The United States is scheduled to begin its coronavirus (Covid-19) vaccination campaign starting Monday with doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine scheduled to reach all hospitals and other sites. The United States, which tops the list of countries most affected by the pandemic, has so far registered more than 16.7 million …
Read More »How State Governments Prepare to Administer Covid-19 Vaccine Doses: Latest Developments
India’s coronavirus (Covid-19) count is approaching the 9.9 million mark with 30,254 new cases and 391 related deaths added in the past 24 hours. Amid a downward trend in active cases and an increase in the number of people recovering from the disease, states and union territories (UTs) are preparing …
Read More »Covid-19 vaccine updates: US to receive millions of doses starting Monday, Peru suspends trials of China’s vaccine – health
The new coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, which began nearly a year ago, has infected more than 72 million people and killed 1.6 million so far, according to worldometer figures. Several governments around the world, in collaboration with pharmaceutical companies, have carried out extensive work to develop vaccines that can eliminate this …
Read More »India’s daily Covid count drops below 30k for second time in 3 days, recoveries approaching 9.3 million
India recorded 29,398 new cases and 414 deaths in the past 24 hours on Friday, bringing the overall tally and death toll to 9,796,769 and 142,186, respectively. Total active cases remained below 400,000 for the sixth day in a row, while the total number of people who recovered from the …
Read More »32,981 recent COVID-19 cases in India
Coronavirus Cases in India: The recovery rate is 94.45 percent. New Delhi: India recorded 32,981 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of active coronavirus cases in the country to 3,96,729, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Monday. With 39,109 new …
Read More »Price and capacity, key areas as Pfizer applies for license in India
India is yet to discuss the price of the Pfizer / BioNTech vaccine and the company’s ability to deliver the orders placed by the country, even as the Central Standard Drug Control Organization or CDSCO reviews the emergency authorization requested by the developer of the vaccine. A senior government official …
Read More »Covid-19: what you need to know today
Last week, as several installments in this column had pointed out, was going to be crucial for India in terms of how the trajectory of the coronavirus disease would unfold in the country. It was to show if India would also see the festive effect seen in almost every other …
Read More »IBS Seeks Emergency Use Authorization for Oxford Covid Vaccine in India
The Serum Institute of India on Sunday became the first indigenous company to submit an application to the Comptroller General of Drugs of India (DCGI) seeking an emergency use authorization for the Oxford Covid-19 vaccine in the country citing needs. not covered due to the pandemic and in interest. from …
Read More »Frontline workers, elderly who will be vaccinated first: PM Modi at all-party meeting
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday that healthcare and frontline workers and the elderly suffering from serious illnesses will be vaccinated with priority when the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) vaccine becomes available. The prime minister said that, during an all-party meeting to discuss the Covid-19 situation in the country, he …
Read More »With 1.6 billion, India is the largest buyer of Covid-19 vaccine doses: report
India has become the largest buyer of confirmed vaccine doses with 1.6 billion as countries are securing vaccines to fight the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), which has already killed 1.5 million people across the world. world, a study by Duke University showed in the US India has so far registered more …
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