Maharashtra on Thursday recorded 2,813 new coronavirus cases, highest in nearly four months, and one pandemic-related death, the state health department said.
Moderna released preliminary results on Wednesday on an updated coronavirus vaccine that targets the omicron variant, calling it “our lead candidate” to serve as a USbooster shot in the fall.
The firm’s researchers tested a booster dose combining the original vaccine with one that specifically targeted omicron, the variant that became dominant last winter. They found that among those with no evidence of prior coronavirus infection, the combination produced 1.75 times the level of neutralizing antibodies against omicron as the existing Moderna vaccine did alone. (NYT)
Shanghai will lock down a district of 2.7 million people on Saturday to conduct mass coronavirus testing, city authorities said, as the Chinese metropolis struggles to fully emerge from punishing curbs.
The city eased many restrictions last week, after confining most of its 25 million residents to their homes since March as China battled its worst Covid outbreak in two years.(AFP)
The union territory of Puducherry logged four fresh Covid-19 cases during the last 24 hours taking the overall tally to 1,65,914, a senior official of the Department of Health said on Thursday. There were no fatalities from any of the four regions in the last 24 hours ending 10 am Thursday, Director of Health G Sriramulu said in a release, adding that the death toll remained at 1,962.(PTI)