However, it remains to be confirmed if any of those found positive have contracted the new variant of the coronavirus. A total of 40 people, half of them returnees from the UK, and the rest their contacts, tested positive for the coronavirus in Tamil Nadu and are being treated in …
Read More »Goa CM Pramod Sawant defies the Center’s warning and allows free for all on New Year’s Eve | Goa News
PANAJI: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Thursday defied a warning from the Center, as well as timely suggestions from his own health minister to take steps to enforce security precautions ahead of New Year celebrations in the state. Even when Vishwajit Rane, who has the health portfolio, said that he …
Read More »Covid-19 vaccine update: pan-India trial on Saturday, WHO approves Pfizer candidate
It has been almost a month since several countries began vaccinating against the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic. While the UK was the first country to approve a Covid-19 vaccine and begin the immunization campaign, several others have joined the list since then. Most countries have approved Pfizer Inc-BioNTech SE or …
Read More »Very unlikely 91-year-old death from vaccine: Switzerland
Swissmedic approved the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine on December 20 (Representative) Geneva: There is no indication that the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against Covid-19 was responsible for the death of an elderly person in Switzerland within days of receiving the vaccine, Swiss authorities said Wednesday. The Swissmedic regulatory authority and regional authorities in the …
Read More »Panel of key experts meets today to review data on Covid-19 vaccines from Serum Institute and Bharat Biotech
The National Medicines Regulator’s Committee of Subject Matters (SEC) will meet again on Friday to make a decision on the Serum Institute of India (SII) Oxford-AstraZeneca’s Emergency Use Authorization Application (EUA) and Candidate Bharat Biotech vaccines against coronavirus disease. (COVID-19). The SEC had met for a second time on Wednesday …
Read More »New strain Covid Karnataka: 4 more from Karnataka test positive for new strain Covid | Bengaluru News
BENGALURU: The number of people infected with the British variant of the SARS-CoV2 virus in Karnataka increased to seven on Wednesday from three on Tuesday. Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa urged all returnees from the UK and other countries to get tested for their own safety and to help prevent the …
Read More »Dec 31 assent denied, Elgaar Parishad organizers say it will hold event on Jan 30
Organizers of Elgaar Parishad, who were Denied Pune City Police Permission to Hold Conference on December 31st, they have said that they will hold it in Pune on January 30th. They also said that if the police deny permission for the conference again, they will hold it “in the streets.” …
Read More »‘An incredible moment for the UK’, says British Prime Minister Boris Johnson as the country exits the EU
Calling the availability of two vaccines and the UK’s exit from the EU embrace as of 11pm Thursday, when the Brexit transition period ends, as an “incredible moment,” Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that He continued to trust the country and the future as it enters 2021. Johnson released an …
Read More »US hopes to approve UK-backed AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine in April
The United States is expected to approve the low-cost AstraZeneca / Oxford vaccine in April. Washington, United States: The United States is expected to approve the low-cost AstraZeneca / Oxford vaccine in April, a senior official said, more than three months after Britain’s green light on Wednesday. Moncef Slaoui, the …
Read More »Coronavirus | UK approves Oxford vaccine
Indian drug regulators, in a meeting called a few hours after approval, reviewed a request from the Serum Institute of India for the emergency use of jab. AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine has been approved for emergency supply in the UK, with the first doses launched on Wednesday, so vaccines can begin …
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