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]]>Across the country, 3,14,11,924 people have recovered, with 35,909 persons recuperating in the last 24 hours. The recovery rate is currently at 97.48 percent, the highest since March 2020, according to the health ministry.
According to the most recent figures, 54.58 crore vaccine doses have been distributed across the country, with 1743114 doses administered in the last 24 hours.
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]]>55 of 60 cases reported this time were found to have a consistent causal association to vaccination . Of these , 36 were anxiety-related reactions and 18 were product-related , while one was categorised as both.
The National Adverse Events following Immunization (AEFI) Committee , which conducts causality assessment of AEFIs for COVID-19 , completed its assessment on May 27.
It has submitted its report to the Union Health Ministry.
The AEFIs June report included one death of a fully vaccinated person. It was labelled “Vaccine product-related reaction” or anaphylaxis.
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]]>111 new cases were recorded in 24 hours in the Sydney western suburbs , the worst affected area where thousands of people are banned from leaving the immediate neighbourhood.
The state also recorded an additional death from the virus , taking the total to three since the start of the year and the national total to 913 since the pandemic began.
More than 1,000 people in the city surrounding the district have since tested positive.
“We are chasing our tail in terms of the cases,” state Chief Health Officer Kerry Chant said at the news conference.
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]]>“For the COVID-19 vaccine Covishield to be evaluated for use in the EU, the developer needs to submit a formal marketing authorisation application to EMA, which to date has not been received,” the EMA said at a press meeting.
Covishield vaccine, manufactured under technology transfer from Oxford/AstraZeneca, is not among the authorised vaccines under the EMA.
Covishield has also been excluded despite holding an EUL , this means people with Covishield will be subject to quarantine protocol in several countries.
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]]>The move takes the total vaccines gifted by China to Sri Lanka to 2.7 million doses. Additionally , Srilanka has procured 6 million from china so far.
Another 2 million procured doses are scheduled to arrive during the third week of July, while Colomba plans to purchase a further two million in the last week of July, a spokesman of chinese Embassy said.
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]]>“People are taking predictions about the third wave like weather prediction reports, very casually. The third wave predictions have to be taken very seriously,” said a senior official of the health ministry during this evening’s official briefing.
“If we remain cautious and take precautions , we will be able to prevent the third wave …there should be no compromise in this , ” said Prime minister Modi, while also stressing that the vaccination drive needs to be continuously ramped up.
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]]>The regulator’s subject expert committee (SEC) will examine data submitted by Cadila.
The vaccine has been tested on adults as well as children above 12 and if the regulatory committee is satisfied with the submitted data and documents, the vaccine will be approved for emergency use soon, officials said. An approval can hasten the opening of schools although vaccine supply will remain a concern.
If the SEC finds the phase 3 data submitted by the company satisfactory, the emergency use authorization for the vaccine can be granted this week itself.
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]]>The post Pimpri-Chinchwad: After two months, Covid-19 cases fall 1000-mark; Major credits weekend lockdown appeared first on The Edge Media.
]]>The industrial city registered fewer cases this week compared to the previous eight weeks, health officials said. The positivity rate which had shot up to 40 per cent in March-April has also come down to around 12 per cent.
On Saturday, the industrial city registered 959 cases. It was on March 16, Pimpri-Chinchwad had registered 894 positive cases but immediately the next day, the cases crossed the 1000-mark. On March 17, 1,248 positive cases were registered. After this, there was a surge in cases, with infections even crossing the 3000-mark.
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]]>Dr NK Arora, member of the national AEFI Adverse Events Following Immunisation (AEFI) committee, said with more vaccines set to enter the market, monitoring for side-effects should be enhanced. He said that all AEFI data will soon be up on a public portal, a move many health experts have been calling for.
Dr Arora said out of seven crore vaccine recipients assessed so far, less than 0.5% cases have involved serious AEFIs. “We have submitted detailed analyses to the government. The data should be out soon,” he said. He said that longer monitoring durations is essential and has been the norm in many countries.
“All states should now direct local authorities to develop a mechanism that will allow recipients to report side-effects for 28 days. This system should record such events — from public and private facilities — and update them on the CoWIN website,” he said. Many health experts have called for the release of AEFI data. They said that publicly available information on side-effects can help reduce vaccine hesitancy. All the Covid-19 vaccines are new and experts said extensive follow-ups are needed with recipients to look for unusual adverse events.
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