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The Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan has reiterated that India may not require Pfizer’s vaccine against the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), and other candidate vaccines are so far being tested in the country showing promising results. in safety tests. According to media reports, the health minister said it made no sense …

Vaccine developers have been racing against time to find a vaccine that offers immunity against the coronavirus disease (Covid-19). Oxford University announced Monday that its viral disease vaccine was up to 90% effective in preventing infections, Pfizer Inc. applied for an emergency use authorization in the US for its vaccine …

India will take the top priority for the delivery of the AstraZeneca / Oxford vaccine after its British developers claimed success after massive testing, the world’s largest vaccine maker by volume said Monday. Serum Institute of India CEO Adar Poonawalla said the manufacturer has already produced 40 million doses of …

Written by Prabha Raghavan | New Delhi | Updated: November 24, 2020 7:37:08 am The AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine is called AZ1222; its Indian version, Covishield, is currently in late-stage testing. (Reuters photo) The Swedish-British company AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford information published on Monday on the effectiveness of his vaccine, …

FRANKFURT / LONDON: A fluke due to a dosing error will pave the way for AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford to submit their Covid-19 vaccine for regulatory approval. The British pharmacist said on Monday that the vaccine could be around 90% effective, when given as a half dose followed …

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet with senior ministers and other state representatives to review the COVID-19 situation and discuss the vaccine distribution strategy tomorrow, via video conference, officials said Monday. PM Modi is reportedly expected to hold two back-to-back meetings, one with eight states with a large number of …

NEW YORK: The first Americans could receive a Covid-19 vaccine as early as December 11, the top scientific adviser to the U.S. government’s vaccine program said on Sunday. “Within 24 hours of approval, the vaccine will be moved and located in the areas where each state will have told us …

The United States expects to start a comprehensive Covid vaccination program in early December, the head of the government’s coronavirus vaccination effort said Sunday. “Our plan is to be able to send the vaccines to immunization sites within 24 hours of approval” by the US Food and Drug Administration, Moncef …

The successes of the trials by Pfizer Inc. and Moderna Inc. have fueled hopes that a Covid-19 vaccine will soon arrive. But much of the world, outside of rich nations like the United States, has the opportunity for another company to escape the crisis. Findings from the final stage of …

As the race to develop and distribute a potential Covid-19 vaccine accelerates around the world, Russian coronavirus vaccine candidate Sputnik V, also touted as the world’s first registered Covid-19 vaccine, will have a price ‘much lower’ than other covid vaccines like the Pfizer and Modern candidates, according to the developers …