Gennova Biopharmaceuticals’ Covid-19 mRNA vaccine is expected not only to achieve similar efficacy to the candidates developed by Pfizer and Moderna, but also to be more affordable for a country like India, according to CEO Dr. Sanjay Singh. How does your mRNA vaccine, which uses a self-amplification model, compare to …
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The lead scientist for the world’s first approved coronavirus vaccine has warned that the lethal virus will be here for several years. Wion reported. Ugur Sahin, Pfizer’s Covid-19 Vaccine Principal Investigator and CEO of BioNTech, said: “The virus will stay with us for the next 10 years. We have to …
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More than 521,000 people were vaccinated in England, more than 56,000 in Scotland. London: More than 6,00,000 UK citizens have received the coronavirus vaccine developed by pharmaceutical companies Pfizer and BioNTech, the Department of Health said. “Thanks to a great effort from the NHS [National Health Service] To overcome significant …
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Coronavirus News LIVE Updates: The South African variant of Covid-19, two cases of which have now been detected in the UK, is likely to be more transmissible, may affect young people more, and may be slightly more resistant to vaccines, scientists in South Africa believe. However, research is still continuing …
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LONDON: UK scientists are investigating the impact of a new mutant variant of the coronavirus, called VUI-202012/01, on children and whether its faster transmission in parts of England is due to the younger segment of the population. The government’s New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threat Advisory Group (Nervtag) is monitoring …
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NEW DELHI: The Union Ministry of Health, in its guidelines, has said that those who have recovered from Covid-19 should also get vaccinated. For those who are infected at the time of vaccination, the notice asks them to postpone vaccination for 14 days. But considering that those who have recovered …
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Image source: TWITTER GRAB A head nurse at a Tennessee hospital passes out during a press conference after receiving a coronavirus vaccine. Tiffany Dover, chief nurse at Chattanooga, Hospital in Tennessee, passed out during a news conference after receiving the coronavirus vaccine from Pfizer-BionTech. The head nurse was addressing the …
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LONDON: The University of Oxford vaccine against Covid-19 produced by AstraZeneca It is likely to get regulatory approval from the UK’s independent regulator later this year to begin rollout in early 2021, according to a UK media report. The Medicines and Health Regulatory Agency (MHRA), formally tasked by the UK …
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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 Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is investigating around five serious allergic reactions that occurred after people were administered the Pfizer and BioNTech SE coronavirus vaccine in the country this week. In a press meeting, Dr. Peter Marks, director of the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, …
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