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Covid-19 pandemic: Tamil Nadu reports 52 fresh cases, nil deaths

Tamil Nadu on Monday recorded 52 new Covid-19 cases with Chennai seeing 19, these added to a total of 34,52,442 till date, there were no deaths reported and the total death toll remains at 38,025

Expect an uptick in Covid cases in US due to new BA.2 variant, warns Fauci

Fauci said BA.2 is about 60 per cent more transmissible than Omicron, but it does not appear to be more severe

Hetero arm gets CDSCO approval to produce, sell Sputnik Light vaccine

Drug firm Hetero on Monday said its biologics arm has received approval from the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) to manufacture and sell Sputnik Light for restricted emergency use in India. Hetero is the first biopharmaceutical company in India to receive Manufacturing and Marketing (M&M) approval for the product manufactured locally for the prevention of COVID-19 in adults aged over 18 years, administered in a single dose of 0.5 ml, the company said in a statement. All other currently approved vaccines in India require two doses of administration, it added. Sputnik Light is the first component (recombinant human adenovirus serotype number 26 (rAd26)) of Sputnik V the world's first registered vaccine against COVID-19. In February 2022, the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) granted emergency use permission to single-dose Sputnik Light COVID-19 vaccine in India. "Clinical data of Sputnik Light (Component I of Sputnik V) had shown significantly high titers

AstraZeneca Covid drug neutralises Omicron sub-variants in lab study

Evusheld was tested against the BA.1, BA.1.1, and BA.2 sub-variants of Omicron and it was also shown in the study to limit inflammation in the lungs - a critical symptom in severe Covid-19 infections

Strides Pharma Science signs pact with MPP to market Covid-19 drug

Branded as Kovidax, Strides' generic version of the Pfizer oral treatment will be launched in 95 markets as part of the sub-licensing agreement with Medicines Patent Pool (MPP), the drug firm said

Govt considers widening Covid booster shots to all adults in India: Report

Only frontline workers and those older than 60 are now allowed to take booster doses in the country.

Data story: India logs 1,134 new cases; death toll rises to 516,510

India has so far administered 1,812,497,303 vaccine doses. That is 4214.18 per cent of its total caseload, and 129.22 per cent of its population

Hong Kong to ease strict Covid measures from April, lifts flight ban

Hong Kong's border has been shut since 2020 with very few flights able to land, effectively isolating a city that had built a reputation as a global financial hub

Wockhardt, Serum Institute of India tie up to make vaccines in UK

SII has supplied the AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine to the UK already, and having a fill-and-finish facility in the UK would help the firm to have closer access to the UK and EU markets.

Challenges like Ukraine war make it imp for nation to be self-reliant: PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said challenges faced by the world like the Russia-Ukraine war and the coronavirus pandemic make it all the more important for the country to become self-reliant

Live: Ukraine now seen as a war of attrition amid new bombings

Live news updates: Chinese says NATO shouldn't expand east; India's forex reserves record biggest drop in 2 years.

Startups get up to 10 yrs for converting debt investment into equity

Govt extends timeline for startups to convert debt investments into equity up to 10 yrs, a decision likely to relieve budding entrepreneurs to deal with impact of Covid, a DPIIT press note said

India reports 1,761 fresh Covid cases and 127 deaths in last 24 hours

India recorded 1,761 fresh Covid infections and 127 deaths in a span of 24 hours, said the Union Health ministry on Sunday morning

Data story: India logs 1,761 new cases; death toll rises to 516,479

India has so far administered 1,812,111,675 vaccine doses. That is 4213.44 per cent of its total caseload, and 129.19 per cent of its population

Two primary doses followed by booster crucial for all: Top virologist

'Immunisation schedule must be completed by all individuals if we have to win this war against Covid,' he said

Covid-19 deaths: Plea in SC wants deadline for seeking ex gratia payment

A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court for setting a deadline of four weeks to claim the ex gratia payment from authorities on the death of kin to COVID-19.

Maharashtra records less than 100 Covid cases first time since April 2020

The state recorded 97 new cases and one death, taking the case tally to 78,72,300 and death toll to 1,43,766, a health department official said

Covid situation eases but dramatic change likely, warns Maha official

Simultaneously, Health Minister Rajesh Tope hinted at the possibility of a fourth wave of Covid, sparking fresh concerns in various quarters

Precaution needed in view of fresh Covid surge in South Korea, China: Tope

When asked if a fourth wave of coronavirus was imminent, he said, 'We must continue taking precautions, that is all we can do'

Delhi records 61 Covid cases, one death in 24 hours, positivity rate 0.68%

The relatively lower number of cases came out of the lesser number of tests -- 9,011 -- conducted a day ago, which was a holiday in view of Holi festival