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Only 19% aged above-18 have taken third Covid vaccine dose: Delhi govt

Only 19 per cent of those aged between 18 to 59 have taken the precautionary doses of the COVID-19 vaccine in Delhi, according to official data. As of now, the overall percentage of precautionary dose vaccination stands at 24 per cent. In the Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) meeting held on Thursday, there was a consensus that this percentage needs to be brought up to at least 40-50 per cent. Out of a total of 1.33 crore beneficiaries eligible for the precaution doses, only 31.49 lakh (24 per cent) had taken them till September 20. According to official data, as of September 20, a total of 1.14 crore beneficiaries were due for precaution doses in the age group of 18 to 59 with only 21.21 lakh taking it. In the age cohort of those aged above 60, 13.20 lakh beneficiaries are eligible, with nearly half of them -- 6.33 lakh or 48 per cent -- taken the precautionary dose. Among the healthcare and frontline workers, 61 per cent of the eligible beneficiaries have taken the ...

Data story: India logs 5,443 new Covid cases; active tally at 46,342

India has added 36,563 cases in the past 7 days

47 people charged in largest ever Covid-19 relief fraud scheme in US

US prosecutors have charged 47 people in connection with the largest ever Covid-19 relief fraud scheme, with the suspects accused of stealing a whopping $250 million from a government aid programme

Data story: India adds 4,510 news Covid cases; death toll at 528,403

India has added 37,542 cases in the past 7 days

Data story: India logs 4,043 Covid cases; active tally declines marginally

India has added 38,140 cases in the past 7 days

Canada likely to drop vaccine requirement for entry by September: Official

Canada will likely drop the vaccine requirement for people who enter Canada by the end of September, an official familiar with the matter told The Associated Press on Tuesday. Canada, like the United States, requires all people to be vaccinated when entering the country. It is not immediately known whether the U.S. will make a similar move by September 30. The official said that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau needs to give final sign off on it but that the government will likely be dropping the requirement as well as ending random COVID-19 testing at airports. Filling out information in the unpopular ArriveCan app will also no longer be required. The official spoke on condition of anonymity as they were not authorized to speak publicly on the matter. Unvaccinated professional athletes like major league baseball players would be allowed to play in Toronto in the playoffs should the Blue Jays make the postseason. They currently are not allowed to cross the border into Canada. When ne

India's Covid vaccination programme stunning: Roche's Hoffmann, Duschmale

'They (the next 125 years) look more challenging than the past 125 years. The world has changed. We have to make quicker decisions'

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Data story: India records 4,858 new Covid cases; active tally at 48,027

India has added 38,466 cases in the past 7 days

Data story: India logs 5,664 new Covid cases; active tally rise to 47,922

India has added 38,829 cases in the past 7 days

Data story: India logs 6,422 new Covid cases; active tally rises to 46,389

India has so far administered 2,159,816,124 vaccine doses

Data story: India logs 5,108 new Covid cases; death toll at 528,216

India has so far administered 2,156,706,574 vaccine doses

Nasal vaccines for Covid-19: How do they work and what are their benefits?

The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI), on Tuesday, approved Bharat Biotech's anti-covid vaccine for emergency use. It is the first such vaccine in the country

UP becomes the first state to cross 380 mn mark in Covid-19 vaccine doses

Uttar Pradesh has crossed the 38-crore mark of administering Covid-19 vaccine doses and has become the first state in India to have achieved this figure

Delhi reports 118 new Covid cases, no deaths; active tally at 591

The total number of cumulative beneficiaries vaccinated so far stands at 3,68,81,422, according to the health bulletin

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Data story: India adds 4,369 new Covid cases; active tally at 46,347

India has added 38,087 cases in the past 7 days

European Medicines Agency clears Pfizer-BioNTech's tweaked Covid booster

The European Medicines Agency has recommended the authorisation of a tweaked booster dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine that includes protection against two of the latest versions of omicron, as countries look to bolster their immunisation programs ahead of winter. The EU regulator said Monday that laboratory studies suggest the combination vaccine which targets both the original COVID-19 virus as well as the omicron subvariants BA.4 and BA.5 should trigger an effective immune response. The vaccine is expected to be as safe as the original version, but the agency will continue to track its rollout globally since the data is limited. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration gave the modified vaccine shot the green light last month. According to the World Health Organisation, the BA.5 version of omicron is responsible for most of the COVID-19 spreading globally; it made up about 87% of all virus sequences shared with the biggest public database. Earlier this month, the .

Daily Covid cases drop to 63 in Delhi, 1 death; active tally at 619

Delhi recorded one more death due to COVID-19 and 63 fresh cases of the infection with a positivity rate of 1.83 per cent on Monday, according to the data shared by the city health department. The new cases were detected from the 3,434 tests conducted the previous day, the department said in its latest bulletin. With the new cases and fatalities, Delhi's COVID-19 tally has climbed to 20,01,769 and the death toll has gone up to 26,494, according to the bulletin. On Sunday, the city logged 137 new Covid cases with a positivity rate of 1.36 per cent and two more fatalities. The national capital recorded no death due to Covid and 137 cases of the infection with a positivity rate of 1.17 per cent on Saturday. On Friday, the city saw 123 Covid cases with a positivity rate of 1.06 per cent and four fatalities. On Thursday, it reported 182 Covid cases with a positivity rate of 1.37 per cent and three fatalities. The day before, it recorded 177 cases of the viral disease with a positivity

Residents under Covid lockdowns in China complain of food shortages: Report

Authorities are scrambling to contain local outbreaks ahead of the Communist Party of China's congress in October