Report comes after Britain approved Oxford-AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine Approximately two million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by the University of Oxford and AstraZeneca will be delivered every week in mid-January in the UK, The Times reported. AstraZeneca expects to supply two million doses of the vaccine in total by …
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India may be moving towards herd immunity as Covid-19 cases are on the decline and there is no need to panic over the new strain of the virus found in the UK because reports suggest it is not as virulent. doctors said in a webinar Thursday. The ‘HEAL-Thy Samvaad’ webinar …
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NEW DELHI: The central government said on Friday that four more cases of the mutant strain Covid UK have been detected in the country, bringing the total count of such cases to 29 so far. They are kept in physical isolation in sanitary facilities. Of these 29 cases, eight have …
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Live market updates: Domestic stocks got off to a decent start to 2020, trading about half a percent higher on Friday. Meanwhile, the volatility index, India VIX, cooled more than 8 percent to 19.34 levels. Among the major indices, the S&P BSE Sensex rose 220 points to 47,970 levels and …
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The National Medicines Regulator’s Committee of Subject Matters (SEC) will meet again on Friday to make a decision on the Serum Institute of India (SII) Oxford-AstraZeneca’s Emergency Use Authorization Application (EUA) and Candidate Bharat Biotech vaccines against coronavirus disease. (COVID-19). The SEC had met for a second time on Wednesday …
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Calling the availability of two vaccines and the UK’s exit from the EU embrace as of 11pm Thursday, when the Brexit transition period ends, as an “incredible moment,” Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that He continued to trust the country and the future as it enters 2021. Johnson released an …
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Indian drug regulators, in a meeting called a few hours after approval, reviewed a request from the Serum Institute of India for the emergency use of jab. AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine has been approved for emergency supply in the UK, with the first doses launched on Wednesday, so vaccines can begin …
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The benchmark indices posted their highest annual gains since 2017 and ended with double-digit gains for the second year in a row. Based on strong liquidity due to lax monetary policies and the weakening US dollar, the S&P BSE Sensex and Nifty50 were up around 16% and 15%, respectively, in …
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It’s December 31, the end of the year, and India may be just a day away from approving a vaccine. The Subject Matter Experts Committee (SEC) of the Central Medicines Standard Control Organization (CDSCO) on Wednesday reviewed data submitted by the Serum Institute of India and Bharat Biotech as requested …
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India is in a good position to mitigate the crisis Speaking on an optimistic note, Guleria said that although the new strain is more infectious, India can take steps to mitigate it because the government has established a consortium to monitor the spread of the virus. He said: “India is …
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