New Delhi: An investigation launched by the Comptroller General of Drugs of India (DCGI) into an alleged “serious adverse event” suffered by an Oxford COVID-19 The participant of the vaccine trial in Chennai found that it was not related to the injection he was given, official sources said. The DCGI …
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Written by Kaunain Sheriff M | New Delhi | Updated: December 3, 2020 7:00:03 am In order for the vaccine to be considered for use here, Pfizer’s Indian subsidiary will have to reach out to the regulator and share the data it has submitted to the UK regulator. (Photo: AP) …
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Japan has seen a comparatively small Covid-19 outbreak overall. Tokyo: Japan will give free coronavirus vaccines to all its residents under a bill passed Wednesday, as the nation battles a record number of daily cases. The bill, which says the government will cover all the costs of vaccines for Japan’s …
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The UK, which has an uneven track record in managing coronavirus disease, was the first country to decide to rely on herd immunity after all before realizing the folly of the approach, became the third country ( after China and Russia) and the first Westerner to approve a vaccine for …
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With possibilities of affordable COVID-19 The vaccine is likely to be available by February 2021, 59 percent of Indians reported that they will not rush to take it, a poll revealed Wednesday. The last few weeks have given the world hope with three vaccine manufacturers: Pfizer, Modern and Oxford-AstraZeneca disclosing …
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India recorded 36,604 new cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in the past 24 hours, data from the Union Ministry of Health showed at 8 a.m. Wednesday. With this, the national count has reached 9,499,413. The number of active cases remains below the five lakh mark – on Wednesday, the …
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Former Gujarat minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Kanti Gamit was arrested on Wednesday for violating Covid-19 guidelines, a day after a video showing some 6,000 people at an engagement ceremony of his granddaughter went viral. The arrest came hours after the Gujarat high court detained the BJP-led state …
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The total number of coronavirus cases in Dharavi has risen to 3,700. According to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), four more people tested positive for coronavirus in the city’s Dharavi slums on Wednesday. A total of 3,371 recoveries from Dharavi have been reported. Considered the largest slum settlement in Asia, …
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The small German biotech company BioNTech, founded by a husband and wife team with Turkish roots, has never brought a vaccine onto the market before. But its experimental technology has now become the first licensed for use in the Western world to help end the coronavirus pandemic. Together with its …
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Travel agents have started receiving inquiries from Indians who want to travel to the UK as soon as possible to get the COVID-19 vaccine that was approved Wednesday by the British government. A travel agent is planning to launch a three-night package for Indians who want to benefit from the …
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