There is not much information available on India’s Covid-19 vaccine game plan. We know – HT’s Saubhadra Chatterji broke that story – that there is a vaccine committee. We also know that this committee is talking to various vaccine developers. And we know that states have been asked to prepare …
Read More »Pfizer’s CEO withdrew 60% of its shares on the same day the company released the results of its COVID-19 vaccine test.
Pfizer CEO Albert bourla sold 62% of its shares in the company on the same day that the pharmaceutical company announced the results of its Vaccine for COVID-19 judgment. Bourla sold $ 5.6 million in shares on Monday as part of a predetermined trading plan adopted on August 19. its …
Read More »Sensex earns 250 points; Nifty tops 12,700; pharmaceutical companies top
Investors are racking up stocks as hopes for the covid vaccine perked up markets globally. 4 min read . Updated: Nov 11, 2020 10:58 am IST Madhumita Sen Choudhury Indian stock indices opened higher on Wednesday following their Asian peers as investors continued to take advantage of positive sentiment from …
Read More »Pfizer Covid Vaccine: Deployment Logistics, Likely Powers Speed Increases
Written by Prabha Raghavan, Anil Sasi | New Delhi | Updated: November 11, 2020 7:14:52 am Pfizer and German partner BioNTech SE are the first drug manufacturers to show successful data from a large-scale clinical trial of a coronavirus vaccine. While Pfizer and BioNTech await sufficient safety data In late …
Read More »Indices end at an all-time high for the second day, Sensex earns 680 pts, exceeds 43K
Extending their winning streak to the seventh consecutive session, the benchmark indices gained more than 1 percent to hit record levels for the second consecutive session on Tuesday. Investor confidence got a big boost after Pfizer said its experimental Covid-19 vaccine was more than 90 percent effective based on the …
Read More »The Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine is 90% effective. Will India get it?
Written by Prabha Raghavan, edited by Explained Desk | New Delhi | Updated: November 10, 2020 3:43:25 pm The company’s first interim efficacy analysis indicates that the vaccine may demonstrate efficacy against Covid-19. (Reuters) The American pharmaceutical company Pfizer has launched preliminary data from late-stage human trials of the Covid-19 …
Read More »Updates of the 228th day of the closure of the coronavirus in India | Delhi overtakes Maharashtra as largest contributor to new COVID-19 cases
The coronavirus has reached another sobering milestone: more than 50 million positive cases worldwide since the pandemic began. The Johns Hopkins University coronavirus tracker reported more than 50.2 million COVID-19 cases worldwide as of Sunday. There have been more than 1.2 million deaths from the disease worldwide since the pandemic …
Read More »Amid the good news of the Covid vaccine, Joe Biden says it won’t be widely available for months
He added that the vaccine approval process must be guided by science so the public can trust that it is safe and effective. “With cases increasing once again, it is imperative that we increase our production of personal protective equipment, to ensure that our courageous healthcare workers have what they …
Read More »Coronavirus | 577 COVID-19 Deaths in Past 24 Hours, Delhi Reports Peak New Cases
Active cases had been on a steady decline and stood at 5,16,632 on Saturday: Ministry of Health There were 577 deaths from COVID-19 in the last 24 hours in the country, and of these, 10 states / UT accounted for almost 83% of the deaths, according to a statement issued …
Read More »India Prepares to Launch Vaccines; Anganwadi centers, schools to be used
According to a plan that was deliberated by a group of experts, state governments would identify buildings that can be used as vaccination booths under the special COVID-19 immunization program that would run in parallel to the Universal Immunization Program (UIP) existing. “Vaccination sites will not be limited to health …
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