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Covid-19: A week ahead of Christmas, Biden warns of “winter of death”

December 17, 2021 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: A week before the world prepares to celebrate Christmas, cautiously, US President Joe Biden warned of a “winter of severe illness and death” for those unvaccinated against Covid-19, while the G-7 called the Omicron variant the biggest threat to global public health, the media reported on Friday. Victims of the […]

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70 Omicron Cases in India, Home Secretary Reviewed Preparedness in UTs

December 16, 2021 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Dec 16: Amidst reports that Omicron variant of the Coronavirus has affected more than 70 patients in India, the Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla on Thursday reviewed the situation in the country to assess preparedness of health infrastructure of all Union territories to deal with the Covid-19. A home ministry spokesperson said the […]

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No Protection against Omicron from Chinese Vaccine

December 15, 2021 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Dec 15: A Hong Kong-based team of researchers have found that the China-made Covid-19 vaccine Coronavac does not provide sufficient antibodies to neautralise Omicron variant. The Chinese shot made by Sinovac Biotech Ltd is one of the most widely used vaccine in the world and the report of the Hong Kong research team’s […]

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Covid-19: Omicron may have reached most nations, spreading faster, says WHO

December 15, 2021 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The World Health Organization has warned Omicron was spreading faster than all other coronavirus variants, at an unprecedented rate, and urged countries to act quickly to contain it as several nations fear another wave of the Covid-19 pandemic could mar the Christmas holidays beginning next week. The media reported on […]

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Covid-19: India reports 7350 new cases in the last 24 hours

December 13, 2021 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: The Ministry of Health on Monday informed that India recorded 7,350 new COVID-19 cases and 202 deaths in the last 24 hours. India logged a total of 3,46,97,860 and 4,75,636 deaths so far, as per the data released by the MoH. The national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.37 percent, the highest […]

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Omicron Spreads Faster and Reduces Vaccine Efficacy: The WHO

December 13, 2021 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: The World Health Organization on Sunday said, “A new variant of Covid-19 ‘omicron’ is spreading faster than Delta and another variant. It reduces vaccine efficacy but causes less severe symptoms,” the delta variant which was first detected in India. Early evidence suggests Omicron causes “a reduction in vaccine efficacy against infection and transmission”, […]

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Two New Case of Omicron Infection in Gujarat: Country’s Tally Rise to 25

December 10, 2021 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Dec 10: Gujarat on Friday reported two new cases Omicron variant of Covid-19 taking the country’s tally to 25 so far. The wife and brother-in-law of a Non-Resident Indian who had landed in Jamnagar from Zimbabwe and was the first in Gujarat to be found Omicron variant infected, have also been detected with […]

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Covid-19: Omicron spreads to 57 countries, hospitalization may go up, says WHO

December 8, 2021 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The World Health Organization (WHO), on Wednesday, said the Omicron variant of Covid-19 has spread to 57 nations and the number of patients needing hospitalization might increase with its spread. In its weekly epidemiological report, the global healthcare watchdog said they needed more data to assess the severity of disease […]

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The Indian Pharmaceutical Giant ‘SII’ to cut Covishield production by 50 percent

December 8, 2021 Vinayak Barot

_Vinayak Barot New Delhi: Amid the rising ‘Omicron’ threat in the world, the Indian pharmaceutical giant Serum Institute of India (SII) has decided to cut the covishield vaccine production by 50 percent. Chief Executive officer of SII Adar Poonawalla said that “The Company has decided to cut the production by 50 percent as Company has […]

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Experts Committee in No Hurry to Decide on Booster Dose, Immunisation for Children

December 7, 2021 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Dec 7: The National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (NTAGI) is in no hurry to take a decision on the booster or additional doses of vaccine for any section of the population in the country. The NTAGI which met earlier this week stood by the stand of the union health ministry that a […]