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Topic: Covid vaccination

COVID-19 cases rise in India. But here’s why no one needs a booster shot just yet

As of 26 May, India had 1,010 active COVID-19 cases—up by 753 compared to last week, when active cases stood at 257.

No link between sudden deaths & Covid vaccination, says ICMR study. Family history, lifestyle factors

For the study, published in Indian Journal of Medical Research, the Indian Council of Medical Research examined 729 sudden death cases in apparently healthy individuals aged 18-45 yrs.

SubscriberWrites: Countries need to learn from history of vaccine inequality to contain Covid surge

Countries should move towards universal health care promised under SDG-3. The WHO-promoted pandemic treaty should be adopted to tackle future crises, writes Pragati Prava.

Bharat Biotech’s booster nasal vaccine on CoWIN from today as India strengthens Covid response

Official sources clarifeid that masks were not mandatory yet. Congress’s Bharat Jodo Yatra can also continue provided it adhered to Covid protocols, they said.

Hurt sentiments, multiplied by 10 & why we need rules for ads during ‘national interest’ content

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Covid-19 vaccine given to 39 Madhya Pradesh schoolchildren with same syringe, FIR lodged

The incident occurred at the Jain Higher Secondary School in Sagar during a mega vaccination drive. The vaccinator escaped the scene after parents raised an alarm.

Modi govt Covid vaccination policy ‘sound’, but no one can be forced to take jab, says SC

Verdict came on petition filed by former member of National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation. He sought disclosure of Covid vaccine trial data & stay on ‘vaccine mandates’.

Nobody can be forced to get vaccinated, but policy not unreasonable, says Supreme Court

Top court asks states to recall restrictions on the unvaccinated and directed Centre to make public adverse effects of vaccines.

Persisting with masks after vaccination has major economic, health benefits, Lancet study says

Face mask use in public indoor spaces for at least 2 weeks after achieving 70% vaccination coverage reduces hospitalisation and deaths, the study says.

India’s cumulative Covid vaccination coverage exceeds 177.17 crore

23,598 patients have recovered in the last 24 hours and the cumulative tally of recovered patients is now at 4,22,70,482, according to the health ministry.

On Camera

Pakistan strategic pact with Saudi Arabia is really about Iran. And blessed by US

This agreement is not about Pakistan and Saudi Arabia looking Trump in the eye or Riyadh turning away from Washington. If anything, it could be termed as kosher proliferation.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

2 Assam Rifles personnel killed as convoy ambushed in Manipur, on ‘same route Modi took’ fortnight ago

This is the first major attack on central security forces since last November, when a CRPF jawan was killed and four were injured in an ambush in Jiribam on Manipur-Assam border. 

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.