 60-plus

Experts are also questioning the nine-month gap between the second and the third doses

Covid-19 pandemic: Punjab reports 165 fresh cases and three deaths

Deaths were reported from Hoshiarpur (1) and Mohali (2), taking the toll to 17,692

WHO works to spread Covid-19 vaccine technology to more nations

Vaccines have helped to change the course of the Covid-19 pandemic but this scientific triumph has been undermined by vast inequities in access to these life-saving tools, Tedros said

US Covid-19 vaccination drive is bottoming out as Omicron subsides

About 76% of the US population has received at least one shot; less than 65% of all Americans are fully vaccinated

Delhi logs 583 Covid-19 cases, 3 deaths; positivity rate at 1.05%

The number of tests conducted a day ago stood at 55,504, while 603 patients were discharged in a day, the bulletin said

Coronavirus pandemic: 219 fresh cases in Chhattisgarh, no death

The state's death toll remained unchanged at 14,022 as no patient has succumbed to the infection in the last two days

Covid-19 pandemic: Gujarat reports 305 new cases and five deaths

At the same time, 839 patients were discharged, which pushed the count of recovered cases to 12,07,284, said the department in a release

Covid-19 pandemic: Madhya Pradesh logs 690 new cases, two deaths

The recovery count stood at 10,20,148 after 1,231 people recovered during the day

Covid-19 pandemic: Karnataka reports 667 fresh cases and 21 deaths

There were 1,674 discharges, pushing the total number of recoveries to 38,89,418, a health bulletin said