A healthcare worker collects a swab sample for the COVD-19 test at M Block CP in New Delhi, Wednesday, December 16 (Express file photo by Amit Mehra) Maharashtra Prime Minister Uddhav Thackeray said Sunday that wearing masks will be mandatory for the next six months in the state. Addressing people …
Read More »Experts from India to meet today on a new strain of virus in the UK
Written by Kaunain Sheriff M | New Delhi | Updated: December 21, 2020 7:18:22 am Union Minister Harsh Vardhan (Express Photo by Amit Mehra) The highest advisory body of the Ministry of Health will meet urgently on Monday to discuss the new strain of new coronavirus in the UK, which …
Read More »Modern to start dosing tomorrow; Oxford will get UK approval next week
Written by Abhishek De | New Delhi | Updated: December 20, 2020 7:47:28 pm Swab collection for ongoing Covid-19 testing inside an NMMC mobile testing facility in Vashi (Express photo by Amit Chakravarty) The United States was shot in the arm in its fight against Covid-19 after the Food and …
Read More »Almost the size of the US population, how India plans to vaccinate 300 million people against Covid-19
With a COVID-19 number of cases that has exceeded 10 million people, India is the second country in the world most affected by coronavirus pandemic, behind only the United States. But its goal is to emerge from the crisis in the coming months with a massive vaccination campaign, which will …
Read More »India’s COVID-19 cases surpass the 1 crore mark
The total number of recovered cases is more than 30 times the number of active cases, the ministry said. The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in India surpassed the 1 crore (10 million) mark on December 18, 2020. According to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at John …
Read More »American nurse Tiffany Tennessee Chattanooga faints after receiving coronavirus vaccine press conference
Image source: TWITTER GRAB A head nurse at a Tennessee hospital passes out during a press conference after receiving a coronavirus vaccine. Tiffany Dover, chief nurse at Chattanooga, Hospital in Tennessee, passed out during a news conference after receiving the coronavirus vaccine from Pfizer-BionTech. The head nurse was addressing the …
Read More »Guidelines Enrollment Details Explained
A ‘safe and effective’ vaccine against the new coronavirus will soon become a reality in India. Pfizer, Serum Institute of India and Bharat Biotech have applied for marketing authorization for their vaccines. The vaccination campaign will begin once the country approves the emergency use of any of the candidate vaccines. …
Read More »Brazilian President Bolsonaro Says ‘COVID-19 Vaccine Can Turn People Into Crocodiles’
In a bizarre comment about COVID-19 vaccines, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said that the vaccine developed by Pfizer-BioNTech could turn people into ‘crocodiles’ or ‘bearded ladies’. Earlier, when Brazil launched its mass inoculation campaign, Bolsonaro said that it will not be vaccinated. Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic around …
Read More »Government Must Protect Vaccine Manufacturers Against Lawsuits: Adar Poonawalla From IBS
Manufacturers of vaccines against coronavirus disease (Covid-19) should be protected from liability in the event of serious adverse reactions or other claims to their vaccines during a pandemic, said the executive director of the Serum Institute of India (SII). ), Adar Poonawalla. Poonawalla, who made the remarks during a virtual …
Read More »India’s COVID-19 cases surpass the 1 crore mark
The total number of recovered cases is more than 30 times the number of active cases, the ministry said. The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in India surpassed the 1 crore (10 million) mark on December 18, 2020. According to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at John …
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