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The success of Pfizer Inc.’s Covid-19 vaccine trial may help persuade more people to get vaccinated amid a surge in new coronavirus cases, according to Anthony Fauci, America’s leading infectious disease physician. The Pfizer vaccine, developed in collaboration with BioNTech SE of Germany, has “an extraordinarily high degree of efficacy: …

A healthcare worker dressed in personal protective equipment handles a swab at a rapid antigen Covid-19 test site in Delhi, India. (Bloomberg) The number of confirmed Covid-19 cases worldwide rose to 53,164,803 when the World Health Organization reported adding more than 657,300 cases in one day. It’s the largest single-day …

By: Desk Explained | New Delhi | Updated: November 15, 2020 11:44:36 pm Collecting swabs for rapid Covid-19 testing at a municipal dispensary in Deonar in Mumbai (Express Photo by Amit Chakravarty) Vaccine against the coronavirus (Covid-19): After Pfizer, another US drugmaker, Moderna Inc, is likely to release the first …

In a statement, the Health Ministry said that the proportion of active cases in total positive cases has further decreased to 5.48% in the country. The accumulated national figure is 93.05%. The total number of recovered cases stands at 81,63,572, and the gap between recovered cases and active cases, which …

Coronavirus Cases in India: India has the second highest COVID infection count in the world after the US. New Delhi: India’s coronavirus count has touched 88.14 lakh with a jump of 41,100 cases in the past 24 hours, government data shows. 447 deaths in the past 24 hours have raised …

The eastern Chinese city of Jinan said it found the new coronavirus in beef and tripe, and in the packaging of these products, from Brazil, New Zealand and Bolivia, as China intensifies testing on frozen foods. This comes after the World Health Organization (WHO) previously said that the risk of …

MUMBAI: Mumbai air quality index one day after Diwali on Sunday was 148, according to data provided by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), which was much lower than Delhi, which recorded an AQI of 435 that was in the severe category. The reason that could be partly attributed to …

SZIRAK: In an unassuming house in the hills east of the Hungarian capital, a small family business is helping grease the wheels of the world’s big pharmaceutical companies on the road to a coronavirus vaccine. Biologist Noemi Lukacs, 71, retired to Szirak, her hometown, to establish English & Scientific Consulting …

NEW DELHI: From increased testing to more ICU beds in hospitals, the Center on Sunday announced a series of measures in the wake of the recent surge in Covid-19 cases in Delhi. The measures were announced by the Union Interior Minister Amit Shah, who chaired a high-level meeting on the …

N Biren Singh asked everyone who came in contact with him to get tested. New Delhi: Manipur’s Chief Minister N Biren Singh said today that he had tested positive for the new coronavirus. Mr. Singh shared the news on his Twitter account today. He also asked everyone who came in …