President Vladimir Putin ordered Russian authorities on Wednesday to begin mass voluntary vaccinations against COVID-19 next week, as Russia recorded 589 new daily deaths from the coronavirus. Russia will have produced 2 million doses of vaccines in the next few days, Putin said. Russia said last month that its Sputnik …
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The United Kingdom became the first Western country to authorize a COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday, marking a crucial moment in the global fight against coronavirus. The Pfizer / BioNTech vaccine received an emergency clearance from British regulators and the first doses are expected to be rolled out early next week. …
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The third wave of coronavirus infections (Covid-19) in Delhi has started to show clear signs of retreat with new cases steadily declining over the past few weeks. The reduction in new infections has gone hand in hand with a drop in the positivity rate and a significant improvement in testing, …
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New Delhi: An investigation launched by the Comptroller General of Drugs of India (DCGI) into an alleged “serious adverse event” suffered by an Oxford COVID-19 The participant of the vaccine trial in Chennai found that it was not related to the injection he was given, official sources said. The DCGI …
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The UK, which has an uneven track record in managing coronavirus disease, was the first country to decide to rely on herd immunity after all before realizing the folly of the approach, became the third country ( after China and Russia) and the first Westerner to approve a vaccine for …
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West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar, 69, and Minister of State Firhad Hakim, 61, have expressed their willingness to volunteer for the phase 3 trial of Covaxin, the government-backed Covid-19 vaccine. . The trial began in Calcutta on Wednesday. “I have received calls from many people who want to come forward …
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With possibilities of affordable COVID-19 The vaccine is likely to be available by February 2021, 59 percent of Indians reported that they will not rush to take it, a poll revealed Wednesday. The last few weeks have given the world hope with three vaccine manufacturers: Pfizer, Modern and Oxford-AstraZeneca disclosing …
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India recorded 36,604 new cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in the past 24 hours, data from the Union Ministry of Health showed at 8 a.m. Wednesday. With this, the national count has reached 9,499,413. The number of active cases remains below the five lakh mark – on Wednesday, the …
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Former Gujarat minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Kanti Gamit was arrested on Wednesday for violating Covid-19 guidelines, a day after a video showing some 6,000 people at an engagement ceremony of his granddaughter went viral. The arrest came hours after the Gujarat high court detained the BJP-led state …
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The total number of coronavirus cases in Dharavi has risen to 3,700. According to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), four more people tested positive for coronavirus in the city’s Dharavi slums on Wednesday. A total of 3,371 recoveries from Dharavi have been reported. Considered the largest slum settlement in Asia, …
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