India's daily Covid cases rise by 247,417, highest since May
A total of 36.32 million infections reported, the biggest tally after the US
A woman wearing a protective face mask walks past a mural on a street, amidst the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Mumbai, India, January 10, 2022 Reuters
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Publish : 13 Jan 2022, 12:35 PMUpdate : 13 Jan 2022, 12:35 PM
India reported 247,417 new Covid-19 cases on Thursday, the most since late May, according to data from the health ministry.
With another 380 deaths in a day, the overall fatalities reached at 485,035.
India has reported a total of 36.32 million Covid-19 infections, the world's biggest tally after the United States.
‘Covaxin booster shot neutralizes Omicron’
India's Bharat Biotech said on Wednesday a booster shot of its Covaxin vaccine administered six months after the last of two doses neutralizes both the Omicron and Delta variants of the coronavirus.
The study was conducted at the Emory Vaccine Center in Atlanta based on blood serum collected from 13 individuals, 28 days after their booster shot. It was sponsored by Bharat Biotech's partner Ocugen Inc.
"The neutralization activity of Covaxin-boosted sera was comparable to what has been observed in mRNA vaccine-boosted sera against the Omicron variant," Bharat Biotech said in a statement. "More than 90% of all individuals boosted with Covaxin showed neutralizing antibodies."
Covaxin, India's first domestically developed Covid-19 vaccine, received a WHO emergency-use listing late last year. More than 201 million doses of it have been administered in the country.
India's daily Covid cases rise by 247,417, highest since May
A total of 36.32 million infections reported, the biggest tally after the US
India reported 247,417 new Covid-19 cases on Thursday, the most since late May, according to data from the health ministry.
With another 380 deaths in a day, the overall fatalities reached at 485,035.
India has reported a total of 36.32 million Covid-19 infections, the world's biggest tally after the United States.
‘Covaxin booster shot neutralizes Omicron’
India's Bharat Biotech said on Wednesday a booster shot of its Covaxin vaccine administered six months after the last of two doses neutralizes both the Omicron and Delta variants of the coronavirus.
The study was conducted at the Emory Vaccine Center in Atlanta based on blood serum collected from 13 individuals, 28 days after their booster shot. It was sponsored by Bharat Biotech's partner Ocugen Inc.
"The neutralization activity of Covaxin-boosted sera was comparable to what has been observed in mRNA vaccine-boosted sera against the Omicron variant," Bharat Biotech said in a statement. "More than 90% of all individuals boosted with Covaxin showed neutralizing antibodies."
Covaxin, India's first domestically developed Covid-19 vaccine, received a WHO emergency-use listing late last year. More than 201 million doses of it have been administered in the country.