The Russian Sputnik V vaccine for COVID-19 is likely to arrive in Kanpur next week. Kanpur: The first batch of Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine for COVID-19 is likely to arrive at Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi Medical College in Kanpur next week, where phase 2 and phase 3 human clinical trials of …
Read More »A million dollar question arises when lab executives sell shares amid the race for the Covid-19 vaccine
Pfizer, Moderna, Novavax: executives from several US laboratories developing COVID-19 Vaccines have recently raked in millions of dollars by selling shares in their companies, raising questions about the advisability of such a move amid a national health crisis. On the same day that pharmaceutical giant Pfizer announced preliminary data showing …
Read More »Legendary actor Soumitra Chatterjee dies at 85 in Kolkata
Soumitra Chatterjee died today in Kolkata. Actor Soumitra Chatterjee, one of Bengal’s most famous actors, died today. He was 85 years old. Chatterjee tested positive for COVID-19 last month and was taken to the hospital. Mr. Chatterjee is survived by his wife, son and daughter. “We declare with regret that …
Read More »Veteran actor Soumitra Chatterjee ‘unresponsive at all’: medical board director
Veteran actor Soumitra Chatterjee (File photo) Veteran Bengali actor Soumitra Chatterjee, who has been hospitalized for forty days due to complications from Covid-19, is completely unresponsive, according to the head of the medical board. IANS Last update: November 15, 2020 10:28 AM IST FOLLOW US: Veteran Bengali actor Soumitra Chatterjee’s …
Read More »The number of active Covid cases in India falls below 4.80 lakh; new daily recoveries outnumber new cases
India reported 41,100 new coronavirus cases, bringing the overall count to 88,14,579, government data released Sunday morning shows. The death toll has risen to 1,29,635 with 447 more deaths recorded in a 24-hour span. Total active Covid-19 cases stands at 4.79,216 after a decrease of 1,503 in the last 24 …
Read More »Daily Covid-19 Case Count in India Drops to 41,400; account exceeds 8.8 million
India recorded 41,100 new cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) on Sunday, according to the Union Ministry of Health, which raised the overall count to 88,14,579. There have been 447 new deaths in the last 24 hours and the death toll has reached 1,29,635, according to the update from the …
Read More »China finds coronavirus in frozen beef and tripe from various countries
BEIJING: The city of Jinan, in eastern China, 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 tests on food frozen. The importers were a unit of Guotai International Group and Shanghai Zhongli …
Read More »The Pfizer vaccine has an ‘extraordinarily high degree of efficacy’: Fauci
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: …
Read More »Successful Pfizer Covid-19 Vaccine Trial May Boost Uptake, Says Anthony Fauci
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: …
Read More »Pandemic overshadows India’s festival of light
Fear of the coronavirus and chronic pollution ruined Saturday’s holiday when hundreds of millions of Indians celebrated the biggest Hindu holiday of the year. Diwali is destined to be the festival of light, but the pandemic has clouded the future for many in the country of 1.3 billion. Some defiantly …
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