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Hopes for an early vaccine for coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in India have been rekindled after three companies, within days of each other, applied for emergency use authorization (USA) of their respective candidate vaccines in the country. While Pfizer Inc of the United States was the first to apply on December …

Delhi and Hyderabad airports already have cold rooms for other perishable goods (Archive) New Delhi: Existing cold chain facilities in India are capable of storing the first shipment of nearly three million new coronavirus vaccines that have been destined for front-line healthcare and medical workers, the Ministry of Health said …

LONDON: Margaret Keenan, a 90-year-old grandmother, became the first person in the world to receive the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine outside of a trial on Tuesday when Britain began vaccinating its population. An early riser, Keenan received the vaccine at her local hospital in Coventry, central England, on Tuesday morning at …

Margaret Keenan, a 90-year-old British grandmother, has become the first person in the world to receive the Pfizer. COVID-19 vaccine out of a trial after rapid clinical approval. An early riser, Keenan was hit at her local hospital in Coventry, central England, on Tuesday morning at 0631 GMT, a week …

NEW DELHI: The government will not worry about not meeting its budget deficit target as it seeks to increase spending to support the economy, said Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. Stimulus spending will not decline quickly, he said in an interview. The government and the central bank together have struck a …

Pfizer has said that the side effects in the trial volunteers were mostly mild to moderate and disappeared quickly. Britain on Tuesday will become the first country in the world to launch the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNtech, initially making the vaccine available in 50 hospitals. The country’s …

Coronavirus: The new coronavirus has infected 6.7 million people and has cost more than 15 billion lives so far. New Delhi: Amid preparations to begin inoculation of high-risk groups, the daily count of coronavirus cases in India fell to 26,567 in the past 24 hours, the lowest in nearly five …

The UK will start dosing Pfizer and German partner BioNTech SE on Tuesday. Even as it starts the first Covid immunizations with an injection from Pfizer Inc., the UK plans to test it in combination with another vaccine from AstraZeneca Plc. Studies aimed at determining whether using the two jabs …

A committee of experts from the Central Standard Medicines Control Organization (CDSCO) will meet on Wednesday to review applications from Pfizer, Serum Institute of India and Bharat Biotech seeking emergency use authorization for their Covid-19 vaccine candidates. official sources said Monday night. The decision was made late Monday night after …

Written by Kaunain Sheriff M | New Delhi | Updated: December 8, 2020 7:53:42 am States are also uploading data on 2.39 lakhs of vaccinators, many of whom are assistant nurse midwives (ANM), on the digital platform, the sources said. The vaccine will be administered to 100 people during each …