BENGALURU: The Serum Institute of India, the world’s largest vaccine producer, said Thursday that it has manufactured 40 million doses of AstraZeneca’s potential Covid-19 vaccine and will soon start producing Novavax’s rival vaccine as both seek regulatory approval. While there are no approved Covid-19 vaccines yet and trials are still …
Read More »Coronavirus: Sputnik V vaccine is 92% effective, says Russia – health
Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine is 92% effective in protecting people from Covid-19 based on interim test results, the country’s sovereign wealth fund said on Wednesday, as Moscow rushes to keep pace with drug makers. Westerners in the rush for an injection. The results from Russia are just the second in …
Read More »The CEO of Pfizer sold 62% of his shares in the company on the day he announced the result of the Covid-19 vaccine trial: report
Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla sold 62 percent of his shares in the company on the same day that the pharmaceutical giant announced that the results of its COVID-19 The vaccine trial showed it to be 90 percent effective. According to a report by Business Insider, Bourla sold $ 5.6 million …
Read More »Sputnik V 92% effective against coronavirus, Russia claims
Sputnik V, Russia’s experimental COVID-19 vaccine, is 92% effective in protecting people from coronavirus, based on the results of the interim trial, the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) said on Wednesday. Interim results are based on data from the first 16,000 trial participants who received both injections of the two-dose …
Read More »Pfizer Covid Vaccine: Deployment Logistics, Likely Powers Speed Increases
Written by Prabha Raghavan, Anil Sasi | New Delhi | Updated: November 11, 2020 7:14:52 am Pfizer and German partner BioNTech SE are the first drug manufacturers to show successful data from a large-scale clinical trial of a coronavirus vaccine. While Pfizer and BioNTech await sufficient safety data In late …
Read More »The Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine is 90% effective. Will India get it?
Written by Prabha Raghavan, edited by Explained Desk | New Delhi | Updated: November 10, 2020 3:43:25 pm The company’s first interim efficacy analysis indicates that the vaccine may demonstrate efficacy against Covid-19. (Reuters) The American pharmaceutical company Pfizer has launched preliminary data from late-stage human trials of the Covid-19 …
Read More »News highlights of November 8, 2020
The headlines of the main news of the day and more. Mr. Goswami was transferred to Taloja Prison along with Feroz Shaikh and Nitesh Sarda after their quarantine period in Alibaug ended. Raigad’s local crime branch inspector Jamil Shaikh said that Mr. Goswami was found to be using a mobile …
Read More »Top News of the Day: Bihar Assembly Polls Concluded; no result yet in US presidential polls and more
The headlines of the main news of the day and more. It is estimated that 54.06% of the total voters of 2.35 million rupees exercised their right to vote until 5 pm in the 78 seats of the Bihar Assembly. Votes will be counted on November 10. Joe Biden said …
Read More »Frontline workers to have priority; photo ID required
From identifying the priority groups that will receive the COVID-19 vaccine first to organizing vaccination centers, the central government has begun to prepare a plan to implement the coronavirus vaccine in the country, once it is available. The coronavirus vaccine will be distributed under a special COVID-19 inoculation program, using …
Read More »Coronavirus | 577 COVID-19 Deaths in Past 24 Hours, Delhi Reports Peak New Cases
Active cases had been on a steady decline and stood at 5,16,632 on Saturday: Ministry of Health There were 577 deaths from COVID-19 in the last 24 hours in the country, and of these, 10 states / UT accounted for almost 83% of the deaths, according to a statement issued …
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