# Hub in South Korea, now: Close on the heels of the mRNA vaccine tech-transfer hub in Africa, the World Health Organization, the Republic of Korea and the WHO Academy, have announced a global biomanufacturing training hub to serve low- and middle-income countries looking to produce biologicals, such as vaccines, insulin, monoclonal antibodies and cancer treatments.
# Children’s vaccination: The government is likely to announce vaccination programme for children in the 12-15 age group after March 15, a highly-placed official told BusinessLine. The government is also examining booster doses for those under 60 years with comorbid conditions, the source added.
# Daily tally: India logged 14,148 new Covid infections on Thursday, taking the total tally of Covid-19 cases to 4,28,81,179, according to Union Health Ministry data. The death toll climbed to 5,12,924 with 302 fresh fatalities, data updated at 8 am stated.
# Return to office: With Omicron fears subsiding and the number of people fully vaccinated crossing the 80 per cent mark, a majority of the IT and IT-enabled services want their employees to return to offices.
# Anxieties ease: As normalcy sets in, Urban India’s priorities are looking at long-term objective of children’s education and retirement planning, a survey conducted by Max Life has revealed.
# Sanofi-GSK vaccine: Drugmakers Sanofi and GlaxoSmithKline said they will seek regulatory approval for a new Covid-19 vaccine after human trials showed it provided a high level of protection against the disease.