By: PTI | New Delhi | Updated: September 13, 2020 10:04:07 pm Health Minister Harsh Vardhan made these comments during interaction with his social media followers on the ‘Sunday Samvad’ platform. (File photo) A COVID-19 vaccine is likely to be available early next year and the government is considering its …
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Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said a date for the launch of the Covid-19 vaccine has not yet been set. “It may be ready for the first quarter of next year,” said the minister when addressing the first episode of his Sunday Samvaad, a program of interaction on social networks. …
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By: Desk Explained | Pune | Updated: September 13, 2020 8:53:31 am A healthcare worker holds blood samples during clinical trials for a Covid-19 vaccine at the Research Centers of America in Hollywood, Florida. (Photographer: Eva Marie Uzcategui / Bloomberg) Coronavirus Vaccine Tracker (COVID-19): The clinical trials of a coronavirus …
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Oxford University resumed testing the coronavirus vaccine in the United States on Saturday following confirmation by the Medicines Health Regulatory Authority (MHRA). The advanced COVID-19 vaccine trial developed by the University of Oxford and Astrazeneca was suspended this week after illness in a study subject in Britain. Here is the …
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The University of Oxford, one of the leading Covid-19 vaccine developers in the world race, resumed its trial to test the drug it is developing with pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca on Saturday. The restart to demonstrate the drug’s effectiveness comes two days after he had to stop the trial after a …
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After Astrazeneca resumed testing of the Oxford University coronavirus vaccine in the UK, the Serum Institute of India said on Saturday it will restart the trial in the country once allowed by the main drug regulator. Commenting on the resumption of the trial, Adar Poonawalla, executive director of the Serum …
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India’s largest and richest state, Maharashtra, will register its millionth new coronavirus infection on Friday, putting it on par with Russia in the pandemic and quelling India’s attempts to reverse an economic downturn. The western state, home to the financial capital Mumbai, is on track to surpass the million mark, …
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Written by Prabha Raghavan, edited by Explained Desk | New Delhi | Updated: September 11, 2020 6:23:32 pm An employee is treated at the Special Immunobiological Reference Center (CRIE) of the Federal University of Sao Paulo (Unifesp) where the Oxford / AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine trials were being carried out, in …
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The newest Covid-19 vaccine candidate to begin human trials is the first in which volunteers will not receive a painful injection. Instead, they will receive a spray through their nose. China on Wednesday approved phase I human trials for the nasal spray vaccine, which is jointly developed by researchers at …
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Written by Prabha Raghavan | New Delhi | Updated: September 11, 2020 7:29:25 am Covid-19 testing in New Delhi. IBS Sponsors Mid- and Late-Stage Human Clinical Trials for Candidate Vaccine in India Serum Institute of India has decided to stop the ongoing clinical trials in India of the Covid-19 candidate …
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