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Roche’s antibody Covid drug now available in India
Roche India on Monday announced the rollout of its first batch of the antibody cocktail (Casirivimab and Imdevimab) against Coronavirus in India. The cocktail drug will be marketed by Cipla pan-India.The second batch of the cocktail jabs…
New cases drop to month’s lowest as Covid deaths cross 3L
With 4,454 new deaths due to Covid-19, India on Monday crossed three-lakh mark of fatalities due to the coronavirus infections, thus becoming world's third country after the US and Brazil to cross three-lakh deaths.On Monday, with 2,22,315…
Egypt receives raw materials to produce Sinovac Covid vaccine
Egypt has received the first batch of the raw materials to manufacture China's Sinovac vaccine, said the Chinese embassy in Egypt on Sunday.Along with the Sinovac raw materials, a new shipment of China's Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccines also…
New Covid cases dip below 26k in Karnataka; deaths 626
Reversing the trend, new Covid cases dipped below 26,000 in a day across Karnataka, while a record 626 patients succumbed to the infection in the last 24 hours, said the state health bulletin on Sunday."With 25,979 new cases registered on…
Calls to probe Wuhan lab as source of Covid grow louder after latest investigative report
The suspicion that a lab leak from a Chinese facility in Wuhan was the root cause of the Covid-19 pandemic continues to gather momentum with an investigative report by a leading US daily pointing out that three researchers working at the…
Deloitte and the Government of Haryana launch innovative initiative to ‘expand the hospital ward’ in…
The Government of Haryana, with support from Deloitte, today launched “Sanjeevani Pariyojana” (or ‘the life project’), a supervised, virtual home care initiative to help people quickly access health care for mild to moderate symptoms of…
All you need to know about home testing Covid-19 kits
In view of the second wave of Covid-19 that has put extreme pressure on diagnostic path labs, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) recently approved Covid-19 home testing using Rapid Antigen Tests (RATs). The self-use test can be…
US CDC examines heart problems in young adults post Covid jab
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is investigating reports of heart inflammation in teenagers and young adults after taking mRNA vaccinations against the Coronavirus disease, the media reported.According to the…
Always on duty: He helps Covid patients even as he battles virus
At the Sardar Patel Covid Care Centre, Radha Soami Beas in Delhi's Chhatarpur, many patients wait for Amar Nath Verma to kickstart the day for them.A Covid patient himself, Verma takes his medicines and then quickly starts moving, finding…
Samsung Biologics signs vaccine production deal with Moderna
Samsung Biologics, a South Korean biopharmaceutical firm, has signed a deal to manufacture Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine at its local factory.Under the agreement, the biotech unit of Samsung Group will provide the U.S. drugmaker with contract…