Coronavirus live updates: India expected to have Covid vaccine in next few months, says Harsh Vardhan

"Government called us Covid warriors, showered flowers on us but we are not getting salaries. It is our right which we are being denied," says a protestor.

The 30-day moving growth rate (MGR) for positive cases is the highest in Kozhikode (256%), followed by Thrissur (220%) and Kollam (219%). The lowest 30-day MGR is in Kasaragod (105%) while it is 112% in Thiruvananthapuram which had the highest MGR at one point of time.

The researchers from the University of Arizona studied the production of antibodies from a sample of nearly 6,000 people infected with the novel coronavirus. When a virus first infects cells, the immune system deploys short-lived plasma cells that produce antibodies to immediately fight the virus, the researchers explained.

US pharmaceutical firm Eli Lilly on Tuesday suspended its Phase 3 trial of its lab-produced antibody treatment in hospitalized patients over an unspecified incident. A day earlier, the American pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson temporarily halted its Phase 3 Covid-19 vaccine trial due to an unexplained illness in a study participant.J&J's research head Mathai Mammen told investors Tuesday it was a "temporary pause" that could be unrelated to their drug.

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The coronavirus death toll climbed to 1,10,586 with the virus claiming 730 lives in a span of 24 hours, the data updated at 8am showed. For six days in a row the active cases of Covid-19 remained below 9 lakh.There are 8,26,876 active cases of coronavirus infection in the country which comprises 11.42 per cent of the total caseload, while the recoveries have surged to 63,01,927, the data stated.