India’s first mRNA vaccine candidate, developed by Pune-based Gennova in collaboration with US HDT Bio, received approval for human trials to determine if it is safe and produces a protective immune response against the coronavirus disease (Covid-19). The Indian drug regulator’s Subject Matter Expert Committee recommended that the candidate vaccine, …
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NEW DELHI: Overall coronavirus cases in India crossed the 96 lakh mark with 36,652 new Covid-19 infections in the past 24 hours, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Saturday. Total Covid-19 cases reached 96,08,211, including 4,09,689 active cases and 90,58,822 recoveries. Meanwhile, India reported fewer than …
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SZIRAK: In an unassuming house in the hills east of the Hungarian capital, a small family business is helping grease the wheels of the world’s big pharmaceutical companies on the road to a coronavirus vaccine. Biologist Noemi Lukacs, 71, retired to Szirak, her hometown, to establish English & Scientific Consulting …
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BENGALURU: Up to 16.4% of the surveyed population had developed IgG antibodies, indicating that they were infected with Covid-19 in the past in Karnataka, as revealed by a second round of sero-survey conducted to assess exposure to the SARS virus -Cov2. The results of the sero-survey were published here Wednesday. …
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NEW DELHI: India may also consider continued reviews for the Covid-19 vaccine, particularly the Oxford-AstraZeneca-developed candidate that is already under accelerated review by the UK health regulator, to further accelerate the approval of vaccines in the current pandemic situation. An ongoing review will allow the regulator to examine the data …
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NEW DELHI / HYDERABAD: The number of active and symptomatic Covid-19 cases in India already peaked at around 10 lakh on September 17, a report by a government expert committee said on Sunday. Total cumulative cases may reach Rs 1.06 crore, with negligible growth at the end of February, indicating …
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NEW DELHI: The number of active symptomatic Covid-19 cases in India already peaked at around 10 lakhs on September 17 and the cases, which are now declining, may reach a cumulative figure of 1.06 crore with negligible growth at the end of February next year. a government expert committee said …
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PARIS: Covid-19 patients may experience more severe symptoms the second time they are infected, according to research published Tuesday confirming that it is possible to contract the life-threatening disease more than once. A study published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases journal traces the first confirmed case of Covid-19 reinfection in …
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The United States has already secured hundreds of thousands of doses of experimental antibody treatments for Covid-19 in anticipation of regulators authorizing their emergency use, federal health officials said Friday. The government hopes to have 1 million doses of so-called monoclonal antibody treatments on hand before the end of the …
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BETHESDA: President Donald trump starred in a dramatic return to White House Monday night after leaving the military hospital where he was receiving an unprecedented level of care for Covid-19. He immediately ignited a new controversy by declaring that despite his illness the nation should not fear the virus that …
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