New Delhi: As the UK begins vaccinating people with Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine, a huge concern has emerged that has called into question the safety of vaccines. According to regulators from the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA), four volunteers who received the vaccine injections during the testing phase developed …
Read More »UK Issues Anaphylaxis Warning On Pfizer Vaccine After Adverse Reactions
Pfizer and BioNTech said they were supporting the MHRA investigation. London: Britain’s drug regulator said that anyone with a history of anaphylaxis to a drug or food should not receive the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, providing more comprehensive guidance on a previous allergy warning about the vaccine. Starting with the elderly …
Read More »LIVE MARKET: Sensex down 200 points, Nifty below 13,500; IRCTC drops 15%
LIVE market updates: Indian markets fell half a percent in Thursday’s opening trade on weak global signals. Among the major indices, the S&P BSE Sensex fell 200 points, or 0.5 percent, to 45,870 levels, giving away the 46,000 mark it had reached in the previous session. The broader Nifty50 index …
Read More »Covid-19 Vaccine India Latest News, Coronavirus Case Tracker Today’s News Update
Coronavirus India LIVE Updates: At Lok Nayak, the largest facility just for Covid, 1,670 of the 2,000 beds are available. (Archive) Coronavirus India LIVE updates India will carry out the largest vaccination campaign in its history in the coming year. Top government sources told The Indian Express that the vaccine …
Read More »32,080 fresh COVID-19 cases in India, nearly 21% more than yesterday; 97.35 lakh total cases, 1.41,360 deaths
Coronavirus: Delhi, Hyderabad Airports Prepare to Receive First Batch of COVID-19 Vaccines from India: Center. New Delhi: With a jump of 32,080 new COVID-19 cases, the coronavirus case count in India reached 97.35 lakh in the last 24 hours, government data shows. The daily case count was nearly 21% higher …
Read More »Frontline staff, over 50, youth at risk
Written by Kaunain Sheriff M | New Delhi | Updated: December 9, 2020 10:03:07 am At the Serum Institute of India on Monday. (Photo: Reuters) One crore of health workers, two crore of frontline workers, including the police and armed forces, and around 27 crore of people over 50 and …
Read More »Rapid test by an Indian scientist can detect Covid-19 in less than 5 minutes
A team led by an Indian-born scientist has developed a rapid and ultra-sensitive test for Covid-19 using a paper electrochemical sensor that can detect the presence of the new coronavirus in less than five minutes. Researchers at the University of Illinois in the US created a graphene-based electrochemical biosensor with …
Read More »Oxford vaccine is better at stopping COVID than slowing the spread: report
Oxford and Astra are the first vaccine developers to reveal data on asymptomatic infection rates. Highlight Reducing the spread of the virus is a key element for the reopening of economies Oxford, Astra are the first to reveal data on the rate of asymptomatic infection Overall, it reduced such transmissions …
Read More »Schools to reopen for classes 5-8 after health department gives its go-ahead: Maharashtra
Maharashtra’s education department will allow schools to reopen for classes 5-8 only after obtaining approval from the state health department, School Education Minister Varsha Gaikwad said on Wednesday. Last month, the state government had authorized the district collectors and local authorities to decide on the reopening of the schools, which …
Read More »‘Really impressed to see how far it has come’: foreign envoys praise progress of India’s Covid-19 vaccine
The foreign envoys, who traveled to Hyderabad on Wednesday to visit two biotech companies working on Covid-19 vaccines, said they are impressed by the progress made by Indian pharmaceutical companies. The group of 60 envoys visited the facilities of two companies: Bharat Biotech and Biological E. “I was very impressed …
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