President Joe Biden on Thursday set a new goal of having 200 million Covid vaccination shots administered within his first 100 days in office, doubling his prior pledge of 100 million vaccinations during that time frame. Biden hit that mark on the 59th day of his administration. Meanwhile, the European Union has extended its strict rules on Covid vaccine exports as the region’s sluggish vaccine rollout faced scrutiny. The U.K. has been receiving vaccines from the EU and a vaccine supply agreement between the EU and the U.K. could be announced as early as Saturday.
Covid live updates: India expanding vaccination campaign to everyone 45 years or older
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The U.S. is recording at least 58,600 new Covid-19 cases and at least 960 virus-related deaths each day, based on a seven-day average calculated by CNBC using Johns Hopkins University data as of 7 a.m. ET.
The following data was compiled by Johns Hopkins University:
Global cases: More than 125.59 million
Global deaths: At least 2.75 million
U.S. cases: More than 30.07 million
U.S. deaths: At least 546,825
GSK, Vir requests emergency authorization from FDA for Covid antibody drug
In this photo illustration the British multinational pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) logo seen displayed on a smartphone with a computer model of the COVID-19 coronavirus on the background.
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GlaxoSmithKline and Vir Biotechnology applied for an emergency use authorization from the Food and Drug Administration for their monoclonal antibody drug.
The companies are requesting clearance for use by high-risk people age 12 and older.
The FDA submission is based on an interim analysis of a phase three trial, which evaluated the drug for the early treatment of Covid-19 in adults at high risk of hospitalization. The drug reduced hospitalizations or death from Covid-19 by 85% compared with a placebo.
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India plans to widen vaccination campaign to include more people ‘in the near future’
A health worker administers a dose of COVID-19 vaccine at a clinic in Bhopal, India, March 25, 2021.
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India is planning to widen its coronavirus vaccination campaign to include more people, Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said Friday.
“The government is already planning to widen the umbrella of Covid-19 vaccine beneficiaries in the near future, to cover other sections of our population,” Vardhan said at a virtual conference.
Starting next month, people aged 45 and older will be eligible for the vaccination regardless of their health conditions.
India began the world’s largest mass vaccination campaign in January, with a target of initially inoculating some 300 million people including frontline workers.
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