AstraZeneca has resumed British clinical trials of its Covid-19 vaccine, one of the most advanced in development, after receiving the green light from safety watchdogs, the company said on Saturday. Late-stage trials of the experimental vaccine, developed with researchers at the University of Oxford, were suspended this week after illness …
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Sunday that a new lockdown will be imposed across the country amid a stubborn surge in coronavirus cases, and schools and parts of the economy are expected to close in a bid to cut back. infection rates. Starting Friday, the start of the …
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Written by Amitabh Sinha | Pune | Updated: September 13, 2020 2:11:25 pm A worker cleans a subway train in Chennai (PTI) Coronavirus cases in India: Since the beginning of this month, Tamil Nadu has reported more recoveries every day that new infections of the new coronavirus. While this is …
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Shivraj Singh Chouhan has also requested oxygen plants in Madhya Pradesh to increase their production. Bhopal: The Center agreed to supply 50 tons of oxygen per day to Madhya Pradesh, which is facing an oxygen shortage amid a surge in COVID-19 cases, said the state’s chief minister, Shivraj Singh Chouhan. …
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Karnataka on Sunday reported its highest single-day peak in new Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the state’s overall tally to more than 4.5 lakh since the outbreak. With a record 9,894 patients confirming positive for the virus today, Karnataka’s total number of positives has now reached 4,59,445, …
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A research scientist works inside a laboratory at the Serum Institute of India, the world’s largest vaccine manufacturer, working on vaccines against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Pune. (Image used for representation: Reuters) Whether it’s the first indigenous Covid-19 vaccine: Covaxin, Russia’s Sputnik V, Johnson & Johnson’s Ad26.Cov2.S, FlueGen’s CoroFlu, …
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Tamil Nadu’s overall Covid-19 count on Sunday crossed the unenviable milestone of 5 lakh of cases. With 5,693 new cases detected in the last 24 hours, the state’s Covid-19 count is 5,02,759. 74 more deaths in the state in one day bring the death toll from Covid-19 to 8,381. The …
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The Covid-19 pandemic started as an urban phenomenon in India. But now it is spreading at a faster rate in rural areas. An analysis by HT on August 26 had shown that 55% of the new Covid-19 cases reported in August were in districts where the rural population had a …
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NEW DELHI: The coronavirus vaccine could be ready by the first quarter of 2021, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare Harsh Vardhan said on Sunday. “While a vaccine launch date has not been set, it may be ready for the first quarter of 2021,” he said. He added that …
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Maharashtra’s count of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) passed the 1 million mark with 22,543 new infections and 416 deaths in a single day, the state health department said on Sunday. The western state remains the most affected region in the country with 1,060,308 confirmed cases of the coronavirus disease, while …
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