What Does Brazil’s Report on Covaxin’s Safety Mean for India?
What are the allegations of irregularities that Brazil’s drug regulator made against Covaxin? Tune in.
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Recently on 30 March, Brazil’s drug regulator ANVISA had rejected Bharat Biotech’s application for supplying Covaxin in the country.
They claimed Bharat Biotech, the Hyderabad-based pharmaceutical company that is manufacturing this indigenous vaccine in India, has not taken adequate measures to completely kill or inactivate the virus.
They also alleged a few other problems with the vaccine such as the possibility of variations in the potency and antigen quantity in the vaccine doses. All of which lack of a guarantee in how safe Covaxin is.
100,000 New COVID-19 Cases and Bad Governance Push India to Cusp of Disaster
The current case-load doubling time is already reportedly higher than it was in September 2020, when India rapidly approached the first peak.
People walk or stand at a crowded beach amidst the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Mumbai, India, April 4, 2021. Photo: Reuters/Francis Mascarenhas
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Chennai: Indiaâs daily COVID-19 cases rocketed up by 103,558 on Monday, the biggest such daily increase, according to official data. This jump takes India’s total case load since the COVID-19 epidemic’s start to 12.59 million, a hair’s breadth behind Brazil, at 13 million.
100,000 New COVID-19 Cases, Bad Governance Hold India at Brink of Disaster 05/04/2021
Graffiti on a street in Mumbai, March 30, 2021. Photo: Reuters/Francis Mascarenhas/Files
Chennai: India’s daily COVID-19 cases rocketed up by 103,558 on Monday, the biggest such daily increase, according to official data. This jump takes India’s total case load since the COVID-19 epidemic’s start to 12.59 million, a hair’s breadth behind Brazil, at 13 million.
This dubious milestone also makes India the only country other than the US to add a six-digit number of new COVID-19 cases in a 24-hour period. (At its peak, Brazil added a little under 80,000 cases, late last month.) If this trend of new cases continues, India is likely to surpass Brazil this week. The current case-load doubling time is already reportedly higher than it was in September 2020, when India rapidly approached the first peak.
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Led by Maharashtra, Indiaâs COVID-19 Case Load Is Rising Again
The uneven data, uneven quality of data and uneven access to existing data have together made it difficult to validate various claims made by political leaders and other commentators.
A medic takes samples from a man for COVID-19 testing, at APMC market in Navi Mumbai, Friday, March 5, 2021. Photo: PTI
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New Delhi: Indiaâs COVID-19 case load is rising again. According to publicly available data, Maharashtra appears to be reporting the highest number of daily new cases by state â 11,141 in the last 24 hours and 21,328 in the last 48 â followed by Kerala (2,100), Punjab (1,043), Karnataka (622), Gujarat (575) and Tamil Nadu (567). The country as a whole reported 18,650 new cases. Some 1.85 lakh cases are currently designated âactiveâ.