'ZyCoV-D' vaccine 66% efficient against Covid Delta variant: Zydus Group MD
India | August 23, 2021 15:10 ISTZydus Group MD Dr. Sharvil Patel has claimed that 'ZyCoV-D' vaccine holds about 66% efficacy against the Delta variant of COVID-19.
Zydus Group MD Dr. Sharvil Patel has claimed that 'ZyCoV-D' vaccine holds about 66% efficacy against the Delta variant of COVID-19.
The single-shot vaccine of J&J is the second Covid-19 vaccine which has already been approved for the Emergency Use Authorisation (EUA) through the fast-track approval route by the Drug Controller General of India.
Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Thursday said that the results of an ongoing research for development of Covid-19 vaccines for children may arrive next month and the antidote may be launched "very soon".
Over 3.86 crore people did not get their second dose of anti-Covid vaccines -- Covishield and Covaxin -- within the stipulated period of time, the government has said in response to an RTI query.
The researchers, however, noted that with Delta, Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine and Oxford-AstraZeneca preventive, known as Covishield in India, still offer good protection against new infections.
Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya had told BJP MPs that Covid vaccination for children is likely to start soon.
The doses were seized by authorities in India and Africa between July and August, a WHO statement said. It also said the vaccine's maker, the Serum Institute of India, confirmed that the doses were fake.
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.
The cumulative number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the country has surpassed 55 crore.
India took 85 days to touch the figure of 10 crores. It then took 45 days to cross the 20 crore-mark, 29 days more to reach 30 crores. India took 24 days to reach 40 crore from 30 crore and then 20 more days to cross 50 crore vaccinations on August 6. It surpassed the 54 crore-mark on August 14.
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.
Five states -- Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh -- have administered more than one crore cumulative doses of COVID-19 vaccine in the 18-44 age group, the ministry said.
On August 13, India reported 40,120 new COVID-19 cases. 585 deaths were reported in last 24 hrs, taking the toll to 4,30,254.
The government on Tuesday informed the Parliament that the photo along with the words of the prime minister in vaccination certificates "reinforce" the message for creating awareness about following Covid-appropriate behaviour even after inoculation
The Centre has approved a vaccine manufacturing facility for the production of Covaxin in Gujarat's Ankleshwar.
The Pentagon will require members of the U.S. military to get the COVID-19 vaccine by Sept. 15, according to a memo obtained by The Associated Press. That deadline could be pushed up if the vaccine receives final FDA approval or infection rates continue to rise.
India launched vaccination for all people aged more than 45 from April 1. The government then decided to expand its vaccination drive by allowing everyone above 18 eligible to be vaccinated from May 1.
Zydus Cadila's needle-free COVID-19 vaccine 'ZyCoV-D' will be the sixth Covid vaccine to be available in India.
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.
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