The new coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, which began nearly a year ago, has infected more than 72 million people and killed 1.6 million so far, according to worldometer figures. Several governments around the world, in collaboration with pharmaceutical companies, have carried out extensive work to develop vaccines that can eliminate this …
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India recorded 29,398 new cases and 414 deaths in the past 24 hours on Friday, bringing the overall tally and death toll to 9,796,769 and 142,186, respectively. Total active cases remained below 400,000 for the sixth day in a row, while the total number of people who recovered from the …
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India is yet to discuss the price of the Pfizer / BioNTech vaccine and the company’s ability to deliver the orders placed by the country, even as the Central Standard Drug Control Organization or CDSCO reviews the emergency authorization requested by the developer of the vaccine. A senior government official …
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Last week, as several installments in this column had pointed out, was going to be crucial for India in terms of how the trajectory of the coronavirus disease would unfold in the country. It was to show if India would also see the festive effect seen in almost every other …
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The Serum Institute of India on Sunday became the first indigenous company to submit an application to the Comptroller General of Drugs of India (DCGI) seeking an emergency use authorization for the Oxford Covid-19 vaccine in the country citing needs. not covered due to the pandemic and in interest. from …
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday that healthcare and frontline workers and the elderly suffering from serious illnesses will be vaccinated with priority when the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) vaccine becomes available. The prime minister said that, during an all-party meeting to discuss the Covid-19 situation in the country, he …
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India has become the largest buyer of confirmed vaccine doses with 1.6 billion as countries are securing vaccines to fight the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), which has already killed 1.5 million people across the world. world, a study by Duke University showed in the US India has so far registered more …
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India recorded a drop in its daily coronavirus (Covid-19) count on Monday after 38,772 new cases registered in the last 24 hours, according to the update from the Union Ministry of Health. With this, the total number of cases has risen to 9,431,691 which includes 446,952 active cases and almost …
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The ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) responded on Friday to the central government’s accusation that there was an increase in cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in Delhi, saying that the accusation was “very unfortunate.” The Union Interior Ministry had blamed the Delhi government for the increase in Covid-19 cases, …
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India’s gross domestic product or GDP contracted 7.5% in the quarter ending September compared to the same period last year, data released by the Union’s Ministry of Statistics and Program Implementation showed (Mospi) on Friday. India’s GDP fell 23.9% in the April-June quarter, the worst in decades, amid the coronavirus-induced …
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