Pfizer, BioNTech start COVID-flu combination vaccine study
The early-stage study, which is being sponsored by BioNTech, aims to evaluate the combination shot's safety, tolerability and immunogenicity, or the ability to generate immune response.
Thai central bank winds down COVID era support measures
The central bank will not extend its loan-to-value measures for the property sector, assistant governor Chayawadee Chai-Anant said on Monday.
Shanghai Disney guests kept in closed park for virus testing
The park closed Monday for testing of staff and visitors, Walt Disney Co. and the city government announced. No details of a possible outbreak were released.
Macau mass tests its population after COVID-19 infections
After of a three-month spell of virtually no COVID cases, 11 infections have been found in the past few days and the return of curbs marks a setback for casino executives and investors keen for a recovery in gambling revenues.
Macau reimposes COVID curbs with casino lockdown as infections creep up
Authorities locked down the MGM Cotai casino resort owned by MGM China on Sunday with staff and guests ordered to stay inside until November 1.
Chinese cities clamp down on COVID as cases rise before winter season
Cases in mainland China hit 2,898 on Sunday, topping 2,000 for a second straight day and pressuring the country's controversial zero-COVID policy, which has hamstrung the economy and exasperated its citizens.
Coronavirus Update | Active Covid cases decline to 17,912
The death toll climbed to 5,29,024 with eight fatalities which includes five deaths reconciled by Kerala, the data updated at 8 am stated.
Chinese cities brace for wave of Foxconn workers from COVID-hit Zhengzhou
Photographs and videos circulating widely on Chinese social media since Saturday showed Foxconn workers trekking across fields in the day and along roads at night.
Covid in endemic phase, experts feel
Currently, the symptoms of Covid and influenza are very similar and can said to be a flu-like syndrome and the treatment essentially remains supportive, former AIIMS director and a professor of pulmonology at the hospital, Dr Randeep Guleria said.
India reports 1,604 fresh COVID-19 cases
Five new deaths due to the disease were reported in the country two each from Karnataka and Maharashtra, and one from Mizoram.
Maharashtra: 36 cases of XBB subvariant of Omicron found so far; experts worry about 'long COVID'
Pune district has reported 21 XBB cases to date, followed by 10 in Thane, two in Nagpur and one each in Akola, Amravati and Raigad.
Coronavirus origins: the debate flares up, but the evidence remains weak
A recent preprint (a study yet to be peer-reviewed) claims to have identified possibly unusual sequence patterns in the SARS-CoV-2 genome.
Shanghai district orders mass COVID-19 testing, lockdown
Strict measures have been imposed across the country, from Shanghai in the east to Tibet far to the west, where anti-lockdown protests have also been reported.
Coronavirus Update | Active Covid cases dip to 19,398
The death toll climbed to 5,28,999 with 12 fatalities which includes nine reconciled by Kerala, the data updated at 8 am stated.
Coronavirus Update | Active Covid cases in country dip to 20,821
The death toll due to the viral disease climbed to 5,28,987 with one new fatality, the data updated at 8 am stated.
Afraid of needles? China using inhalable COVID-19 vaccine
The vaccine, a mist that is sucked in through the mouth, is being offered for free as a booster dose for previously vaccinated people, according to an announcement on an official city social media account.
Chinese cities tighten curbs against widening COVID outbreaks
China on Thursday reported a third straight day of more than 1,000 new COVID cases nationwide, a modest tally compared with the tens of thousands per day that sent Shanghai into a full-blown lockdown earlier this year but enough to trigger more curbs and restrictions across the country.
Coronavirus Update | Daily Covid cases in country lowest in 196 days
The death toll climbed to 5,28,980 with three fatalities which includes two deaths reconciled by Kerala, the data updated at 8 am stated. One death has been reported from Delhi in the last 24 hours.
Coronavirus Update | India records 1,994 fresh cases
The death toll due to the viral disease has gone up to 5,28,961 with four more fatalities, according to the ministry's data updated at 8 am.
Coronavirus Update | India records 2,112 new Covid cases, active case down by nearly 1000 in one day
The death toll climbed to 5,28,957 with four fatalities which includes three deaths reconciled by Kerala, the data updated at 8 am stated.
Pfizer says COVID-19 vaccine will cost $110-$130 per dose
More than 375 million doses of the original vaccine, which Pfizer developed with the German drugmaker BioNTech, have been distributed in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Labs creating new viruses and COVID-19 variants need more oversight
Boston University researchers created a new strain of COVID-19. Such work is important, but needs more stringent oversight
Maharashtra govt warns of COVID-19 spike citing evasive XBB variant, winter
A health official department bulletin said the XBB variant reported in the state had a "growth advantage over BA.2.75 and immune evasive property".
Health Ministry to stop procuring fresh COVID-19 vaccines, surrenders Rs 4,237 crore from vaccination budget
According to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, 219.32 crore doses of the coronavirus vaccine have been administered to beneficiaries across the country so far.
