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Four people in high risk categories are in a private hospital and 17 people are under surveillance in Kozhikode medical college

Kerala Health Minister Veena George told the media that after the union minister's announcement, she contacted the officials concerned at Pune NIV who informed her that the samples sent from Kozhikode were still being processed

Two people died in Kerala due to Nipah virus. Four people are suspected to be infected by the virus. Their samples have been sent to NIV, Pune, Mandaviya said in response to a query on Nipah virus in Kerala

The top research institute said that “NIV has also demonstrated the neutralisation potential of Covaxin against the UK and Brazil variants.”

So far, the government has procured 1.1 crore Covishield and 55 lakh Covaxin vaccines at a cost of Rs 200 and Rs 206 per dose, respectively.

The discussion revolved around the status of the indigenous vaccine and the plans to make it available in India and rest of the world

He was received by Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar, DGP M Mahender Reddy and three other officials on behalf of the State government.

He will be proceeding to Bharat Biotech's facility located at Genome valley, a life sciences cluster about 20 km from the Air Force base, officials said.

The phase III trials will involve 26,000 volunteers across 25 centres in India, being conducted in partnership with ICMR

Researchers explore possibility of utilising antiserum derived from the animals as a therapeutic in Covid treatment