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ICMR study: Indian vaccine effective against new Covid-19 strains

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The indigenous COVID-19 vaccines are likely to be effective against the mutant virus strains from United Kingdom, South Africa and Brazil, as per the interim data from the ongoing trials, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) Director General Balram Bhargava has said.

On Tuesday, ICMR had said that four cases of South African strain have been detected in India, while a case of Brazilian mutant was also detected in early February.

“The interim analysis report should be out in a week,” Bhargava said on the clinical trials against the new variants. He was addressing an international webinar ‘Kerala Health: Making the SDG A Reality’, organised by Kerala’s Department of Health and Family Welfare.

On Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin, which is one of the vaccines approved in India along with Serum Institute’s Covishield, Bhargava said phase III trials have been completed as all 25,800 participants have been given two doses of the vaccine.

Besides, he said a paper on Covaxin’s potential to neutralise the UK strain has also been accepted for publication.

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Covid toll in Karnataka is a worrying sign for state government

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Even though Karnataka recorded the lowest number of Covid deaths in April since the virus struck first in 2020, the state is recording a rise in the positivity rate (1.50 per cent). Five people died from the Covid infections in April as per the statistics released by the state health department. In March, the positivity rate stood around 0.53 per cent. In the first week of April it came down to 0.38 per cent, second week registered 0.56 per cent, third week it rose to 0.79 per cent and by end of April the Covid positivity rate touched 1.19 per cent.

on an average 500 persons used to succumb everyday in the peak of Covid infection, as per the data. Health experts said that the mutated Coronavirus is losing its fierce characteristics as vaccination, better treatment facilities and awareness among the people have contributed to the lesser number of Covid deaths.

During the 4th and 6th of April two deaths were reported in Bengaluru, one in Gadag district on April 8, two deaths were reported from Belagavi and Vijayapura on April 30. The first Covid case was reported in the state in March 2020 and three Covid deaths were recorded in the month. In the following month 21 people became victims to the deadly virus, and May 2020 recorded 22 deaths. The death toll recorded everyday after May crossed three digits. However, the third wave, which started in January 2

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