The Trump administration embarked on one of the most ambitious vaccine development efforts in history. Operation Warp Speed is likely to produce a Covid-19 inoculation in a fraction of the years it would normally take. By doing so, it could save the lives of hundreds of thousands of people and …
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Union Minister Nitin Gadkari tested positive for coronavirus on Wednesday. Gadkari had attended the monsoon session of Parliament on Monday and sat in the front row for a brief moment. The minister has isolated himself and has asked everyone who has contacted him to follow the required protocols. After feeling …
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about the video Congressional leader Anand Sharma lashed out at the Modi government for handling the Covid crisis and raised several questions about Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan’s statement on the issue at Lok Sabha. Sharma questioned the government-imposed blockade and said what preparations had been made before the imposition …
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Russia’s sovereign wealth fund said on Wednesday that it had reached an agreement with India’s leading pharmaceutical companies, Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories, to cooperate in clinical trials and distribution of the Sputnik V vaccine for Covid-19 in India. “Following regulatory approval in India, the RDIF will supply Dr. Reddy’s 100 million …
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Coronavirus India LIVE updates: NEET aspirant waits for metro train in Kolkata (Express Photo / Partha Paul) Coronavirus India Live Updates: Monday’s four-hour session of the Lok Sabha on the first day of the Monsoon Session was somewhat dominated by the pandemic. From members who arrive masked to their seats …
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US President Donald Trump said Tuesday that a coronavirus vaccine could be available within a month, an acceleration even from his own optimistic predictions, but added that the pandemic could go away on its own. “We are very close to having a vaccine,” he said in a city hall question …
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Fifteen scientists from five countries signed the letter presenting their concerns to the international medical journal, Enrico Bucci, an associate professor biologist at Temple University in Philadelphia, told Reuters. Reuters did not see the content of the letter. Nonetheless, the move highlights growing concern among scientists about the safety and …
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The Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) said on Tuesday that three candidate vaccines against the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) are in the clinical stage of trials in India and one of them will soon begin Phase 3 trials after obtaining authorizations. The Covid-19 vaccine candidates made by Cadila Healthcare and …
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The coronavirus vaccines being developed in China may be ready for use by the general public from November, said an official with the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). China has four Covid-19 vaccines in the final stage of clinical trials. At least three of them have already …
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Health workers collect swab samples on Narkeldanga Main Road Kolkata Former Union Minister Raghuvansh Prasad Singh passed away on Sunday morning while undergoing treatment in New Delhi. Singh, who had recently resigned from RJD, had fallen seriously ill after developing post-COVID complications. Singh’s condition had deteriorated by Friday evening and …
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