Covishield is set to “roll out in the next few weeks,” Adar Poonawalla said. (File photo) New Delhi: All the risks taken by the Serum Institute have finally paid off, tweeted Adar Poonawalla, CEO of the Pune-based vaccine manufacturer, shortly after the country’s drug regulator authorized its Covishield vaccine for …
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With the January goal of implementing the Covid-19 vaccination campaign in India, the Center will start operating in four states: Punjab, Assam, Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat, starting tomorrow. The exercise will continue for two days, December 28 and 29, in two districts each. There will be no vaccine involved in …
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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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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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In another unfounded accusation against coronavirus vaccines, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro suggested Thursday that the Pfizer-BioNTech injection could turn people into crocodiles or cause women to grow beards, AFP reported. “If you turn into a crocodile, it’s your problem,” Bolsonaro said, referring to Pfizer’s disclaimer that the company was not …
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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 …
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As India prepares for the coronavirus vaccination campaign with three candidate vaccines under regulatory review, the Union Ministry of Health has sent its operational guidelines to Union states and territories for distribution of the vaccine when available. The document, which has been shared with all states, says that only 100 …
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The Serum Institute of India plans to make up to 10 crore doses of coronavirus vaccine each month, starting next year, said CEO Adar Poonawalla. The Pune-based drug maker has partnered with global pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca to produce the COVID-19 vaccine for the University of Oxford for low- and middle-income …
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Oxford and Astra are the first vaccine developers to reveal data on asymptomatic infection rates. Highlight Reducing the spread of the virus is a key element for the reopening of economies Oxford, Astra are the first to reveal data on the rate of asymptomatic infection Overall, it reduced such transmissions …
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By: Desk Explained | New Delhi | Updated: November 24, 2020 5:27:30 pm The storage of a vaccine depends on the temperature at which it must be kept so that its potency remains intact. There are several vaccines for Covid-19 in the works. As some enter the final stages of …
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