India registers 5,379 new COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours, active caseload stands at 50,594
New Delhi: India registered 5,379 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours as the active caseload currently stands at 50,594, as per data released by the Ministry of Health on Wednesday.
The daily positivity rate touched 1.67 percent.
Active cases stand at 0.11 percent.
Recovery Rate currently at 98.7 percent.
7,094 people recovered from the viral disease in the past 24 hours.
Meanwhile, Bharat Biotech International Limited (BBIL) Tuesday announced that iNCOVACC (BBV154), its intra-nasal vaccine against Covid-19, has received approval under restricted use in an emergency situation for ages 18 and above in India.
iNCOVACC is a recombinant replication-deficient adenovirus vectored vaccine with a pre-fusion stabilized spike protein, the Hyderabad-based vaccine maker said in a release here.
This vaccine candidate was evaluated in phase I, II and III clinical trials with successful results.
iNCOVACC has been specifically formulated to allow intranasal delivery through nasal drops.
The nasal delivery system has been designed and developed to be cost-effective in low- and middle-income countries.
iNCOVACC was developed in partnership with Washington University St. Louis, which had designed and developed the recombinant adenoviral vectored constructs and evaluated them in preclinical studies for efficacy.
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