Written by Anuradha Mascarenhas, edited by Explained Desk | Pune | Updated: November 21, 2020 12:04:47 pm Health worker collecting a sample during the Covid 19 test serosurvey at Darya Ganj Ramjas school on Thursday in New Delhi. Express Photo by Amit Mehra August 06, 2020 A new study in …
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Britain’s Health Minister Matt Hancock said on Friday that the health service is implementing plans for the coronavirus vaccination program, as it hopes to start Covid-19 vaccines before Christmas. Praising news coming from major coronavirus vaccination studies in the US and UK, Hancock has said that there are encouraging signs …
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India on Thursday recorded 45,576 new coronavirus infections in a 24-hour span, government Covid-19 data shows. With this, the total count of Covid-19 cases in the country since the outbreak is 89,58,484. In the period of one day, 585 people lost their lives to the deadly virus, bringing the total …
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Coronavirus Vaccine in India: Bharat Biotech, together with the Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) and the National Institute of Virology (NIV), is developing the indigenous coronavirus vaccine Covaxin. Coronavirus vaccine in India: Phase 3 human trials of the indigenous experimental vaccine Covaxin, a candidate for the coronavirus vaccine, are …
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UK Vaccine Task Force Chair Kate Bingham said Tuesday that the first generation of Covid-19 vaccines “are likely to be imperfect” and that “they may not work for everyone.” “However, we do not know if we will ever have a vaccine. It is important to guard against complacency and over-optimism,” …
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Delhi’s Chief Minister Arvind Kejrwal inaugurated new flyovers in the national capital New Delhi: The coronavirus vaccine, when it is finally ready, should be available to all Indians for free, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Saturday amid ongoing controversy over the ruling BJP that includes free Covid vaccines. …
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Written by Abhishek De, edited by Explained Desk | New Delhi | Updated: October 21, 2020 2:10:25 pm A health worker takes a swab sample for Covid-19 testing in New Delhi (Express photo by Praveen Khanna) We can have a Covid-19 vaccine for this year itself, with some eight candidates …
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The CEO of GlaxoSmithKline, the world’s largest vaccine manufacturer, said she was optimistic the industry will be able to make a COVID-19 immunization widely available next year. “I share the optimism that we will have solutions next year. The challenge here is to get to the required scale,” GSK Executive …
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Coronavirus Vaccine: Serum Institute said it will produce an additional 100 million doses of COVID vaccine Bangalore: Serum Institute of India will produce up to 200 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine for the poorest countries, including India, next year as the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the GAVI vaccine …
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Corona vaccine update: The Central Drug Standard Control Organization (CDSCO) has said that a COVID-19 vaccine candidate must show at least 50 percent efficacy during phase III clinical trials for it to be widely implemented. However, it will be necessary to generate adequate data that inform about the potential risk …
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