For the first time, India has successfully isolated and cultured the British variant of Sars-CoV-2, the virus that causes coronavirus disease (Covid-19), the Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) said in a tweet on Saturday. . “The UK variant of the virus, with all signature changes, has now been successfully …
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VG Somani, Comptroller General of Drugs of India (DCGI), in a webinar on Thursday indicated that India was close to approving a COVID-19 vaccine. Mr. Somani was participating in a webinar, organized by the Department of Biotechnology, in which vaccine experts, infectious disease experts and representatives of companies developing vaccines …
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The state government provided relaxation in places of worship, as well as political, sporting and entertainment gatherings. The Tamil Nadu government has extended the restrictions across the state due to the coronavirus pandemic until January 31. According to the latest guidelines, the state government has banned the congregation of the …
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The Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) has said that the Indian vaccine against Covid-19, Covaxin, has attracted global attention. In a tweet, the ICMR said: “India’s indigenous vaccine against covaxin # Covid19, a product of the ICMR-Bharat Biotech collaboration, achieves a remarkable feat. The data generated from India underscores …
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The woman is now in quarantine and test results are awaited to confirm whether she is infected with the new variant of SARS-CoV-2 found in the UK. A 47-year-old woman from Andhra Pradesh, who tested positive for the coronavirus in Delhi after arriving from the UK, has caused panic among …
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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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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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Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech on Wednesday released the results of phase 1 trials of its coronavirus (Covid-19) vaccine ‘Covaxin’, which produced a robust immune response against the disease and showed that most of the adverse events were mild and resolved. The vaccine is stored between 2 and 8 degrees Celsius and …
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HYDERABAD: India’s first indigenous vaccine, Covaxin, managed to induce a robust immune response without any serious adverse events during phase 1 trials that were conducted on 375 volunteers, Bharat Biotech said in a research article. The company said that most of the adverse events seen during the study were mild …
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A senior Health Ministry official told The Hindu that Covishield is logistically more feasible for use and distribution in India, as it stores well between two and eight degrees Celsius. The Serum Institute of India (SII) said on Monday that it had applied to the Controller General of Drugs of …
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