THE GREAT VACCINE RUSH

New Delhi, Feb 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) India on Friday achieved another milestone as over 80 per cent of the eligible population were vaccinated with both doses of Covid vaccines, Union Health Ministry Mansukh Mandaviya announced. “Sabko…

New Delhi, Feb 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) Delhi on Friday reported a decline in daily Covid cases, at 607, against 739 reported on previous day, as well as four new deaths, the Health Department bulletin said. The…

Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) The third wave of the Covid pandemic, which took a heavy toll in Kerala, appears to have subsided as on Friday, the state saw 7,780 cases, while the daily test positivity…

New Delhi, Feb 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) Over 2 crore adolescents in the 15-18 age bracket are now fully vaccinated against Covid-19, Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare Mansukh Mandaviya said on Friday. According to the…

New Delhi, Feb 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) As scientists raise an alarm over the fast rise in Omicron’s sibling called BA.2 in certain parts of the world, early studies suggest that the BA.2 lineage might prolong the…

Bhubaneswar, Feb 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) With the decline in daily Covid-19 cases during the past several days, the Odisha government has lifted the night curfew imposed in all urban areas of the state from Friday. In…

London, Feb 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) People in the UK have experienced a “substantial decrease” in mental wellbeing since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, finds a new study. The study, published in the journal Health Economics,…

New Delhi, Feb 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) In the last 24 hours, India registered 25,920 new Covid-19 cases, marking a 16 per cent decline, said the Union Health Ministry on Friday. Also in the same time span,…

New Delhi, Feb 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) Delhi on Thursday reported marginal decline in its daily Covid tally, at 739 cases, against 776 on the previous day, and five more deaths in the last 24 hours, the…

Sydney, Feb 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) The highly contagious Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2, has significantly increased the number of people reinfected with Covid, unlike previous variants, experts contended in an article on Nature. A recent study by…

Sydney, Feb 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) Although Omicron is touted as mild compared to previous variants, it is widely known to be more contagious than previous Covid strains. However, a team of researchers at University of New…

Beijing, Feb 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) A booster dose of China’s first ever mRNA-based Covid vaccine may be potent against Omicron, according to a study. However, two doses of the vaccine called ARCoV has seen a significant…

New Delhi, Feb 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) Union Health Ministry on Thursday said that reports claiming that Covid-19 mortality is higher than the official counts are ill informed and speculative. “There have been some media reports based…

London, Feb 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) After several delays, health regulators in England have approved a low-dose Covid vaccine for children aged between five and 11 in April. According to scientists on the Joint Committee on Vaccination…

New York, Feb 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) Small coronavirus respiratory particles can remain moist and airborne for a longer time and at greater distance than scientists have thought so far. Scientists at the US Department of Energy’s…

New Delhi, Feb 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) India reported 30,757 fresh Covid cases and 541 deaths in the past 24 hours, Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Thursday. With the fresh fatalities, the death…