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NEW DELHI: Indians are the most optimistic about the Covid-19 vaccine and the majority of the population is interested in getting vaccinated as soon as it is available, according to a global survey. In contrast, the survey found that people in advanced countries like France, Spain and Japan share a …

NEW DELHI: An Indian government-backed Covid-19 vaccine could be launched in February, months earlier than expected, as late-stage trials begin this month and studies so far have shown it to be safe and effective, a scientist said high-level government. Reuters. Bharat Biotech, a private company developing COVAXIN with the government-run …

A safe and effective vaccine against the new coronavirus may be available in India by January 2021, says Adar Poonawalla, executive director (CEO) of the Serum Institute of India. The Pune-based drugmaker teamed up with major British-Swedish drugmaker AstraZeneca to produce the coronavirus vaccine for low- and middle-income countries, developed …

By the end of October, we were supposed to have at least some data from the phase 3 trials of the Pfizer / BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine. That has been delayed (not long, according to some reports) even as it is becoming clearer than deadlines for most of us (and this …

The search for a safe and effective vaccine against the new coronavirus is underway. Frontline workers will be the first to get vaccinated in India when a vaccine becomes available, according to a senior official. “Reducing mortality and protecting frontline workers must be the first priority,” said Dr. Vinod Paul, …

Chancellor Angela Merkel said Thursday that preparations for coronavirus vaccines in Germany are underway and that the government is working on ethical guidelines on for whom vaccines should be available, Reuters reported. The Health Ministry plans to create 60 special vaccination centers to ensure vaccines can be stored at the …

Written by Abhishek De, edited by Explained Desk | New Delhi | Updated: October 29, 2020 12:09:08 am A healthcare worker takes a nasal swab sample at a COVID-19 testing center in Hyderabad (AP) With the results of late-stage clinical trials by two Covid-19 vaccine pioneers, Moderna Inc and Pfizer, …

Serum Institute of India Executive Director Adar Poonawalla on Monday expressed “some preliminary good news” about the efficacy of early covid vaccines, particularly the Oxford candidate vaccine developed by the University of Oxford with AstraZeneca Plc after an article de Bloomberg published that the Oxford covid vaccine “has produced a …

At a Covid-19 testing center in New Delhi. (Express Photo: Amit Mehra) Maharashtra Dy CM Ajit Pawar tests positive Maharashtra’s Chief Deputy Minister Ajit Pawar said he tested positive for Covid-19 on Monday and had been admitted to a hospital in Mumbai. “I have tested positive for Covid-19. My health …

Union Minister Pratap Sarangi said on Sunday that all people in the country will receive the COVID vaccine for free, amid demand from opposition parties in the country and not only in Bihar, as announced by the BJP. The BJP’s announcement of the free COVID vaccine for Bihar, where assembly …