Corona Updates

People in the 18-59 age group can get free precaution doses of the Covid vaccine at government vaccination centres under a 75-day special drive which begins today. The drive, aimed at boosting the administration of Covid precaution doses,…
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A new study has revealed that the SARS-CoV-2 virus which causes Covid-19 may survive on meat and fish products in the refrigerator or the freezer for up to 30 days. The research was recently published in the journal Applied and…
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Covid-19 cases in Shanghai continued to climb as parts of China’s financial hub face more rounds of mass testing, with new sub-variants providing a constant challenge to the country’s zero-tolerance approach to the virus. The city recorded…
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In a slight dip in the new COVID cases, India logged 18,257 fresh infections in the last 24 hours, according to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Sunday. The country had reported 18,840 fresh COVID-19 cases on Saturday.…
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Standing Technical Sub-Committee (STSC) has given a nod for the use of Biological E`s Corbevax and Bharat Biotech`s Covaxin for children aged between 5-12 years, sources informed on Friday. According to the sources, no decision on…
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The latest Omicron sub-variants — including the BA.4 and BA.5 forms causing new global surges in infections — are even better at eluding vaccines and most antibody treatments than previous variants, finds a study. Subvariants BA.2.12.1,…
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A new sub-lineage BA.2.75 of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus has been detected in countries like India and the World Health Organisation is following this, Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said. “On COVID-19, globally…
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As Canada couldn’t find any takers of the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine, either at home or abroad, it is going to throw out about 13.6 million doses of the vaccine. Canada signed a contract with AstraZeneca in 2020 to get 20 million…
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About 10 states in India have detected a new sub-variant of Omicron BA.2.75, which may be “alarming” in nature, according to an Israeli expert on Sunday. However, the Indian Health Ministry is yet to officially confirm the detection of the…
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Scientists in the US have developed a rapid Covid-19 test that can accurately detect all current variants of SARS-CoV-2 within hours. The test, CoVarScan, detects the signatures of eight hotspots on the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes…
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