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Medical personnel speak to people at a station at Adelaide’s Parafield Airport during the first day of the statewide total lockdown to combat the Covid-19 coronavirus on November 18, 2020 (Photo by Brenton EDWARDS / AFP). Prime Minister Steven Marshall said that a man who claimed to be a customer …

NEW DELHI: The CEO of vaccine maker Serum Institute of India, Adar Poonawalla, said Thursday that the Oxford Covid-19 vaccine should be available to healthcare workers and seniors around February 2021 and in April for the general public, and will have a maximum price of Rs 1,000 for two doses …

Written by Prabha Raghavan | New Delhi | Updated: November 20, 2020 7:08:08 am The candidate, who is being manufactured by SII under an agreement with Oxford-AstraZeneca, is the pioneer in India’s own race to find a vaccine to defeat the novel coronavirus. (Photo of Fie) Serum Institute of India …

Gilead’s Remdesivir drug is not recommended for hospitalized Covid-19 patients, regardless of how ill they are, as there is no evidence that it improves survival or reduces the need for ventilation, a panel from the World Organization of health. “The … panel found a lack of evidence that Remdesivir improved …

Noting that it is natural to prioritize the Covid-19 vaccine distribution process, Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Thursday that health workers and people over 65 will receive the coronavirus vaccine as a priority. Addressing FICCI FLO’s national webinar on ‘The Shifting Paradigm of Healthcare During and After Covid’, Vardhan …

The Delhi High Court on Thursday detained the Delhi government for its delayed action in handling the growing number of Covid-19 cases in the national capital as it sought to know why it was awaiting the court’s order to reduce the number of attendees to the weddings. . A bench …

CHANDIGARH: Haryana’s Health Minister Anil Vij, who had volunteered to be the first volunteer in phase three trials of Covaxin, a possible vaccine against Covid-19, will receive the dose on Friday. The 67-year-old Bharatiya Janata Party leader said he will be given the test dose of the indigenous vaccine at …

As the COVID-19 The case count in India rose to more than 90 lakh on Thursday, the executive director and owner of the Pune-based Serum Institute of India, Adar Poonawalla, said the country could look forward to a vaccine against the novel coronavirus by the end of the year or …

A 60-hour curfew will begin in the city of Ahmedabad from Friday at 9 p.m. as covid cases continue to rise. A full curfew will be imposed in the city of Ahmedabad from 9 pm on November 20 until 6 am on November 23. Rajiv Kumar Gupta, Additional Chief Secretary …

Experts differ on whether a lockdown will help the situation or not. “I firmly believe that the situation will get worse,” Anoop Misra, president of Fortis-C-DOC Hospital which specializes in diabetes, metabolic diseases and endocrinology, told the Economic Times. “A seven-day partial closure (subway and bus services closure) can help,” …