Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro annulled his own Health Minister on Wednesday, rejecting the announced purchase of 46 million doses of CoronaVac, a possible vaccine against Covid-19 that is being tested in the state of Sao Paulo. Health Minister Eduardo Pazuello announced the purchase on Tuesday along with Sao Paulo Governor …
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi suggested on Saturday developing a vaccine administration system that is in line with how elections are conducted in the country and disaster management work is carried out, even as he discussed ensuring rapid access. to vaccines against the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) for every Indian Citizen. The …
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As daily cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in India continue to decline, states such as Kerala, West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan have bucked the national trend, data analyzed by HT shows. All of these four states have rapidly increasing case numbers, increasing positivity rates, and the last three …
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Indian health authorities have decided to revise the protocol currently being followed for the treatment of Covid-19 after interim results of a large World Health Organization trial found that four of the drugs used common provide little or no benefit in reducing deaths in hospitalized patients. These include the antiviral …
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A city in eastern China is offering an experimental coronavirus disease (Covid-19) vaccine outside of clinical trials for about $ 60 to high-risk groups under an emergency inoculation program, officials said, including when experts raised concerns about the massive launch of an ace-yet untested vaccine. Beijing-based Sinovac Biotech’s vaccine, called …
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India completed its 100 millionth test for Covid sometime on Friday, according to the HT panel. According to the Indian Council of Medical Research tally, the number was slightly lower, 92.25 million tests (ICMR has a tally protocol that not all states follow), which means that the 100 million mark …
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Written by Amitabh Sinha, edited by Explained Desk | Pune | Updated: October 16, 2020 1:57:14 pm A woman selling lemons sits with her children as they wait for buyers in Bangalore, Sunday, Oct. 11, 2020 (AP Photo: Aijaz Rahi). With its daily case count starting to rise again, Delhi …
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Cinemas will open, religious gatherings will be allowed with restrictions, and students in some parts of the country will be able to return to classrooms, as the last phase of the country’s reopening begins Thursday, about seven months after a national shutdown began. imposed when the coronavirus pandemic spread around …
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China’s censors blocked live coverage of the vice presidential debate on Wednesday night when Mike Pence was asked a question about the communist nation. “The outage affected only a small number of people in China with access to channels like CNN, which is available in some hotels. She came back …
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China, which has four coronavirus vaccine candidates in stage 3 clinical trials, said on Friday that it will join the Covid-19 vaccine alliance known as COVAX. The country signed an agreement with GAVI, the co-leader of the alliance, on Thursday, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said in a statement. China initially …
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