Although the World Health Organization believes that vaccines are the only possibility to achieve herd immunity, two major clinical trials have been temporarily halted due to unexplained diseases. Mint looks at how long it would take for the immunization campaign to materialize. How do we describe herd immunity? When the …
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Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan reported Sunday that coronavirus vaccines are currently in various phases of testing. and its results are awaited. The Union Health Minister was interacting with his social media followers on the fifth episode of the ‘Sunday Samvaad’ platform. Vardhan explained that phase 1 trials for vaccines …
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File photo of Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan. (Photo: PTI) Will it be more difficult to acquire and inoculate large swaths of the population with multiple doses, or would a single-dose vaccination plan have been easier? Yes, experts say. CNN-News18 Last update: October 11, 2020 9:49 PM IST FOLLOW US: …
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Mukesh Ambani, Chairman of Reliance Industries Limited, remains the richest Indian for the thirteenth year in a row. Forbes released Thursday 2020’s list of the 100 richest Indians. In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic that hit India hard, half of the nation’s 100 richest people on the Forbes India …
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Will the world have another ‘safe and effective’ vaccine against the new coronavirus later this year? UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is hopeful. Commenting on the progress of the COVID-19 vaccine, Johnson said Monday that he felt an AstraZeneca project should be on the brink of one. “I went to …
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The Union government will consider a plan to allow companies, especially large ones in strategically important businesses, to strike direct agreements with Covid-19 vaccine developers to secure doses for their employees, officials familiar with the matter said, detailing the current thinking in political circles. about the country’s vaccination plan. The …
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Covishield is currently in phase 2 and phase 3 human trials. (Figurative) New Delhi: The Union Ministry of Health has said it disagrees with the Rs 80 billion figure cited by Adar Poonawalla, CEO of the Serum Institute of India, the world’s largest vaccine manufacturer by volume, and that it …
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The Indian government said Tuesday that it disagrees with estimates posted on Twitter about the money needed for the distribution of the Covid-19 vaccine in India. The comment came in the context of a tweet by Serum Institute of India Executive Director Adar Poonawalla on Sept. 26, asking the government …
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NEW DELHI: The government said on Tuesday that it disagrees with the estimate that Rs 80 billion is needed for the distribution of the Covid-19 vaccine in India. The Secretary of the Ministry of Health, Rajesh Bhushan, was responding to a question tweeted by the executive director of the Serum …
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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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