China has showcased its homegrown coronavirus vaccines for the first time, as the country where the contagion was discovered seeks to shape the narrative surrounding the pandemic. There are high hopes for the small vials of liquid on display at a Beijing trade fair this week: vaccine candidates produced by …
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By: Desk Explained | Pune | Updated: September 7, 2020 8:41:47 am A nurse holds China’s Sinovac vaccine, a possible vaccine for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at the Sao Lucas Hospital in Brazil (Reuters / Archive) Coronavirus Vaccine Tracker (COVID-19): A coronavirus vaccine being developed by a Chinese company was …
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It should be noted that Pune IBS has already started Phase II and III of the Oxford COVID vaccine in India last week. About 1,600 volunteers will be enrolled for the critical last stage of the Oxford vaccine trials. AstraZeneca has also started the final phase of testing in the …
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WASHINGTON: The first results of an experimental coronavirus vaccine show no major safety concerns and suggest that it stimulates desired immune system responses, researchers reported Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine. The United States government has awarded Novavax, a company based in Gaithersburg, Maryland, $ 1.6 billion to …
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WASHINGTON: The first results of an experimental coronavirus vaccine show no major safety concerns and suggest that it stimulates desired immune system responses, researchers reported Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine. The United States government has awarded Novavax, a company based in Gaithersburg, Maryland, $ 1.6 billion to …
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NEW DELHI: In another grim milestone, the number of active cases in the country surpassed 8 lakh, having risen from the 7 lakh mark in 11 days. It had taken 15 days for active cases to increase from 6 lakh to 7 lakh. There has been a sudden increase in …
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A handful of dozens of experimental Covid-19 vaccines in human trials have reached the last and biggest hurdle: seeking the necessary proof that they actually work, as a U.S. advisory panel suggested a way to ration Tuesday. limited first doses once a vaccine wins. approval. AstraZeneca announced Monday that its …
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The whole world is waiting with great anticipation for a ‘safe and effective’ vaccine against the new coronavirus. Currently, three candidate vaccines are in different stages of testing in India. Two homegrown candidate vaccines, Covaxin from Bharat Biotech and ZyCoV-D from Zydus Cadila have already started the phase II clinical …
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By: Desk Explained | Updated: August 31, 2020 10:00:05 am US President Donald Trump gestures during a tour of a pharmaceutical manufacturing plant where components are being developed for a possible vaccine candidate for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in North Carolina (Reuters / Archive) Coronavirus Vaccine Tracker (COVID-19): Raising the …
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The Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, leaves a press conference organized by the United Nations Correspondents Association in Geneva (ACANU) amid the COVID-19 outbreak, caused by the new coronavirus, at WHO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, on July 3. 2020. Fabrice Coffrini / Pool via …
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