NEW DELHI: The government expects two Covid-19 vaccines, Covishield from Oxford-AstraZeneca and Covaxin from Bharat Biotech, to be available in January and about four vaccines by the end of April, increasing prospects for adequate supplies to inoculate a priority of Rs 30 crore. population in July, an official said. While …
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NEW DELHI: The government expects two Covid-19 vaccines, Covishield from Oxford-AstraZeneca and Covaxin from Bharat Biotech, to be available in January and about four vaccines by the end of April, increasing prospects for adequate supplies to inoculate a priority of Rs 30 crore. population in July, an official said. While …
Read More »Pfizer seeks emergency use authorization for its COVID-19 vaccine in India
The firm, in its request submitted to the drug regulator, has requested permission to import the vaccine for sale and distribution in the country. Pfizer India has become the first pharmaceutical company to apply to the Controller General of Drugs of India (DCGI) for an emergency use authorization for its …
Read More »What does “90% efficacy” mean for a Covid-19 vaccine?
While writing a newspaper article on the performance of various possible Covid-19 vaccines from different organizations, my wife, who is neither a statistician nor a vaccine expert, asked me what the 90% efficacy of a vaccine means. And suddenly I realized that such figures for potential test vaccines are never …
Read More »Mumbai-based travel company launches covid vaccination tour package
NEW DELHI: Mumbai-based Gem Tours & Travel announced a coronavirus vaccination tour package for HNI customers who wish to travel to the US to receive the vaccine. “Be one of the first to receive Corona Vaccine: As soon as Pfizer Vaccine is officially published to sell in the United States …
Read More »Maharashtra Forms Task Force to Ensure Timely Distribution of COVID-19 Vaccine
New Delhi: Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday he informed Prime Minister Narendra Modi that the state has formed a task force to ensure the timely distribution of coronavirus vaccine and running the vaccination program. Thackeray is currently attending the Prime Minister’s meeting with top ministers from various states …
Read More »Explained: Is the death of volunteers in the Brazil trial another blow to the AstraZeneca vaccine candidate?
Written by Prabha Raghavan, edited by Explained Desk | New Delhi | October 23, 2020 2:06:04 pm A pedestrian walks past signage outside an AstraZeneca Plc research and development facility in Shanghai, China, Monday, June 8, 2020 (Bloomberg Photo: Qilai Shen). There it’s been a death in the last-stage clinical …
Read More »AstraZeneca trial volunteer in Brazil dies. What it means for the development of the Covid-19 vaccine
In the first week of September, the pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca, which is developing a Covid-19 vaccine in collaboration with the University of Oxford, halted the trial process when two participants who participated in a trial developed an adverse impact. After this, the trial was stopped in other countries, raising concerns …
Read More »TN pvt hospitals overcharge COVID-19 patients, even as health department tries to mediate
However, the Tamil Nadu unit of the Indian Medical Association has asked the government to review the COVID-19 price cap saying it is not feasible for hospitals to maintain it. The first sign was a high fever. And when the coronavirus test results came in two days later, Chennai-based Saminathan …
Read More »India expects to vaccinate 20-25 million million people by July next year
By: Desk Explained | Pune | Updated: October 6, 2020 9:21:50 am Travelers wearing masks wait at a traffic intersection in Kochi, Kerala (AP) Coronavirus Vaccine Tracker: India is working to vaccinate 20 to 25 million million of its population, about one sixth of its total population, against Covid19 disease …
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