Will the world have another ‘safe and effective’ vaccine against the new coronavirus later this year? UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is hopeful. Commenting on the progress of the COVID-19 vaccine, Johnson said Monday that he felt an AstraZeneca project should be on the brink of one. “I went to …
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Written by Prabha Raghavan | New Delhi | Updated: September 24, 2020 8:37:06 am Covid testing will take place in Mumbai on September 17, 2020 (Photo Express: Amit Chakravarty) Bharat Biotech announced Wednesday that it would manufacture up to 1 billion doses of a single dose intranasal vaccine. It is …
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Written by Prabha Raghavan, edited by Explained Desk | New Delhi | Updated: September 22, 2020 9:16:07 pm Ambulances are delivered to the Karnataka government by a private entertainment outlet to help fight the Covid-19 pandemic, in Bangalore on Tuesday, September 15, 2020. (PTI Photo: Shailendra Bhojak) Companies seeking regulatory …
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Serum Institute of India has begun manufacturing the COVID-19 candidate vaccine developed by Codagenix Inc, the American biotech firm said in a statement. Nicknamed CDX-005, the coronavirus vaccine candidate has completed preclinical studies in animals. The company aims to begin the phase I clinical trial of its COVID-19 vaccine in …
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India recorded 86,961 cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), the lowest in six days, and 1,130 deaths between Sunday and Monday morning, according to the Union Ministry of Health on Monday. The country’s tally rose to 5,487,580 and the death toll to 87,882, data showed at 8 a.m. M. There …
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Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan said that more than four vaccines against the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), which has claimed the lives of nearly 87,000 people in India, are in advanced stages of preclinical trial in the country. Harsh Vardhan said in Parliament on Sunday that the government is providing …
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More than six months after a global pandemic, the search for a “safe and effective” vaccine against the new coronavirus continues. When will India get a COVID-19 vaccine? In response to this question, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Thursday that the COVID-19 vaccine could be available in India …
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