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Tocilizumab improves survival in critically ill Covid patients : Study
In a major breakthrough, researchers including one of Indian-origin have found that tocilizumab drug reduced mortality by 30 per cent among critically ill Covid-19 patients when administered within the first two days of ICU admission.For…
Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine gets nod for clinical trials in India
The Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) has granted approval to Dr Reddy's, a global pharmaceutical company headquartered in India, to conduct phase 2 and 3 clinical human trials of the Sputnik V, a Covid-19 vaccine made by Russia.On…
China’s Covid-19 vax is safe, prompts antibody response : Lancet
Chinese Covid-19 vaccine candidate -- BBIBP-CorV -- that is expected to completely inactivate the SARS-CoV-2 virus, is safe and elicits an antibody response, a study published in The Lancet has found.A previous clinical trial reported…
63K Covid cases, 730 deaths in a day in India
Around 8,000 more cases were seen in the daily spike as 63,509 fresh infection were reported in 24 hours after Tuesday's 55,342, taking the total Covid tally to 72,39,389 on Wednesday.After Tuesday's single-day spike created a sense of a…
Johnson & Johnson pauses Covid-19 vaccine trial
US pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson announced that it has temporarily paused its Covid-19 vaccine trial after a participant became unwell."We have temporarily paused further dosing in all our Covid-19 vaccine candidate clinical…
‘Work risk, disease severity to be factors in vaccine dispensing’
The government would look at two key considerations for prioritisation of the Covid-19 vaccine -- the occupational hazard and risk of exposure to infection, and secondly, the risk of developing severe disease and increased mortality, Union…
Bulletin on COVID-19 : JK reports 621 new positive cases, 67684 recovered so far
The Government on Wednesday informed that 621 new positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19), 260 from Jammu division and 361 from Kashmir division, have been reported today thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and…
Global Covid-19 cases top 35.7mn : Johns Hopkins
The overall number of global coronavirus cases has topped 35.7 million, while the deaths have increased to more than 1,048,700, according to the Johns Hopkins University.As of Wednesday, the total number of cases stood at 35,733,340 and the…
Bulletin on COVID-19 : JK reports 738 new positive cases, 65496 recovered so far
The Government on Tuesday informed that 738 new positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19), 290 from Jammu division and 448 from Kashmir division, have been reported today thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and…
Bulletin on COVID-19 : JK reports 632 new positive cases, 63790 recovered so far
The Government on Sunday informed that 632 new positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19), 346 from Jammu division and 286 from Kashmir division, have been reported today thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and…