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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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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Written by Kaunain Sheriff M | New Delhi | Updated: December 23, 2020 7:33:35 am Under the new standard operating procedures, district surveillance officers will contact those who arrived from the UK between 25 November and 8 December and advise them to self-monitor their health. (Archive) A DAY after announcing …
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The new variant of SARS-CoV-2, said to have originated in south-east England, has raised concerns about the effectiveness of vaccines developed to provide immunity against coronavirus disease (Covid-19). According to a CNN report, Pfizer Inc. has begun work on generating data to analyze how well blood samples from people inoculated …
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“This mutation of the virus is not affecting the severity of the disease,” said Dr. VK Paul. New Delhi: At a time when India is witnessing a decline in active coronavirus cases, a new mutation of the COVID-19 virus strain in the UK has become a ‘super-propagator’ with a transmissibility …
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By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | Updated: December 22, 2020 8:02:34 pm Passengers arriving from the UK at Mumbai airport on Tuesday (Express photo) The highly infectious new strain of coronavirus found in the UK, leading some 40 countries to sever travel ties with the country, has yet …
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Standard operating procedures for epidemiological surveillance and response are in the context of a new strain in the UK, the Union Health Ministry said in a statement. When publishing the SOP, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) said that the European Center for Disease Control (ECDC) estimates that …
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Meanwhile, the United States said it is not yet certain whether the new variant of the coronavirus discovered in Britain is more contagious, but it is conducting studies to learn more. Moncef Slaoui, chief advisor to the Operation Warp Speed vaccine program, added that he hoped laboratory experiments would show …
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Written by Kaunain Sheriff M | New Delhi | Updated: December 22, 2020 5:40:02 am Only a detailed scientific analysis will reveal the extent of the problem, which could take a few weeks to generate results. (AP) The move to temporarily suspend passenger flight links with the UK goes, as …
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Written by Kaunain Sheriff M | New Delhi | Updated: December 22, 2020 5:40:02 am Only a detailed scientific analysis will reveal the extent of the problem, which could take a few weeks to generate results. (AP) The move to temporarily suspend passenger flight links with the UK goes, as …
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