The mural in Noida raises awareness about the importance of wearing a mask during the Covid-19 pandemic. (Express photo: Gajendra Yadav) Bharat Biotech Says Its Covid-19 Vaccine Will Launch In June 2021 Bharat Biotech, which has received approval for late-stage human trials for its Covid vaccine candidate, expects to have …
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Coronavirus cases in India: 650 deaths in the last 24 hours have raised the total death count to 1,17,956 New Delhi: India’s coronavirus count has surpassed 78 lakh with a jump of 53,370 cases in the past 24 hours, government data shows. And 650 deaths in the last 24 hours …
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India’s Bharat Biotech is in talks with more than 10 countries that have shown interest in a possible Covid-19 vaccine it is developing with a government agency, a company executive told Reuters on Friday. The Hyderabad-based company this week received initial approval from Indian authorities to conduct late-stage trials for …
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The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has issued an advisory for the use of the FELUDA paper strip test, the first test developed in the country for coronavirus disease (Covid-19) based on the CRISPR gene editing tool. / Cas-9, which is likely to hit the market within a month. …
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Bihar’s Chief Deputy Minister Sushil Kumar Modi tested positive for the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) on Thursday afternoon. The BJP leader announced this on Twitter and said that he has been admitted to the Indian Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Patna. Modi said his parameters are perfectly normal, adding that …
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New Delhi: A government-appointed committee has said that India has crossed the peak of the coronavirus and predicted that the epidemic could be brought under control early next year if all measures are followed. But the onset of winter and upcoming festivals can increase susceptibility to infection and laxity at …
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi suggested on Saturday developing a vaccine administration system that is in line with how elections are conducted in the country and disaster management work is carried out, even as he discussed ensuring rapid access. to vaccines against the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) for every Indian Citizen. The …
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A swab sample is being taken at a BMC medical center for a rapid Covid-19 test in Mumbai. (Express Photo by Amit Chakravarty) Meanwhile, Dr Suresh Jadhav, executive director of the Serum Institute of India, which is testing the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine candidate in the country, said that India could receive …
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As daily cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in India continue to decline, states such as Kerala, West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan have bucked the national trend, data analyzed by HT shows. All of these four states have rapidly increasing case numbers, increasing positivity rates, and the last three …
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Indian health authorities have decided to revise the protocol currently being followed for the treatment of Covid-19 after interim results of a large World Health Organization trial found that four of the drugs used common provide little or no benefit in reducing deaths in hospitalized patients. These include the antiviral …
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