An expert panel of India's central drug authority has recommended granting emergency use authorisation to Zydus Cadila's three-dose COVID-19 vaccine ZyCoV-D, sources said.
The study found that the delta variant of covid was unable to evade all but one of the antibodies the researchers tested. Other variants of concern, such as beta, avoided recognition and neutralization by several of the antibodies.
According to the data shared by the Union Health Ministry Monday, the country saw a total of 35,909 discharges in the last 24 hours, taking the total recovery rate at around 97.46 percent and total recoveries to 3,14,11,924.
An official statement said Maharashtra had the capacity to vaccinate 10 lakh people per day and the drive can be expedited provided doses are made available in adequate numbers.
The Punjab government has made negative Covid-19 report or full vaccination mandatory for all people intending to visit the state from August 16.
The Food and Drug Administration ruled that transplant recipients and other similarly immune-compromised patients can get a third dose of either the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine.
As per the data released on Wednesday, there were 65 patients infected with the Delta plus variant in the entire state. Seven of them were from Mumbai.
With 1,40,843 vaccines administered on the previous day, Delhi's present stock of coronavirus vaccines will last for three days only, according to the city government's vaccination bulletin issued on Wednesday.
As of Sunday August 08, total 48,17,67,232 have been tested in the country, and 13,71,871 samples were tested on Sunday alone.
The FDA has only granted emergency-use approval of the Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson vaccines, but the agency is expected to soon give full approval to Pfizer.
As a critic of Cowin, let me say they’ve done something terrific, said senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, praising the Modi government over CoWIN portal.
"Being unvaccinated was associated with 2.34 times the odds of re-infection compared with being fully vaccinated," said the US Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in a statement.
"The present rate of COVID-19 vaccine supply," will take another year for all to get vaccinated, says the Delhi health department.
ICMR said that mixing and matching of vaccines Covishield and Covaxin can yeild better results against Covid-19.
Americans have managed to get COVID booster shots by taking advantage of the nation’s vaccine surplus and loose tracking of those who have been fully vaccinated.
Xi Jinping pledged 2 billion doses of Chinese vaccines would be supplied to the world through this year and $100 million would be donated to a U.N.-backed distribution program, state media reported.
India is in talks with various nations for a mutual recognition of COVID-19 vaccination certifications, the government informed Parliament on Thursday.
India's Covid vaccination coverage on Tuesday crossed the 48 crore-landmark milestone, giving a boost to the country's mega-inoculation drive. More than 51.51 lakh (51,51,891) vaccine doses were administered on Tuesday.
With the new cases, the overall infection tally in the city rose to 14,36,401 out of which 14,10,809 patients have recovered from the disease.
The Delhi government had on July 22 ordered that only the second dose of Covishield vaccine will be administered at government inoculation centres till July 31 due to limited supply.
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