Covid-19: Active infections cross 1 lakh mark
New Delhi: India saw a single-day rise of 22,775 new COVID-19 cases, highest since October 6, while the number of active cases surpassed one lakh and Omicron infection tally reached 1,431, the Union Health Ministry said on Saturday. India logged 161 fresh Omicron infections, taking the total tally of such cases in the country to […]
Omicron has started replacing Delta variant in India: Sources
New Delhi: Omicron has started replacing Delta variant in the country in terms of the number of COVID-19 cases and 80 per cent of international travellers who tested positive have this new variant, official sources said Friday. However, a third of all the detected cases were mildly symptomatic, and the rest were asymptomatic, they said. […]
Robust safety, immunogenicity in 2-18 year old volunteers: Study
Hyderabad: Bharat Biotech International Limited (BBIL), on Thursday announced that BBV152 (Covaxin), its whole-virion inactivated COVID-19 vaccine candidate, has proven to be safe, well-tolerated, and immunogenic in paediatric subjects in phase II/III study. Bharat Biotech had conducted phase II/III, open-label, and multicenter studies to evaluate the safety, reactogenicity, and immunogenicity of Covaxin in healthy children […]
Antibodies that can block Omicron variant identified
Washington, Dec 29 (PTI) Scientists have identified antibodies that neutralise Omicron and other variants of coronavirus by targeting areas that remain essentially unchanged as the virus mutates. The research, published in the journal Nature, may help design vaccines and antibody treatments that will be effective against not only Omicron but other variants that may emerge […]
Defence ministry puts restrictions on import of 351 items
New Delhi: The defence ministry on Wednesday announced a fresh list of 351 sub-systems and components that will not be allowed to be imported under a staggered timeline beginning December next year. It is the third list released by the ministry in the last 16 months and it comes as part of the government’s overall […]
Personnel to be deployed for poll duty entitled for precaution COVID-19 vaccine dose: Health Ministry to states
New Delhi: Personnel to be deployed on election duty in the five poll-bound states will be included in the category of frontline workers and would be entitled to the precaution dose of COVID-19 vaccine, amid growing indications that the elections may be held on time. The Election Commission is likely to announce the dates of […]
Covid vaccination: CoWIN registration for those in 15-18 age group to start on January 1
New Delhi: Children aged between 15 and 18 years would be able to register on the CoWIN portal from January 1 and the vaccine option for them would only be Covaxin, officials said on Monday as preparations are underway to start inoculating children against COVID-19 from January 3. “Children aged between 15 and 18 years […]