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India’s Bharat Biotech gets official approval to test nasal COVID-19 shot as booster

India vaccine manufacturer Bharat Biotech on Wednesday got ‘in principle’ approval from the country’s drug regulator to test nasal COVID-19 vaccine as a booster shot.
The drug regulator DCGI granted approval to Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech for conducting late-stage trials of its nasal COVID-19 vaccine to be used as a booster shot, according to news agency ANI.

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Meanwhile, India on Wednesday reported 58,097 new COVID-19 cases, 124 deaths in last 24 hours. The government said that the country has reported 2,135 omicron cases so far.

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WHO chief warns against misinformation over global pandemic accord

The head of the UN World Health Organization on Thursday spoke out forcefully against “misinformation on social media and in the mainstream media” which has falsely alleged that a new global pandemic accord being negotiated, would allow the WHO to override national sovereignty relating to a future outbreak.

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World Tuberculosis Day: WHO ramps up initiative to combat killer disease

For the first time in more than a decade, the number of people dying from tuberculosis (TB) rose last year due to disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, conflicts and other crises, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday.

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Tanzania confirms first-ever outbreak of deadly Marburg Virus Disease

Tanzania confirmed its first-ever cases of Marburg Virus Disease after conducting laboratory tests in the country’s northwest Kagera region, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in a statement on Wednesday.