Corona Updates

The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) on Friday gave its permission to Bharat Biotech for conducting trials of intranasal booster doses against the coronavirus disease (Covid-19). According to an input from news agency ANI, the…
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India registered a significant dip in Covid-19 casecount with 2,51,209 fresh infections being registered on Friday. This is a little over 35,000 less than Thursday’s figures when 2,86,384 cases were reported. The current active caseload…
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Australia's drug regulator on Friday approved the use of COVID-19 vaccine booster shots for 16- and 17-year-olds as authorities urge people to get their third doses soon to mitigate the threat from the Omicron coronavirus variant. The…
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The EU's drug watchdog approved Pfizer's coronavirus pill on Thursday, making it the first oral antiviral treatment for the disease to be authorised in Europe. Studies showed the drug called Paxlovid reduces hospitalisation and death in…
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कोरोना महामारी के खिलाफ जंग में 'संजीवनी' साबित हो चुके कोविशील्ड और कोवैक्सीन को लेकर अच्छी खबर है। ड्रग कंट्रोलर जनरल ऑफ इंडिया (डीसीजीआई) ने कोविशील्ड और कोवैक्सिन के लिए सशर्त बाजार की मंजूरी दे दी है। लेकिन वैक्सीन लगाने के लिए…
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Last year in December, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that booster shots will be available for frontline workers and senior citizens aged above 60 from January 10, 2022. This came after India saw rising cases of coronavirus…
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Weekend curfew has been lifted in Delhi, odd-even curbs for markets will go and restaurants can reopen with 50 per cent capacity, the government said today, with cases dropping in the capital. Schools will, however, remain shut for now.…
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India reported 2,86,384 new Covid-19 cases and 573 deaths in the last 24 hours, showed the Union health ministry bulletin on Thursday morning. The country's positivity rate shot up from 16.16 per cent to 19.59 per cent. The weekly…
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Some posts on social media talked about one such infection named ‘flurona’ in Israel, which the users said is a double infection of Covid-19 and influenza. But healthcare experts have now dismissed this, saying it’s not a different thing.…
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Individuals infected with Omicron have a significant immune response which could neutralize not only Omicron but also other variants of concern, including the most prevalent Delta variant, an Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) study…
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