Who approves Corona's indigenous vaccine covexin

- Covexin vaccine has been developed by India Biotech

- 11,903 new cases of corona in the country: total death toll rises to 4,59,191 with 311 more deaths

- Decrease in the number of active cases by 2567 in the last 24 hours

- The number of doses of vaccine given in the country exceeds 107.59 crore

New Delhi: In a significant development, the World Health Organization (WHO) has approved emergency use of Bharat Biotech's Covid-17 vaccine Covacin. Covexin has been approved by the WHO recommending EU status by the WHO's Independent Advisory Committee.

The WHO said in a tweet that the WHO has approved the Emergency Use Listing (EUL) of Cavexin, developed by Bharat Biotech. In addition, another vaccine used to protect Covid-18 has been approved by the WHO.

Thanking the WHO for approving the coxsackie, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandvia said India has achieved another milestone under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The WHO's Regional Director for Southeast Asia, Dr. Poonam Khetarpal Singh said that congratulations to India for getting the vaccine for Covid-12 approved.

Covacinin is 7.5% effective against corona symptoms. During the recent G20 summit, Prime Minister Narendra Modi called on WHO Director General Dr. Tedros met Adhanom.

In India, meanwhile, 11,303 new cases of corona have been reported in the last four hours. At the same time, the total number of corona cases in the country has risen to 2,8,04,120, according to figures released by the Union Ministry of Health. The number of active cases has come down to 1,31,308. Which is the lowest case in 3 days.

However, the death toll from the corona has risen to 5,3,121 so far, with another 211 deaths in the last three hours. For the 7th day in a row, the number of new cases of corona has been below 50,000. For the 12th day in a row, new cases of corona have been registered below 30,000. The number of active cases has decreased by 9 in the last 3 hours.

The daily positive rate has been 1.11%. Which has been below 2% for the last 20 days. While the weekly positive rate has been 1.13 percent. Which has been below 2% for the last 20 days. So far, the number of vaccinated doses has crossed 104.5 crore.

A total of 2,3,191 people have died so far due to the corona. Of these, 1,30,8 deaths occurred in Maharashtra, 2,09 in Karnataka, 2,15 in Tamil Nadu, 2,8 in Kerala, 2,091 in Delhi, 2,201 in Uttar Pradesh and 12,120 in West Bengal. Out of 211 deaths today, 14 have occurred in Kerala and 4 in Maharashtra.

The expiry date of covexin was extended to 12 months

Vaccine maker Bharat Biotech has said that the Central Drugs Standards Control Organization (CDSCO) has extended the expiry date of the vaccine to 18 months. Earlier, the expiry date of covexin was 6 months which was extended to 6 months. Bharat Biotech said in a statement that the CDSCO has approved the use of the vaccine for 12 months from the date of manufacture of the vaccine. It is worth mentioning that today the World Health Organization has also approved the use of covacin.

States have a total stock of coronavirus vaccine worth Rs 12.5 crore

The Union government has provided more than 113 crore doses of corona vaccine to the states free of cost, the Union Health Ministry said in a statement. The health ministry further said that the states still have a balance of 124 million doses, meaning that the states and union territories have 168 million doses lying unused. It may be mentioned that under this campaign, the central government is making the vaccine available to the state governments free of cost.