# Nasal vaccine: AIIMS to start booster dose trial of Bharat Biotech’s intranasal Covid-19 vaccine from Friday.
# Third day on a trot, sub 100 deaths reported: As many as 4,184 new cases were recorded in the last 24 hours, and 104 new deaths (including 71 reconciliations).
# Variant-specific: Companies working on pan-variant vaccine, preparing for the future, says NTAGi’s chief.
https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/science/indian-pharmas-working-towards-omicron-specific-vaccine-nk-arora-ntagi-chief/article65208027.ece
# Keep the mask on: As countries like the United Kingdom do away with mask mandates, a modelling study found that keeping face masks on, despite hitting a brisk pace of vaccination, can help save healthcare costs and reduce hospitalisation and death.
# Covid to Ukraine: The House approved a massive spending bill on Wednesday night that would rush $13.6 billion in US aid to battered Ukraine and its European allies, after top Democrats were forced to abruptly drop their plan to include fresh funds to battle Covid-19.
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