“One million is a terrible number and we must reflect on that before we begin to consider a second million,” WHO emergency director Michael Ryan told a virtual press conference, when asked if it was unthinkable that two millions of people could die in the pandemic. before a vaccine arrives. …
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A woman reacts when a healthcare worker tries to collect her swab sample to test for Covid-19, in Hyderabad on September 23, 2020 (AFP). The British magazine stressed that India has the fastest growing Covid-19 outbreak in the world in absolute numbers, adding that not relying on science despite a …
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Written by Prabha Raghavan | New Delhi | Updated: September 24, 2020 7:42:20 am Construction workers are screened for Covid 19 in the capital New Delhi. (Express Photography by Tashi Tobgyal) Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech announced Wednesday that it would manufacture up to 1 billion doses of a single-dose intranasal Covid-19 …
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By: Desk Explained | Pune | Updated: September 25, 2020 11:49:27 am People wearing face masks walk past an outdoor photo exhibit of healthcare workers in Melbourne, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2020 (James Ross / AAP Image via AP) Coronavirus Vaccine Tracker: In addition to bringing some of the top contenders …
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BERLIN: Scientists have identified highly effective antibodies against the new coronavirus, which they say may lead to the development of a passive vaccine for Covid-19. Unlike active vaccination, passive vaccination involves the administration of pre-made antibodies, which degrade after some time. However, the effect of a passive vaccine is almost …
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BERLIN: Scientists have identified highly effective antibodies against the new coronavirus, which they say may lead to the development of a passive vaccine for Covid-19. Unlike active vaccination, passive vaccination involves the administration of pre-made antibodies, which degrade after some time. However, the effect of a passive vaccine is almost …
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Kerala, once lauded for its effective containment measures, has been among the big trouble spots in recent weeks. The state reported 6,324 new cases, the highest daily cases in the state so far, on Thursday. A day earlier, it had reported 5,376 cases, crossing the 5,000 mark for the first …
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When two brothers fell seriously ill with COVID-19 Around the same time in March, his doctors were baffled. They were both young (29 and 31 years old) and healthy. However, within days they were unable to breathe on their own and, tragically, one of them died.Two weeks later, when a …
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Written by Prabha Raghavan | New Delhi | Updated: September 24, 2020 8:37:06 am Covid testing will take place in Mumbai on September 17, 2020 (Photo Express: Amit Chakravarty) Bharat Biotech announced Wednesday that it would manufacture up to 1 billion doses of a single dose intranasal vaccine. It is …
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Britain could be the first country to host clinical trials in which volunteers are deliberately infected with the new coronavirus to test the effectiveness of vaccine candidates, the Financial Times reported, citing people involved in the project. So-called “challenge trials” are expected to begin in January at a quarantine facility …
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