Seventy-nine percent of the 45,903 new COVID-19 The cases come from 10 states and UT, with Delhi surpassing Maharashtra and Kerala by reporting 7,745 infections in a 24-hour span to become the largest contributor to single-day infections, the Union Health Ministry said on Monday. . Delhi had previously overtaken Maharashtra …
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The companies have said they should be able to produce 1.3 billion two. (Figurative) The Covid-19 vaccine being developed by Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE prevented more than 90% of infections in a study of tens of thousands of volunteers, the most encouraging scientific advance yet in the battle against …
Read More »Biden appoints Covid Task Force co-chaired by Vivek Murthy as pandemic rages in the US.
WASHINGTON: President-elect Joe Biden’s transition team named a Covid-19 task force co-chaired by Indian-American Vivek Murthy on Monday as the coronavirus swept through the U.S. Surpassing 125,000 daily cases, with the grim prospect of the incoming new administration receiving a national health emergency. The 13-member task force of two other …
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Ugur Sahin, CEO and co-founder of the German biotechnology company BioNTech. (ARCHIVE) Frankfurt: The positive data on the COVID-19 vaccine from BioNTech and its American partner Pfizer Inc is an unlikely success for the married couple behind the German biotech company, which has dedicated their lives to harnessing the immune …
Read More »Pfizer says COVID-19 vaccine is 90% effective in phase 3 trial
Protection in patients was achieved seven days after the second of two doses and 28 days after the first, according to preliminary findings. A vaccine developed jointly by Pfizer and BioNTech was 90% effective in preventing Covid-19 infections in ongoing phase 3 trials, the companies announced Monday. Protection in patients …
Read More »Covid-19 vaccine is 90% effective in phase 3 trial, says US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer
The coronavirus disease (Covid-19) vaccine, which is being developed by US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and German biotechnology company BioNTech, is 90% effective in preventing infections in ongoing phase 3 trials, Pfizer announced on Monday. Monday. “The first set of results from our Phase 3 Covid-19 vaccine trial provides initial evidence …
Read More »India and Maldives discuss ways to boost economic recovery
India and the Maldives on Monday discussed ways to boost the Indian Ocean archipelago’s economic recovery amid the Covid-19 pandemic, including improving tourism and accelerating development projects. The two parties will sign four memorandums of understanding (MoU), including one for India’s $ 100 million grant for the $ 500 million …
Read More »Telugu megastar Chiranjeevi tests positive for Covid-19
Popular Telugu actor and former Union Minister K Chiranjeevi announced on Monday that he had tested positive for Covid-19 but was asymptomatic. In a statement, Chiranjeevi, a Telugu film industry megastar, said she had conducted a test for Covid-19 before resuming filming for her upcoming film Acharya under the health …
Read More »Tollywood actor Chiranjeevi tests positive for coronavirus, under home quarantine
Just a few days ago, Chiranjeevi had met with Telangana’s chief minister, K Chandrasekhar Rao, along with actor Akkineni Nagarjuna. Tollywood actor Chiranjeevi said on Monday that he had tested positive for the coronavirus. On Twitter, Chiranjeevi wrote: “I did a COVID-19 test before resuming the ‘Acharya’ session as protocol …
Read More »Marginal rise in number of Covid-19 cases brings India’s tally to 8,553,657
India’s coronavirus disease (Covid-19) count reached 8,553,657 on Monday after 45,903 new cases were recorded, according to the Union Ministry of Health. The country recorded 490 new deaths, bringing the death toll to 1,26,611. Monday’s case count (a tally of the number of Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours) …
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