New Delhi: India reported more than 13,000 new coronavirus infections on Friday, taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 4,28,94,345. According to the Union Health Ministry data, the active cases dipped to 1,34,235.
The number of dead climbed to 5,13,226 with 302 fresh fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated. The daily COVID-19 cases have remained below one lakh for 18 consecutive days.
The active cases comprise 0.31 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate has further improved to 98.49 per cent, the ministry said.
EU Approves Moderna Covid Vaccine For Children 6-11
The European Union’s drug watchdog Thursday approved Moderna’s anti-Covid shot for children aged six to 11, the second vaccine to be approved for younger children in the 27-member bloc.
“The EMA’s human medicines committee (CHMP) has recommended granting an extension of indication for the Covid-19 vaccine Spikevax to include use in children aged 6 to 11,” the Amsterdam-based European Medicines Agency said in a statement.
The jab, developed by US-based pharmaceutical company Moderna, has already been approved for adults and children aged 12 and above.
“As in the older age group, the vaccine is given as two injections in the muscles of the upper arm, four weeks apart,” the EMA said.
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