Tag: COVID-19
India in last lap of Covid-19 vaccination, need aggressive campaign: Health...
Vaccination a powerful weapon against Covid-19, let us embark on aggressive campaigns for increasing its pace and expanding the coverage, says Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya...........................
United States & India discuss IP-led solutions to the global pandemic
Although the global pandemic continues to affect millions, the 4th Annual IP Dialogue proved to be incredibly impactful, with intellectual property playing such a key role in efforts to study and combat the ongoing global pandemic.................................
Fully vaccinated individuals surpasses partially vaccinated eligible population for first time
Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya, Union Minister for Health & Family Welfare assures of no shortage of vaccine doses in the country, urges people to come forward for second dose..........................
India’s cumulative COVID-19 vaccination coverage exceeds 112.97 crore doses
The Active Caseload is presently at 1,30,793 is lowest in 525 days. Active cases presently constitute 0.38% of the country's total Positive Cases, which is lowest since March 2020.....................
SMART develops 10-minute test for detection of COVID immunity
Newly developed paper-based blood test by researchers from Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART) can determine the presence of SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibodies within 10 minutes. This point-of-care test offers an accuracy rate of up to 93%..............................
Patients with Covid-19 history adding to diabetes burden, say Experts
At least 25% of newly reported diabetes cases have a confirmed history of Covid-19, reveals data from OPD cases from past 2 years.................................
Covaxin P3 data published in Lancet, overall 77.8% efficacy confirmed
This first publication of the data shows COVAXIN has 93.4% efficacy against severe COVID-19 disease, 77.8% overall efficacy, 63.6% efficacy against asymptomatic disease and 65.2% efficacy against the Delta variant in the Phase 3 clinical trial of 25,798 participants..........................
New study reveals high prevalence of post COVID-19 fatigue in patients...
Study conducted jointly by Fortis C-DOC, AIIMS, C-NET, N-DOC and Diabetes Foundation..........................
15.69 crore unutilized vaccine doses still available with States/UTs
As per the data released by union government, more than 116.54 crore vaccine doses were provided to States/UTs..................
Monoclonal antibody therapy prevents severe Covid-19 deaths: AIG Hospitals’ study
Study conducted on 285 high-risk individuals and published in the International Journal of Internal Medicine successfully proved that the Monoclonal Therapy reduces severe disease and death in high-risk individuals infected with the Delta Variant of SARS CoV 2...................