Coronavirus pandemic continues wreaking havoc worldwide. According to worldometer.com, a total of 206,980,219 cases have been reported so far. Of these, 185,602,710 people have recovered, while 4,358,552 people have died.
Meanwhile, the former FDA chief Dr. Scott Gottlieb said on Friday he expects the COVID-19 to become an endemic virus in the U.S. and other Western countries after the recent surge in delta variant infections calms down.
U.S. drug regulators authorized third dose of Covid vaccines for people with weak immune systems as a new study showed the benefits of an extra shot in transplant patients. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the emergency use authorization of the third dose of Moderna and Pfizer vaccines. In view of the increasing threat of the delta variant. Some other countries like Israel and Germany have planned to administer the third dose of the vaccine to its citizens.
US Acting FDA Commissioner Janet Woodcock said in a statement, "The country has entered yet another wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. The FDA is especially cognizant that immunocompromised people are particularly at risk for severe disease. After a thorough review of the available data, the FDA determined that this small. Vulnerable group may benefit from a third dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna vaccines. Today's action allows doctors to boost immunity in certain immunocompromised individuals who need extra protection from COVID-19."
India has been witnessing a gradual decrease in daily coronavirus cases. According to the latest data from the Union Health Ministry, India reported 38,667 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours taking the cumulative count of the cases to 3,21,56,493. With 478 deaths in the last 24 hours, the death toll has increased to 4,30,732.
The country also witnessed 35743 recoveries in the last 24 hours taking the cumulative recoveries to 3,13,38,088. With this, the country's recovery rate has increased to 97.46 %. On the other hand, India's mortality rate stands at 1.34 %. Meanwhile, the number of active cases in the country stands at 3,87,673. The active cases rate in India stands at 1.20 %.
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