A government panel of experts reportedly approved the vaccine, developed by AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford, for emergency use in India to provide immunity against coronavirus disease (Covid-19). According to the Reuters news agency, a committee of experts in the field, created by the Comptroller General of Drugs of …
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Among the Center’s elaborate plan to distribute the vaccine against the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), are the country’s air and road transport network and the sites where the vaccine will be administered to eligible people in the first phase. On Friday, the subject matter expert committee (SEC) of the Central Medicines …
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NEW DELHI: Around 96,000 vaccinators have been trained for the Covid vaccination program that the government plans to implement in January once a vaccine is approved. State governments, district officials and municipal commissioners have been asked to set up ground staff, logistics and IT systems to carry out the campaign …
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Workers transport an Envirotainer, a temperature-cooled container, at the airport. The distribution of vaccines in India will pose many logistical headaches given the size of the country, its vast population and the number of coronavirus cases, now at more than 10 million. For its part, India’s busiest airport is “fully …
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NEW DELHI: India is preparing to launch the Covid-19 vaccine across the country and a two-day trial is currently underway in Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Gujarat, and Punjab. Oxford-AstraZeneca’s front-runner is already under regulatory review and sources have indicated that approval for emergency use may arrive in the next few days. …
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Currently 209 patients with COVID-19 are in treatment in Intensive Care Units (ICU) in the state. (Photo Express) 3 UK return among 911 new COVID-19 infections in Karnataka Karnataka reported 911 new coronavirus infections and 11 deaths on Sunday, bringing the total cases and deaths to 9,16,256 and 12,062 respectively. …
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According to a bulletin published by the Tamil Nadu Department of Health and Family Welfare, 1,35,23,032 samples have been sent from the state for analysis to date. Photo Express: Srinivas K Fifty-one lakh people in Delhi, including healthcare personnel, front-line workers, people with comorbidities, and people over 50, will receive …
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For two days early next week, India will conduct a trial of the largest and most ambitious mass immunization program in its history. The mock vaccination exercise will be held in two districts of each of the four states in the four corners of the nation – Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, …
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Night curfew in Pune on Tuesday. (Express photo by Ashish Kale) Just two weeks after the Pune-based Serum Institute of India’s Covid-19 vaccine emergency use authorization (EUA) committee reviewing the Pune-based Serum Institute of India sought additional safety and efficacy data at the stage Late, the firm has submitted new …
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A healthcare worker collects a swab sample for the COVD-19 test at M Block CP in New Delhi, Wednesday, December 16 (Express file photo by Amit Mehra) Maharashtra Prime Minister Uddhav Thackeray said Sunday that wearing masks will be mandatory for the next six months in the state. Addressing people …
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