Around 48 per cent of the people surveyed by a team called LocalCircles said they want the government to make a Covid test mandatory for vaccination, as 80 per cent of the cases in India are likely to be asymptomatic. It could lead to further spread of the disease.

Senior virologist Shahid Jameel has resigned as the chief of the Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG), a scientific advisory group that coordinates the country’s genome sequencing work.

• The INSACOG is a grouping of 10 National Laboratories that was established by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in 2020. INSACOG is since then carrying out genomic sequencing and analysis of circulating COVID-19 viruses, and correlating epidemiological trends with genomic variants. Genomic variants of various viruses are a natural phenomenon and are found in almost all countries.

Ireland's health ministry was the target of an attempted cyber-attack, days after a similar attack struck the country's health service.

The Karnataka’s Covid Technical Advisory Committee has recommended that government provide medical kits for all patients in home isolation which must include pulse oximeters along with other drugs.

Happy Hypoxia is increasingly becoming a worry among the infected Covid-19 patients.

The gap between the first and second doses of the Covishield COVID-19 vaccine has been increased to 12-16 weeks - from the existing six-eight weeks. No changes have been announced in dosage intervals for Covaxin, which remains at four to six weeks.

Considering the requirement of medical oxygen amidst the COVID-19 pandemic situation, the Government of India explored the feasibility of conversion of existing nitrogen plants to produce oxygen. Various such potential industries, wherein existing nitrogen plants may be spared for production of oxygen were identified.

Bharat Biotech has received approval from India’s drugs regulator to conduct clinical trials on children for its coronavirus disease (Covid-19) vaccine, Covaxin, making it the first Covid-19 vaccine to be tested on kids in India.