New Delhi: The newly approved Russian Covid-19 vaccine, Sputnik V, appears safe with no serious side effects and has developed a long-term antibody reaction in human clinical trials, according to initial effects published on Friday in the journal The Lancet.
The effects of the two early-phase non-randomized vaccine trials conducted in Russia demonstrated that the formulations of the two-component vaccine, Sputnik V, have a protection profile, with no serious adverse events detected for 42 days among the 76 subjects, and induce antibody responses in all participants within 21 days.
Side effects from the trial also suggest that the vaccines also produced a T-mobile reaction within 28 days that confers long-term immunity to the body.
Meanwhile, in our country, the Center has known 15 districts that have experienced an increase in cases in the last four weeks and has asked the government involved to apply strict containment measures and ensure compliance with health regulations. social distancing and also put in place strict perimeter control. Organize and launch door-to-door searches for covid cases.
The union’s health secretary, Rajesh Bhushan, held a review meeting with the authorities on Friday, which included state health secretaries, district creditors and municipal commissioners from Mysuru, Bengaluru Urban, Prakasam, ChittoorArray, Dakshina, Kannada, Davangere, Ludhiana, Patiala, Ballari, Koppal. Array Coimbatore, Chennai, Kanpur Nagar, Salem and Lucknow, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu to take stock of the situation.
“They are showing a higher active workload, mortality rates and an accumulation of covid-19 cases in the last four weeks,” the Ministry of Health said.
Early identification of cases is key to containing this outbreak and districts want to increase their testing capacity in hotspots and densely populated areas, the Center said. Effective surveillance of people isolated at home and easy access to hospitals will be implemented as a priority for other people whose disease is progressing, the government added.
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