The German pharmaceutical company BioNTech is confident that its coronavirus vaccine will work against the mutated strain detected in Britain. “Scientifically, it is very likely that the immune response of this vaccine can also cope with the new virus variant,” said Ugur Sahin, co-founder of BioNTech. However, “we do not …
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A ‘safe and effective’ vaccine against the new coronavirus will soon become a reality in India. Pfizer, Serum Institute of India and Bharat Biotech have applied for marketing authorization for their vaccines. The vaccination campaign will begin once the country approves the emergency use of any of the candidate vaccines. …
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India will be our priority in distributing the coronavirus vaccine, Adar Poonawalla, executive director of the Serum Institute of India, said on Saturday. The world’s largest vaccine manufacturer by volume has teamed up with British-Swedish company AstraZeneca to produce the COVID-19 vaccine for the University of Oxford for low- and …
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The Serum Institute of India will apply for emergency clearance for the COVID-19 vaccine in the next two weeks, Executive Director Adar Poonawalla said on Saturday. The Pune-based pharmaceutical company has partnered with global pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca to produce the COVID-19 vaccine for the University of Oxford for low- and …
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After ten months of a global pandemic, the search for a “safe and effective” vaccine against the new coronavirus continues. The central government expects between 400 and 500 million doses of the vaccine to be available in India by the middle of next year. Union Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan …
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By: Desk Explained | Pune | Updated: October 6, 2020 9:21:50 am Travelers wearing masks wait at a traffic intersection in Kochi, Kerala (AP) Coronavirus Vaccine Tracker: India is working to vaccinate 20 to 25 million million of its population, about one sixth of its total population, against Covid19 disease …
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The Union Health Ministry has asked states to submit priority population lists that will receive the Covid-19 vaccine first by the end of October, Minister Harsh Vardhan said. The priority population refers to those who are at higher risk of contracting the virus than others. The government is working around …
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By: PTI | London | Updated: October 3, 2020 10:31:51 pm The candidate vaccine tested by scientists at the University of Oxford in collaboration with the pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca is the most advanced in the testing process and, according to a report by “The Times” There is growing hope that …
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Amid growing concerns about the efficacy of Covid-19 vaccines in development, several participants in Moderna and Pfizer’s human trial program reported high fever, body aches, headaches, and exhaustion. However, these are common for any vaccine and are not a cause for alarm, experts have said. Here are the latest Covid-19 …
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By: Desk Explained | Pune | Updated: September 22, 2020 9:16:23 am Moscow: An injection of Russia’s experimental Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine is shown before use in Moscow, Russia (AP) Coronavirus Vaccine Tracker: At least ten countries in Asia, South America and the Middle East have signed agreements to access …
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