COVID-19: India reports 16,906 fresh cases, 45 fatalities in last 24 hours | DETAILS
India | July 13, 2022 9:30 ISTCOVID-19: The total active cases in India have risen to 1,32,457, the health ministry data showed on Wednesday.
COVID-19: The total active cases in India have risen to 1,32,457, the health ministry data showed on Wednesday.
COVID-19 updates: Last Friday (July 8), the WHO's Emergency Committee concluded that the virus remains a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) and warned of several interlinked challenges.
In addition, the scientists tested the ability of 19 monoclonal antibody treatments to neutralise the variants and found that only one of the available antibody treatments remained highly effective against both Omicron sub-variants BA.2.12.1 and BA.4/5.
Long-Covid is marked by neurological symptoms, such as memory loss, sensory confusion, severe headaches, and even stroke.
The total active cases of COVID-19 in India have risen to 1,14,475, the health ministry data showed on Tuesday.
The total active cases of COVID-19 in India have risen to 1,04,555, the health ministry data showed on Thursday.
Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said all healthcare facilities should report Influenza Like Illness (ILI) cases, and District Surveillance Officer (DSO) will be responsible to analyse the data.
Delhi has also reported a few cases of BA.4 and BA.5 variants of Omicron, which are highly transmissible
GEMCOVAC-19 is the first mRNA vaccine that has been developed in India.
Health Minister Ong Ye Kung on Tuesday told Chinese newspaper Lianhe Zaobao, "I had earlier said that the next wave might take place around July or August, but it's now here a little earlier, at the end of June- possibly due to the June holidays."
The DCGI's nod came after the subject expert committee on COVID-19 of the CSDCO last week recommended granting emergency use authorisation to Covovax for the age group of 7 to 11 years.
While only 4 per cent of cases caused by the sub-variant were identified in May, in June to date, the BA-5 sub-variant was identified in 25.2 per cent of the SARS- CoV-2 samples whose whole genome sequencing was conducted.
State health department data showed the recovery rate was 97.82 per cent, the fatality rate was 1.86 per cent, and the positivity rate stood at 10.13 per cent.
Male patients, however, were more likely to experience endocrine disorders such as diabetes and kidney disorders. The odds of females developing long Covid syndrome is 22 per cent higher than males, the researchers noted in the study published in the journal Current Medical Research and Opinion.
The health advisory made wearing of masks and face covers in public places mandatory.
According to WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the most likely explanation was a catastrophic accident at a laboratory in Wuhan, where infections first spread during late 2019, Daily Mail reported.
The Union Minister informed on Twitter that she has tested positive for Covid and apologised to the people of Delhi's Rajendra Nagar for not being able to attend a program.
COVID cases in India: The total active cases of COVID in India have risen to 72,474, the health ministry data showed on Sunday.
India logged a single-day rise of 13,216 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 4,32,83,793, while the active cases have increased to 68,108, according to health ministry data updated on Saturday morning.
Post-Covid liver injuries have been increasingly reported among adults as well. Similarly, two Indian studies also reported acute hepatitis among children during pandemic.
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