A healthcare worker in Alaska had a severe allergic reaction after receiving the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine on Tuesday and was hospitalized, according to three people familiar with official reports on the person’s health. The person is in stable condition. Government officials were fighting Wednesday to get more information about the …
Read More »India May Need To Spend $ 1.8 Billion On COVID-19 Vaccines In Phase One
GAVI said it was in talks with the government about a support package. (Figurative) New Delhi: India will have to spend between $ 1.4 billion and $ 1.8 billion on the first phase of a coronavirus vaccination program, even after receiving support under the global COVAX vaccine exchange scheme, according …
Read More »Maharashtra reports 4,304 new cases
Maharashtra Wednesday reported 4,304 frescoes COVID-19 cases. Now, the state is home to 61,454 active cases. However, the state also saw 4,678 recoveries today, bringing the total to 17,69,897. Maharashtra’s patient recovery rate is now 94.1 percent. Here are some of the other highlights of COVID-19 and lockdown of December …
Read More »Covaxin Phase 1 Trial Result Shows Strong Immune Response and Mild Adverse Events
Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech on Wednesday released the results of phase 1 trials of its coronavirus (Covid-19) vaccine ‘Covaxin’, which produced a robust immune response against the disease and showed that most of the adverse events were mild and resolved. The vaccine is stored between 2 and 8 degrees Celsius and …
Read More »Covaxin induced a robust immune response in phase 1 trials: Bharat Biotech | India News
HYDERABAD: India’s first indigenous vaccine, Covaxin, managed to induce a robust immune response without any serious adverse events during phase 1 trials that were conducted on 375 volunteers, Bharat Biotech said in a research article. The company said that most of the adverse events seen during the study were mild …
Read More »Covid-19 Vaccines: Vaccinating Billions Means Finding Ways to Avoid a Patent Stalemate | India News
Covid-19 vaccines appear poised to protect millions of citizens of the world’s richest countries in the coming months. But inoculating the rest of the planet’s population may mean finding a way to overcome a stalemate on intellectual property. Representatives of the 164 member states of the World Trade Organization met …
Read More »IIT-Madras students with COVID-19 allege protocols ignored by institute
From crowded dining spaces to failing to isolate students with symptoms, COVID-19 patients say their requests and warnings fell on deaf ears. Naresh *, an IIT Madras graduate student, returned to his campus in August this year after the government of Tamil Nadu partially lifted the COVID-19 restrictions. For the …
Read More »PM-CARES Public or Private Fund? Document reveals contradiction
The deed of trust now released does not define PM-CARES as a government trust. (Archive) New Delhi: Is the PM-CARES fund created for Covid a private or government trust? While it has been defined as a government trust for the purpose of corporate giving, a clause in the trust documents …
Read More »Increase in Covid Cases at IIT Madras, Tamil Nadu Orders Testing at All Universities
IIT-Madras closed its departments, centers, laboratories and the library citing the outbreak. Chennai: Eight more students from IIT-Madras tested positive for coronavirus, bringing the total number of cases at the main engineering institute to 191. The latest cases came after 141 people were tested yesterday amid an outbreak of coronavirus …
Read More »Increase in Covid Cases at IIT Madras, Tamil Nadu Orders Testing at All Universities
IIT-Madras closed its departments, centers, laboratories and the library citing the outbreak. Chennai: Eight more students from IIT-Madras tested positive for coronavirus, bringing the total number of cases at the main engineering institute to 191. The latest cases came after 141 people were tested yesterday amid an outbreak of coronavirus …
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