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Nasal Covid-19 vaccines help the body prepare for infection right where it starts – in your nose and…
Imagine inhaling just a few drops of liquid or mist to get protected from COVID-19. That is the idea behind nasal COVID-19 vaccines, and they have been getting a lot of attention recently as a spray or liquid. These nasal vaccines would be…
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Maharashtra reports first cases of BA.4, BA.5 subvariants of Omicron in Pune
Maharashtra on Saturday reported its first cases of the Covid-19 infection with BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants of the Omicron strain of the virus in at least seven cases in Pune.
According to the state health department's report on whole…
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With 536 new Covid-19 cases, Maharashtra records highest single day rise in nearly 50 days
Maharashtra on Friday recorded 536 new coronavirus infections - the highest one-day rise in cases since March 3 - but zero pandemic-related fatalities, the health department said.
The tally of active cases crossed the 2,500-mark, it said.…
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‘Covid-19 pandemic far from over’: WHO chief issues chilling warning amid 4th wave fears
The head of the World Health Organisation (WHO) issued a chilling warning amid fears of the 4th wave and said that the Covid-19 pandemic "is far from over".
"... the pandemic is far from over. And even as we continue to fight it, we face…
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AstraZeneca says EU has approved its Vaxzevria vaccine for Covid booster shot
Drugmaker AstraZeneca said on Monday its COVID-19 vaccine, Vaxzevria, has been approved in the European Union by the bloc's drugs regulator as a third-dose booster in adults following a committee endorsement last week.
The vaccine can now…
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Covid-19: INSACOG confirms presence of BA.4, BA.5 subvariants of Omicron in India
Central body INSACOG on Sunday confirmed the detection of BA.4 and BA.5 variants of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in India – the first one in Tamil Nadu and other in Telangana. Both are subvariants of the fast-spreading Omicron variant…
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Thousands of Covid-negative Beijing residents sent to quarantine
Thousands of Covid-negative Beijing residents were forcibly relocated to quarantine hotels overnight due to a handful of infections, as the capital begins to take more extreme control measures resembling virus-hit Shanghai.
Beijing has…
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India’s first case of Omicron variant BA.4 detected in Hyderabad
The first case of the new Omicron sub-variant BA.4 in the country was reported from Hyderabad on Thursday.
While the detection of the new Covid-19 subvariant has been reported by several media outlets, verification is now awaited from…
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Covid-19: Here’s why you should get your kid vaccinated
Two years back, the covid pandemic grappled the world. The world shut down for months, and after the long wait lined with death of loved ones, watching the near and dear ones have the terror of the virus and stopping the normal life and…
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Covid-19 outbreak in North Korea worrying for new variants, says WHO
The World Health Organization (WHO) has said that the Covid-19 outbreak in North Korea is worrying for new variants of the virus, as the country is battling a rapid spread of a mysterious fever since late April.
Addressing a press…
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