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A woman receives a dose of the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine in Bali, Indonesia. Despite some reluctance in Europe, Asian nations, including India, are using Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid injections to inoculate people. (Reuters photo) Lockdown News Today Coronavirus Lockdown 2021 Live News: The government of Narendra Modi has changed the vaccination rules …

OSLO / NORWAY: Twenty-three people died in Norway Within days of receiving their first dose of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine, 13 of those deaths apparently related to the side effects of the injections, the New York Post reported, citing health officials. All 13 were nursing home patients and were at …

HYDERABAD: Bharat Biotech founder and president Dr. Krishna Ella lashed out Monday at naysayers who criticized the speed at which emergency use authorization (EUA) was granted to Covaxin, the Covid-19 vaccine from the company. “We don’t deserve this backlash,” he said, urging people to stop politicizing the issue. Without naming …

The other vaccine, known as COVAXIN, has been developed locally by Bharat Biotech and the government-run Indian Council for Medical Research. Reuters, citing sources, reported on Friday that the injection could be approved, although little is known about the results of its clinical trials. “Granting permission for restricted use in …

VG Somani, Comptroller General of Drugs of India (DCGI), in a webinar on Thursday indicated that India was close to approving a COVID-19 vaccine. Mr. Somani was participating in a webinar, organized by the Department of Biotechnology, in which vaccine experts, infectious disease experts and representatives of companies developing vaccines …

NEW DELHI: The UK on Wednesday became the first country in the world to approve the coronavirus vaccine developed by the University of Oxford-AstraZeneca. India is likely to follow suit soon. The Serum Institute of India (SII), the world’s largest producer of vaccines, has already produced almost 50 million doses …

A nurse administers the Modern COVID-19 vaccine to US Vice President-elect Kamala Harris. Washington: US Vice President-elect Kamala Harris received her Covid vaccine live on television on Tuesday and urged the public to trust the process, while her choice of hospital highlighted the plight of the most affected African-American community. …

The nations of the European Union launched a coordinated effort on Sunday to administer the COVID-19 vaccine to the most vulnerable among the bloc’s nearly 450 million inhabitants, marking a moment of hope in the continent’s battle against the worst crisis in public health in a century. Healthcare workers, the …

LONDON: The Covid-19 vaccine developed by British pharmaceutical group AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford has achieved a “winning formula” of efficacy, the company’s chief executive said on Sunday. In an interview with the Sunday Times newspaper, the company’s chief executive, Pascal Soriot, said the vaccine “should be” effective against …

New Delhi: After receiving injections of Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine, a Boston doctor with a shellfish allergy has developed a severe allergic reaction. According to New York Times reports, Dr. Hossein Sadrzadeh, a geriatric oncology fellow at Boston Medical Center, felt dizzy immediately after being inoculated. Also read: India prepares for …