6.4 million or more than 64 lakhs of Covid-19 cases were estimated in India in early May, the long-awaited results of the country’s first national serosurvey conducted by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) in the Indian Journal of Medical Research. , said. The survey report said that 0.73% …
Read More »One Day After Regulator Notification, Serum Says Oxford Vaccine Trials Paused In India
Written by Prabha Raghavan | New Delhi | Updated: September 11, 2020 7:29:25 am Covid-19 testing in New Delhi. IBS Sponsors Mid- and Late-Stage Human Clinical Trials for Candidate Vaccine in India Serum Institute of India has decided to stop the ongoing clinical trials in India of the Covid-19 candidate …
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The United States has seen two spikes in the number of Covid-19 cases; Europe is starting to see its second wave, apparently bigger than the first (in terms of daily cases) in France and Spain, but smaller in Germany, Italy and the UK. India continues to experience a strong and …
Read More »India nears grim milestone in Covid-19 cases
India added 99,181 cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) on Thursday as it continued to set new world records for daily cases, gradually approaching the grim threshold of 100,000 cases in one day. The total number of cases in the country reached 4,559,710, data compiled by HT from all states …
Read More »Coronavirus Cases India: With the Highest Peak in a Single Day of 95,735 Cases, Covid-19 Count in India Crosses the 44 Lakh Mark | India News
NEW DELHI: With the highest single-day peak of 95,735 new cases and 1,172 deaths reported in the past 24 hours, India’s Covid-19 count surpassed the 44 lakh mark on Thursday, according to the Ministry of Health and Union Family Welfare. “The total number of coronavirus cases amounts to 44,65,864 including …
Read More »Serum Institute Stops Covid-19 Vaccine Trials After Reports of ‘Unexplained Illness’ in One Participant
The world’s largest vaccine maker, the Serum Institute of India, has decided to stop trials of the Covid-19 vaccine in the country in the wake of AstraZeneca stopping it after an unexplained illness to a participant. IBS has partnered with biopharmaceutical company AstraZeneca to manufacture the experimental Covid-19 candidate vaccine …
Read More »Vaccine trial stopped after neurological symptoms were detected
LONDON: A woman who received an experimental coronavirus vaccine developed severe neurological symptoms that led to a pause in testing, a spokesman for the pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca said on Thursday. The study participant in the late-stage trials reported symptoms consistent with transverse myelitis, a rare inflammation of the spinal cord, …
Read More »Vaccine trial stopped after neurological symptoms were detected
LONDON: A woman who received an experimental coronavirus vaccine developed severe neurological symptoms that led to a pause in testing, a spokesman for the pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca said on Thursday. The study participant in the late-stage trials reported symptoms consistent with transverse myelitis, a rare inflammation of the spinal cord, …
Read More »China Approves First Nasal Spray Covid-19 Vaccine for Trials
BEIJING: China has approved its first nasal spray vaccine for trials to combat the new coronavirus that has claimed more than 904,000 lives and infected more than 27 million people worldwide, official media reported here on Thursday. China’s only nasal spray vaccine against the coronavirus is expected to begin phase …
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WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump’s comments on the threat of the new coronavirus attracted widespread attention after excerpts from journalist Bob Woodward’s book “Rage” were published. The excerpts also provide new details on the president’s thoughts on North Korea’s Kim Jong-un, the race riots, and a mysterious new weapon that Trump …
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