US President Joe Biden calls COVID pandemic pill 'significant step'
World | December 23, 2021 9:38 ISTJoe Biden said that his administration will work with states to ensure equitable distribution.
Joe Biden said that his administration will work with states to ensure equitable distribution.
A separate study out of Scotland, by scientists at the University of Edinburgh and other experts, suggested the risk of hospitalization was two-thirds less with omicron than delta.
Bill Gates advised people to take booster shots of COVID vaccine, saying it gives the best protection.
Over 138.95 cr vaccine doses have been administered so far under the Nationwide Vaccination Drive.
Health Secy Rajesh Bhushan on Tuesday wrote to states and union territories informing that Omicron variant of Covid is at least 3 times more transmissible than the Delta variant.
Over 135.99 crore vaccine doses have been administered so far under the Nationwide Vaccination Drive.
The panel recommended the unusual move of giving preference to Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, and late Thursday the CDC’s director, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, accepted the panel’s advice.
The Union govt is committed to accelerating the pace and expanding the scope of COVID vaccination throughout the country.
Maximum Omicron cases have been reported from Mumbai with a total of 13 infections. Followed by 10 in Pimpri Chinchwad, two each in Pune Municipal Corporation, Osmanabad and one each in Kalyan Dombivali, Nagpur, Latur, Vasai Virar and Buldhana.
Paul also hoped that COVID in India is possibly moving in the direction of endemicity, where there is a low or moderate level of transmission going on.
Over 134.61 crore vaccine doses have been administered so far under the Nationwide Vaccination Drive.
Joe Biden said that several steps remain before Pfizer pill can become available, including authorization by the Food and Drug Administration.
Over 127.61 crore vaccine doses have been administered so far under the Nationwide Vaccination Drive.
"We have always seen children not being heavily affected by COVID epidemic in the past (and) not having many admissions (to hospitals). In the third wave, we saw more admissions in children under five and in teenagers who were 15 to 19," says experts.
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Over 126.53 cr vaccine doses have been administered so far under the Nationwide Vaccination Drive.
A report by Rosstat on Friday brought the overall number of virus-linked deaths between Apr 2020 and Oct 2021 to over 537,000- almost twice the widely-cited toll reported by Russia’s state coronavirus task force to date.
Over 124.96 crore vaccine doses have been administered so far under the Nationwide Vaccination Drive.
In the wake of the new coronavirus variant Omicron, Union Health Ministry said that passengers arriving from 'at risk' countries need to undergo RT-PCR test on arrival and if found positive for COVID-19, they will be treated under clinical management protocol. On Thursday, India reported its first 2 cases of Omicron variant after two people tested positive for the new variant in Karnataka. The new COVID-19 variant B.1.1.529 was first detected in South Africa. WHO classified its as a 'variant of concern' and named it as 'Omicron.'
The Omicron variant (B.1.1.529), a new variant of the COVID, was first reported in Botswana on Nov 11, 2021, and appeared on Nov 14 in South Africa. It has been declared a variant of concern by WHO.
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