COVID-19 News Updates

With the administration of over 33.84 lakhs vaccine doses in the last 24 hours, India's Covid inoculation coverage reached 176.19 crore as of Wednesday morning.

US continues to be the worst-hit country with the world's highest number of cases and deaths at 78,642,385 and 938,938, according to the CSSE.

On the possibility of Omicron BA.2 causing another surge, Dr Garg said that it cannot infect those who have previously had BA.1 sub-variant of Covid-19.

The weekly positivity rate currently stands at 1.98 per cent, while the daily positivity rate has risen to 1.24 per cent.

US continues to be the worst-hit country with the world's highest number of cases and deaths at 78,526,236 and 935,951, according to the CSSE.

Several countries have seen a decline in Omicron variant-led Covid surge. The decrease in cases has also led to lifting restrictions. Sweden, Denmark, and Norway have all lifted Covid restrictions as they look to reclassify the virus as a disease that does not pose a threat to society. The UK and the US are soon likely to follow.

The Corbevax vaccine is administered through intramuscular route with two doses, scheduled 28 days apart, and is stored at 2 to 8 degrees Celsius temperature and presented as 0.5 ml (single dose) and 5 ml (10 doses) vial and 10 mL (20 doses) vial pack.

The Drugs Controller General Of India has already approved Covovax for restricted use in emergency situations in adults on December 28.

The suggestion letter reads further that the prioritization concept adopted by the National Expert Group on Vaccine Administration for Covid-19 (NEGVAC) lacked representation of health professionals with disabilities, and organizations of doctors with disabilities were never involved in the development of vaccine priority groups by either NEGVAC or the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).

A reduction of 22,056 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.

The US continues to be the worst-hit country with the world's highest number of cases and deaths at 78,476,869 and 935,331, according to the CSSE.

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The US has already approved the fourth dose for immunocompromised people, such as those living with HIV or certain transplant recipients. Other countries that have approved the fourth shot include the UK, Chile.

The weekly positivity rate currently stood at 2.27 per cent, the daily positivity rate increased to 1.68 per cent.

US continues to be the worst-hit country with the world's highest number of cases and deaths at 78,457,081 and 934,951, according to the CSSE.