The Center will deliberate whether to obtain the Pfizer vaccine against Covid-19, which requires a temperature of minus 70 degrees Celsius. And the storage requirement isn’t the only hurdle that worries the Covid-19 task force. The amount in which they will be available would not be enough for the Indian …
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The stakes are high for Adar Poonawalla’s Serum Institute of India, the world’s largest vaccine producer by volume, as it has already produced 40 million doses of the potential Astrazeneca Covid-19 vaccine and is beginning production of a few others. So far, no adverse effects have been reported during trials …
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In this illustration, taken on September 9, 2020, a test tube labeled with the vaccine is seen in front of the AstraZeneca logo. REUTERS / Dado Ruvic / Illustration The Federal University of Sao Paulo, which is helping coordinate phase 3 clinical trials in Brazil, said separately that the volunteer …
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With the UK government in the process of human challenge testing to accelerate the pace of implementation of an effective Covid-19 vaccine, the race between countries to immunize their citizens has intensified. These are the latest developments from around the world: $ 60 Chinese Vaccine A city in China’s Zhejiang …
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Although there is currently no nasal vaccine being tested in India, the Serum Institute of India in Pune and Bharat Biotech in Hyderabad will soon begin clinical trials of intranasal Covid-19 vaccines, said the Union’s health minister, the Dr. Harsh Vardhan. Bharat Biotech, which is developing a native vaccine in …
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Pfizer Inc said Friday that it could request emergency use of its coronavirus vaccine as soon as a safety milestone is reached in November. The drugmaker should have enough data from its late-stage trial to know if its coronavirus vaccine works for this month, CEO Albert Bourla wrote in an …
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The wait for the Covid-19 vaccine may be longer for the young population in good health, said World Health Organization chief scientist Dr. Soumya Swaminathan at a WHO social media event. . “Most people agree, it’s starting with healthcare workers and front-line workers, but even there, you need to define …
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In Spain, bars and restaurants will close throughout the northeast region of Catalonia for the next 15 days, as the country faces one of the highest infection rates in the European Union, with almost 900,000 cases and more than 33,000 deaths. The measures also went into effect in the Netherlands, …
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The Union Health Ministry has asked states to submit priority population lists that will receive the Covid-19 vaccine first by the end of October, Minister Harsh Vardhan said. The priority population refers to those who are at higher risk of contracting the virus than others. The government is working around …
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Amid growing concerns about the efficacy of Covid-19 vaccines in development, several participants in Moderna and Pfizer’s human trial program reported high fever, body aches, headaches, and exhaustion. However, these are common for any vaccine and are not a cause for alarm, experts have said. Here are the latest Covid-19 …
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