The death toll from the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in India surpassed the 100,000 mark on Friday, a grim milestone that comes exactly seven months from the day the first batch of cases was reported in the country. India became the third country in the world to cross this milestone: only …
Read More »Vaccine Maker Moderna Launches Covid-19 Test Plan
Moderna Inc. unveiled details of its plan to analyze data from its Covid-19 vaccine trial, offering an unusual look under the hood of the study of one of the leading vaccine candidates. In a statement ahead of an investor meeting the company will hold on Thursday, Moderna said the trial …
Read More »Brazil and Turkey plan to conduct phase III trials of Russia’s Sputnik V: the latest in coronavirus vaccine
The race to find a coronavirus vaccine continues, but it has been a mixed week in that search so far. AstraZeneca had to pause its vaccine trials when a woman developed severe neurological symptoms, the drugmaker told news agencies on Thursday. The Comptroller General of Drugs of India asked the …
Read More »Russia cancels criticism of Covid-19 vaccine and says ‘all boxes are checked’
Russia’s sovereign wealth fund, which has backed the country’s vaccine against coronavirus disease (Covid-19), has rejected criticism about Sputnik V’s security after Western experts warned against its use until all have been taken. internationally approved regulatory tests and measures. “With this (post) we answer all the questions from the West …
Read More »Covid-19: what you need to know today
This column has often mentioned the similarities between the spread of coronavirus disease in the US and India, both in geographically large and populated countries. The United States is bigger than India; and India is more populous than the United States. But there is a big difference, one that points …
Read More »Metro stations in the red zones are unlikely to open on day 1
Metro stations in the containment zones and some other locations may not open immediately when the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) restarts train operations from September 7, based on Unlock 4.0 guidelines issued by the Union Interior Ministry, Delhi Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot said on Sunday. . The minister said …
Read More »Covid-19 Vaccine Diplomacy in India’s Outreach Plan
The Union government is working in at least five different ways, ranging from free vaccines to guaranteed supply, in which it can help its immediate neighbors as well as countries in West Asia, Africa and even Latin America, familiar officials said. with the plan on condition of anonymity. The idea …
Read More »Covid-19: what you need to know today
On Friday, as reported by the Hindustan Times on the same day, India crossed the US seven-day high average in terms of daily coronavirus cases, according to worldometers.info and the New York Times database. The United States saw its seven-day high average in mid-July; India saw him in late August. …
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