VACCINE HUNT

Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh), Nov 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) Giving a shot in the arm to the vaccination drive — quite literally, a 125-year-old seer, Swami Shivananda took his second dose of the vaccine earlier this week, putting…

Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh), Nov 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) Thirty more Zika cases have been reported in Kanpur district, taking the tally to 66. The 30 new cases have been reported from the tests conducted at the virology…

Canberra, Nov 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) Australia’s Northern Territory (NT) has introduced Covid restrictions after reporting its first locally-acquired case. Michael Gunner, chief minister of the NT, on Thursday night announced that an unvaccinated man in his…

Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) There seems to be no respite for Kerala from high daily Covid tallies as the state on Thursday saw 7,545 people turn positive after 71,841 samples were tested in the past…

Hyderabad, Nov 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) According to doctors, people, especially those vulnerable to the Covid-19 infection in India, should be mentally prepared to take a booster dose of Covid-19 vaccine to protect themselves from new variants…

New Delhi, Nov 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) India registered 12,885 new Covid-19 cases and 461 deaths in the last 24 hrs, the Union Health Ministry said on Thursday. The new fatalities increased the overall nationwide death toll…

Kanpur, Nov 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) With 25 more people having tested positive for Zika in Uttar Pradesh’s Kanpur, the city has now emerged as a hotspot for the virus. The total number of cases in the…

New Delhi/Hyderabad, Nov 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Wednesday approved Covaxin, India’s first home-grown vaccine against Covid. The WHO’s Technical Advisory Group (TAG) granted the Emergency Use Listing (EUL) approval to Bharat…

London, Nov 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) Another offshoot of the Delta Covid variant, called AY.4.3, is fast spreading in several countries of Europe, according to media reports. The new sub-strain has already been spotted 8,138 times in…

Hyderabad, Nov 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech announced on Wednesday that the World Health Organisation (WHO) has franted Emergency Use Listing to India’s first indigenous Covid-19 vaccine Covaxin. Developed by Bharat Biotech in partnership…

New Delhi, Nov 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Wednesday granted Emergency Use Listing approval to India’s indigenously-developed Covid vaccine, Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin. The global health group’s Technical Advisory Group (TAG) issued the…

New Delhi, Nov 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Serum Institute of India, along with its partner Novavax, on Wednesday said that they received the emergency use authorisation (EUA) for their recombinant nanoparticle protein-based Covid-19 vaccine, Novavax, in…

Hyderabad, Nov 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) India’s drug regulator, the Central Drugs Standards Control Organisation (CDSCO) has approved the extension of shelf life of indigenously-developed Covid-19 vaccine Covaxin from nine to 12 months. The Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech…

Lucknow, Nov 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) The number of people in Uttar Pradesh who have been fully vaccinated against Covid-19 has crossed the 3.35 crore mark. With this, the proportion of fully immunised persons in the state…

New Delhi, Nov 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) Delhi reported 34 fresh cases of Covid-19 on Tuesday, pushing the tally at 14,39,922, according to the latest bulletin issued by the Delhi health department. However, no Covid fatality has…

Bengaluru, Nov 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) As Covid situation is under control in the state, the Karnataka government is all set to reopen over 62,580 Anganawadis across the state from November 8. About 56.50 lakh children between…

By Rachel V. Thomas New Delhi, Nov 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) Delta Covid infection, which can progress to ICU admissions and death, can be stopped in its tracks by monoclonal antibody therapy, claims a new study. Developed…