Modi also warned against any complacency in the face of the decline and called for continued efforts to contain the pandemic. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that every step in the logistics, delivery and administration of the COVID-19 vaccine must be rigorously implemented and must include advanced planning of …
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India will receive 60-70 million doses of the Covishield vaccine from Oxford by December, but the vaccines will hit the market in March 2021, the Serum Institute of India (SII) in Pune said, revealing its latest updates on the ongoing trial of the Astrazeneca-Oxford vaccine. Time between December and March …
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Urging the Health Ministry and Niti Aayog officials to ensure speedy delivery of the vaccine, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday that an organized vaccine administration and delivery system should be established, drawing on the experience of successful driving. of elections and disaster management. The process must involve the …
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A swab sample is being taken at a BMC medical center for a rapid Covid-19 test in Mumbai. (Express Photo by Amit Chakravarty) Meanwhile, Dr Suresh Jadhav, executive director of the Serum Institute of India, which is testing the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine candidate in the country, said that India could receive …
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Written by Anuradha Mascarenhas | Pune | Updated: October 17, 2020 7:13:22 am Dr. Soumya Swaminathan, chief scientist at the World Health Organization, said that a Covid-19 vaccine should be ready by the second quarter of next year. (Representative image) India can receive a Covid-19 vaccine by March 2021, provided …
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“Human challenge” trials of potential COVID-19 vaccines, where volunteers are deliberately infected with the disease, could become a reality after a British biotech company signs a government contract to create and supply strains of the virus . HVIVO, a unit of pharmaceutical services company Open Orphan, is conducting preliminary work …
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Moscow: Russia has given regulatory approval to a second Covid-19 vaccine, called ‘EpiVacCorona’, after early-stage studies. The new coronavirus vaccine comes two months after a similar move for Russia’s first vaccine, Sputnik V, drew widespread criticism from scientists both at home and abroad. Also Read – Latest COVID-19 Vaccine Update: …
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NEW DELHI: World Health Organization (WHO) chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan said Thursday that young, healthy people may have to wait until 2022 to receive the Covid-19 vaccine. Swaminathan also stressed that priority should be given to healthcare workers and those most at risk. He noted that despite the many vaccine …
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India is expected to have a Covid-19 vaccine in a few months and the country should be in the process of delivering it to people in the next six months, the Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said. He made the remarks at the Annual General Meeting of the Indian Red …
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NEW DELHI Prime Minister Narendra Modi participated in a meeting Thursday to review the research and potential development of a vaccine against the novel coronavirus pandemic. PM Modi took stock of the Ministry of Health’s “comprehensive” distribution and delivery mechanism for vaccines, once their use was successful. For the future …
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