While writing a newspaper article on the performance of various possible Covid-19 vaccines from different organizations, my wife, who is neither a statistician nor a vaccine expert, asked me what the 90% efficacy of a vaccine means. And suddenly I realized that such figures for potential test vaccines are never …
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NEW DELHI: Serum Institute of India is in the process of applying for the emergency use authorization of Covishield in the next two weeks, CEO Adar Poonawalla said. After holding a review meeting on Saturday with the Prime Minister Narendra modiPoonawalla said: “All over the world, now everyone is dependent …
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The Serum Institute of India will apply for emergency clearance for the COVID-19 vaccine in the next two weeks, Executive Director Adar Poonawalla said on Saturday. The Pune-based pharmaceutical company has partnered with global pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca to produce the COVID-19 vaccine for the University of Oxford for low- and …
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AHMEDABAD / HYDERABAD / PUNE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Ahmedabad, Hyderabad and Pune on Saturday to review the coronavirus vaccine development work there. The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) said the one-day visit was aimed at gaining a first-hand perspective of the preparations, challenges and roadmap in India’s effort to …
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On a whirlwind tour of three cities, PM Modi is on a visit to three Covid-19 vaccine manufacturers today: Zydus Cadila in Ahmedabad, where ZyCoV-D is being developed, the Serum Institute of India facility in Pune, where it will be manufactured. the AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine and Bharat Biotech in Hyderabad, where …
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Ten COVID-19 vaccines could be available by the middle of next year, a global pharmaceutical firm said on Friday. New Delhi: India has reported 41,322 new cases of COVID-19 to date, 4% less than on Friday, bringing its total number to 93.51 lakh of cases and 1.36,200 deaths, data from …
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BEIJING: Before a planned trip to the US, Cheng wanted to get vaccinated against Covid-19. To do so, he asked a friend who worked at a cold chain logistics company in southeastern China to pretend he was an employee of the company, allowing Cheng to access one of the country’s …
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The five healthy volunteers, who received an injection of the Covid-19 vaccine from Bharat Biotech International Limited at Sola Civil Hospital in Ahmedabad of Gujarat, have not complained of any health problems so far, a senior doctor said on Friday. During the phase 3 clinical trials of Covaxin, the first …
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The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) and the Indian pharmaceutical company Hetero have agreed to produce in India more than 100 million doses a year of the Sputnik V covid vaccine in India, Russia’s sovereign wealth fund said. Production of the Russian covid vaccine is expected to start in early …
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The total of Covid cases in India has risen to 93,09,787. (Archive) New Delhi: The total number of active coronavirus cases in India crossed the 4.5 lakh mark for the first time after nine days on Thursday, when 43,082 new COVID-19 infections were recorded, government data shows. With this, the …
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