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This Article is From Dec 08, 2020

Coronavirus LIVE Updates: Bharat Biotech Seeks Emergency Use Approval For Covaxin

Coronavirus Latest News LIVE Updates: With 39,109 new recoveries, the number of overall recovered COVID-19 patients stand at 91,39,901, pushing the recovery rate to 94.37 per cent today.

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Updated : December 08, 2020 6:41 am IST

Coronavirus Cases in India: The recovery rate is 94.45 per cent. (File)

New Delhi:

Bharat Biotech, the Hyderabad-based pharmaceutical firm that has been developing coronavirus vaccine Covaxin, today said that it had applied to the central drug regulator seeking emergency use authorisation.

It is the third firm after Serum Institute of India and American pharma giant Pfizer to apply for emergency use approval.

Covaxin is being indigenously developed by Bharat Biotech in collaboration with the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and is currently in Phase 3 trials. The trials are on at 18 sites across the country with over 22,000 volunteers.

India recorded 32,981 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of active coronavirus cases in the country to 3,96,729, said the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Monday. With 39,109 new recoveries, the number of overall recovered COVID-19 patients stand at 91,39,901, pushing the recovery rate to 94.45 per cent today.

The overall COVID-19 cases reached 96,77,203, including 3,96,729 active cases and 91,39,901 recoveries. With 391 new deaths, the casualties mounted to 1,40,573.

Here are the LIVE updates on India Coronavirus Cases:

Dec 08, 2020 06:41 (IST)
What Pfizer Said On Key Challenge In Coronavirus Vaccine Storage In India
American pharmaceutical firm Pfizer, which has asked the DCGI (Drugs Controller General of India) for emergency approval of its coronavirus vaccine, has said it is prepared to address a key challenge in the distribution of its vaccine - ultra-cold storage.

The US firm, which has developed Covid vaccine jointly with German partner BioNTech has sought India's approval as the United Kingdom and Bahrain prepare for the vaccine rollout.

The vaccine, however, needs to be stored and transported at - 70 degrees Celsius. Experts in India have raised concern about the logistics as most vaccines in the country are stored between 2 and 8 degrees. Read

Dec 08, 2020 05:28 (IST)
Government Supporting Hundreds Of Projects To Fight Covid: Health Minister
Science and Technology Minister Harsh Vardhan today said that the government is supporting hundreds of projects in its fight against the coronavirus pandemic and more than 100 start-ups have developed innovative products to deal with COVID-19. 

Speaking at the India-Portugal Tech Summit, organised by the Department of Science and Technology and the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Mr Vardhan said the government has announced a  $120 million grant for COVID-19 vaccine research.


Dec 08, 2020 04:12 (IST)
"We're Taught Covid, Covid, Covid": Karnataka Resident Doctors Protest
Resident doctors across Karnataka are holding a symbolic protest to remind the government of what they say are deficiencies in the medical education department. The doctors claim that the government is using their services for Covid-related work due to which their has been no proper clinical academic activities in their post-graduate courses for which they are still being charged fees in lakhs. Read



Dec 08, 2020 00:00 (IST)
UP Sees 1,515 Fresh COVID-19 Cases, 20 Deaths
With 1,515 fresh cases, the total number of those infected by coronavirus went up to 5,56,397 in Uttar Pradesh, while the death count rose to 7,944 following 20 more deaths on Monday.

The total number of active cases stood at 21,732, of which, 10,241 are in home isolation and 2,122 in private hospitals, Additional Chief Secretar (Health) Amit Mohan Prasad said.

Till now, 5,26,721 people have recovered and discharged from hospitals, he said, adding that 1,861 people were discharged in the past 24 hours.
The recovery rate of the state stands at 94.67 per cent, the official said.
According to a health department bulletin, 248 fresh COVID-19 cases were reported from Lucknow, 176 from Meerut and 155 in Ghaziabad among others.

Two deaths each have been reported from Kanpur Nagar, Varanasi, Fatehpur and one each from Lucknow , Prayagraj, Ghaziabad, Gorakhpur, Muzaffarnagar, Hardoi, Etawah, Gonda, Ghazipur, Farrukhabad, Unnao, Mainpuri, Kanpur Dehat and Kasganj, it said.

Over 1.44 lakh tests were done in the state on Sunday taking the total number of tests conducted so far to over 2.04 crore, Mr Prasad added.
Dec 07, 2020 23:37 (IST)
Pune District COVID-19 Vaccine Task Force Holds First Meeting
A task force set up for planning the distribution of COVID-19 vaccine in Pune district of Maharashtra held its first meeting here on Monday, an official said.

District collector Rajesh Deshmukh said thetask force will ensure that the SOPs (Standard Operating Procedures) laid down by the government for storage and distribution of vaccine are followed.

"As part of preparedness, the work for collating data of frontline workers, who will be administered vaccine on priority, is going on," he said.

The collector said training employees in various aspects of the vaccination programme like logistical support, transport, cold chain maintenance etc. will be planned stage-wise.

Block-leveltask force will also be established for better coordination, he added.

Earlier in the day, Pune-based Serum Institute of India (SII) said it has applied to the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) for emergency use authorisation for AstraZeneca-Oxford COVID-19 vaccine in the country.
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Dec 07, 2020 22:48 (IST)
Bharat Biotech Seeks Emergency Use Approval For Covaxin
Bharat Biotech, the Hyderabad-based pharmaceutical firm that has been developing coronavirus vaccine Covaxin, today said that it had applied to the central drug regulator seeking emergency use authorisation.

It is the third firm after Serum Institute of India and American pharma giant Pfizer to apply for emergency use approval.

Covaxin is being indigenously developed by Bharat Biotech in collaboration with the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and is currently in Phase 3 trials. The trials are on at 18 sites across the country with over 22,000 volunteers.
Dec 07, 2020 22:21 (IST)
Canada Set To Receive First Doses Of Pfizer's Covid Vaccine Before End Of Year
Canada will get up to 249,000 doses of Pfizer Inc's COVID-19 vaccine before the end of December, assuming it is approved by the health ministry, the government said on Monday.

Canadian regulators are due make an approval decision on the vaccine - which Pfizer is producing with German partner BionNTech SE - as early as this week, officials told reporters on Dec 3.

"Following successful negotiations, Canada will receive up to 249,000 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in December 2020, contingent on Health Canada authorization of the vaccine," the government said in a statement.

The Liberal government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said it expects to receive a total of six million doses of vaccines produced by Pfizer and Moderna Inc during the first quarter of next year.

The doses will be enough to inoculate three million people as both vaccines require two shots about a month apart.
Dec 07, 2020 22:12 (IST)
Tamil Nadu 1,312 New COVID-19 Cases, 16 More Fatalities
Tamil Nadu on Monday reported 1,312 new COVID-19 cases taking the tally to 7,91,552 while the count mounted to 11,809 with 16 more succumbing to the infection.

The active cases stood at 10,695 with 1,389 patients getting discharged from various hospitals and in total, 7,69,048 people have got cured.

The state capital reported 307 cases, nearby Chengelpet and Kancheepuram 87 and 40 respectively and the rest was from several other regions of Tamil Nadu, a health department bulletin said.

Out of the total 7.91 lakh plus cases, 2,17,850 was reported from here and the remainder was scattered across the state. All the 16 dead had co-morbidities, and the count of 11,809 covered 3,882 from Chennai.

As many as 64,010 samples were tested (Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction method) and cumulatively, 1,25,40,103 specimens have been examined under the RT-PCR in 228 labs of the state.
Dec 07, 2020 21:31 (IST)
UK To Brexit-Proof Pfizer Covid Vaccine Supplies From Belgium
Britain said on Monday that plans are being put in place to ensure the transportation of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine against COVID-19 is not affected in the event of no agreement being clinched with the European Union by the end of the Brexit transition period on December 31.

The first vaccine doses have been arriving from Pfizer's manufacturing site in Belgium after the UK's independent regulator gave the official go-ahead for its rollout from this week. However, the bulk of the supply is expected in the New Year and the UK's Road Haulage Association has warned that a failure to agree an EU-UK post-Brexit trade deal by the end of this month could see "significant disruption" to the flow of goods for many months.
Dec 07, 2020 20:37 (IST)
"We're Taught Covid, Covid, Covid": Karnataka Resident Doctors Protest
Resident doctors across Karnataka are holding a symbolic protest to remind the government of what they say are deficiencies in the medical education department. The doctors claim that the government is using their services for Covid-related work due to which their has been no proper clinical academic activities in their post-graduate courses for which they are still being charged fees in lakhs.

"We, the post-graduates, have been working exclusively in this Covid services for the past nine months. We have been repeatedly exploited in this Covid services. They did not appoint other doctors. We have come here to learn, to make our skills better, but we are being pressed into Covid services," Dr Namrata, a post-graduate doctor participating in the protest in Bengaluru told NDTV.
Dec 07, 2020 19:49 (IST)
Punjab reports 620 new COVID-19 cases, 886 discharges, and 19 deaths today, says Government of Punjab.

Total cases in the state rise to 1,56,839 including 1,44,301 recoveries and 4,934 deaths.

Active cases stand at 7,604
Dec 07, 2020 19:16 (IST)
Coronavirus Latest News: Tripura's COVID-19 tally rises to 32,897 with 6 fresh cases

Six more people tested positive for COVID-19 in Tripura on Monday, pushing the tally in the state to 32,897, PTI reported quoting a health department official.

The death toll rose to 370 after a patient died due to the infection, he said.

On Sunday, 69 people were discharged from GB Pant Hospital, the main referral facility for COVID-19 patients in the state.

Tripura currently has 417 active coronavirus cases, while 32,087 people have recovered from the disease.
Dec 07, 2020 18:52 (IST)
Coronavirus Latest News: Andhra Pradesh reports 316 new cases, 5 deaths in the last 24 hours

Andhra Pradesh reported 316 new cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of cases in the state to 8,72,288, PTI reported.

In the last 24 hours, 43,006 samples were tested in Andhra Pradesh, out of which 316 were detected COVID-19 positive. At present, there are 5,626 are active cases in the state, Andhra Pradesh state Covid nodal officer said.

With 595 new recoveries, the total number of recovered cases has climbed to 8,59,624.

In the past 24 hours, five deaths have been reported.
Dec 07, 2020 18:17 (IST)
Government supporting hundreds of projects in fight against coronavirus: Science and Technology Minister Harsh Vardhan

The government is supporting hundreds of projects in its fight against the coronavirus pandemic and more than 100 start-ups have developed innovative products to deal with COVID-19, PTI reported quoting Science and Technology Minister Harsh Vardhan on Monday.

Speaking at the India-Portugal Tech Summit, organised by the Department of Science and Technology and the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Mr Vardhan said the government has announced a $120 million grant for COVID-19 vaccine research.

This is being provided for COVID Suraksha Mission and is to be used purely for research and development in this field, he said.
Dec 07, 2020 17:14 (IST)
COVID Latest Updates: Delhi reports 1,674 new cases, 3,818 recoveries and 63 deaths today
Dec 07, 2020 15:26 (IST)
Coronavirus LIVE News: Night Curfew Extended In Ahmedabad Till Further Notice

Night curfew in Ahmedabad was extended on Monday till further notice to check the spread of COVID-19 in the Gujarat city, police said.

The move comes a day after Ahmedabad reported 306 new COVID-19 cases, the highest in Gujarat, taking the tally in the district to 52,030, as per official figures.

Earlier, the night curfew came into effect in the city on November 23 and was extended till December 7.

In a new notification issued on Monday morning, city Police Commissioner Sanjay Srivastava announced extension of the night curfew till further orders.

"There will be a curfew between 9 pm and 6 am beginning December 7 until further order in this regard," the order said.
Dec 07, 2020 15:14 (IST)
Coronavirus LIVE Updates: Southern California goes into virus lockdown

Southern California went into a strict lockdown Monday, with more than 20 million people under stay-at-home orders triggered after hospitals faced being overwhelmed by record Covid-19 cases.

Governor Gavin Newsom last week announced new statewide bans on gatherings and "non-essential" activities would come into effect once 85 percent of intensive care unit beds have been filled.

Under the lockdown, most offices will close and gatherings of people from different households are banned. Bars and personal services such as hair salons will be temporarily closed, and restaurants will only be allowed to offer take-out and delivery.

"We are at a tipping point in our fight against the virus and we need to take decisive action now to prevent California's hospital system from being overwhelmed in the coming weeks," Newsom said.
Dec 07, 2020 14:52 (IST)
Coronavirus LIVE Updates: Odisha Reports 368 Fresh COVID-19 Cases, 7 Deaths

Odisha's COVID-19 tally mounted to 3,21,564 on Monday, after 368 fresh cases were reported, while seven more fatalities pushed the death toll to 1,778, a health department official said.

The new infections were reported from 26 of the state's 30 districts.

Khurda district, comprising state capital Bhubaneswar, registered the highest of 49 fresh cases followed by Sundergarh (45) and Angul (30).

Four districts - Boudh, Gajapati, Nabarangpur and Subarnapur - did not report any new COVID-19 case during the last 24 hours, he said.

Taking to Twitter, the Health and Family Welfare Department said, "Regret to inform the demise of seven Covid positive patients while under treatment in hospitals."

Cuttack, Balasore, Jagatsinghpur, Puri and Sundergarh accounted for the deaths since Sunday, the official said.
Dec 07, 2020 14:23 (IST)
Coronavirus LIVE Updates: New Smartphone-Based COVID-19 Test Gives Results In Less Than 30 Minutes

Scientists have developed a novel technology for a CRISPR-based COVID-19 diagnostic test that uses a smartphone camera to provide accurate results in under 30 minutes.

According to the research published in the journal Cell, the new diagnostic test can not only generate a positive or negative result, it also measures the viral load -- the concentration of virus -- in a given sample.

All CRISPR diagnostics to date have required that the viral RNA be converted to DNA and amplified before it can be detected, adding time and complexity, the researchers said.

In contrast, the new approach skips all the conversion and amplification steps, using CRISPR to directly detect the viral RNA, they said.

"One reason we are excited about CRISPR-based diagnostics is the potential for quick, accurate results at the point of need," said Jennifer Doudna, a senior investigator at Gladstone Institutes in the US.

Dec 07, 2020 14:09 (IST)



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