Written by Kaunain Sheriff M, Amitabh Sinha | New Delhi, Pune | Updated: December 9, 2020 10:02:09 am Vials of Covishield, the Indian version of the AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine, at the Serum Institute of India in Pune, India. (Reuters photo) Three vaccine developers have submitted applications to the Central Drug Standards …
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By: AP | Updated: December 8, 2020 7:57:28 pm Margaret Keenan, 90, was the first UK patient to receive the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, administered by nurse May Parsons at Coventry University Hospital, England. (Jacob King / Pool via AP) The UK health authorities have launched the first doses of a …
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LONDON: AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford have more work to do to confirm whether its Covid-19 vaccine can be 90% effective, peer-reviewed data published in The Lancet on Tuesday showed, which could slow its eventual deployment in the fight against the pandemic. Once seen as the pioneer in the …
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India on Tuesday recorded the lowest number of cases in five months – 26,567 in the past 24 hours, government data shows. The daily case count fell amid preparations to start vaccinating high-risk groups. With new cases, the general coronavirus the tally has crossed 97 lakh-mark- 97,03,770, while the death …
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Health workers, front-line workers and those most at risk of dying from coronavirus disease (Covid-19), such as those over 50 years of age or patients with comorbidities, are the three priority groups targeted. They have been recommended to receive the vaccine by the National Group of Experts on the Administration …
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Written by Prabha Raghavan, Anuradha Mascarenhas | New Delhi, Pune | Updated: December 8, 2020 7:15:08 am Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech has included interim data from early and mid-stage human trials of its Covaxin vaccine candidate. (Archive) In its application for emergency use approval, Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech has included interim data …
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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 …
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After US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, Serum Institute of India (SII) applied on Sunday to the Comptroller General of Medicines of India (DCGI) for an emergency use authorization for the COVID-19 Covidshield vaccine from Oxford in the country. On Twitter, SII CEO Adar Poonawalla reported that the company has applied for …
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Adar Poonawalla has confirmed that the Serum Institute of India has applied for an emergency use authorization for the Covishield coronavirus vaccine. “As promised, before the end of 2020, @SerumInstIndia has applied for emergency use authorization for the first vaccine manufactured in India, COVISHIELD. This will save countless lives, and …
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Queen Elizabeth, 94, and Prince Philip, 99, are expected to be among the first to receive the Pfizer / BioNTech vaccine, the first shipment of which arrived in the UK and will be administered first to those over 80 years of age from Tuesday. . Claims against vaccines on social …
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