Earlier this week, AstraZeneca PLC and the University of Oxford said their vaccine candidate was 62% to 90% effective, joining two other Western vaccine rivals in providing data. The results could allow the US and other countries to grant regulatory clearance and prepare distribution plans for widespread vaccination. Chinese vaccine …
Read More »Coronavirus | First ‘wave’ of COVID-19 vaccination to cover 30 crore Indians
The national vaccine committee, headed by Dr. VK Paul, has finalized a comprehensive plan, says senior scientific advisor K. VijayRaghavan. Approximately 30 million people will be part of the first “wave” to receive the COVID-19 vaccine in India. They are made up of healthcare workers, police personnel, people over 50 …
Read More »AstraZeneca Likely to Conduct Global New Covid Vaccine Trial, CEO Says
Astra faces scrutiny as she responds to growing confusion about the vaccine. (Figurative) AstraZeneca Plc is likely to conduct an additional global trial to assess the efficacy of its Covid-19 vaccine, according to the company’s chief executive, after current studies raised questions about its level of protection. The new trial …
Read More »AstraZeneca Manufacturing Error Clouds Vaccine Study Results
AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford acknowledged a manufacturing error on Wednesday that is raising questions about the preliminary results of its experimental COVID-19 vaccine. A statement describing the error came days after the company and the university described the injections as “highly effective” and failed to mention why some …
Read More »Chinese vaccine maker seeks approval for public use of Covid-19 vaccine
A major Chinese vaccine developer has applied for authorization to bring its Covid-19 vaccine to market, seeking to get ahead of its Western rivals as the race for a working shot against the pandemic enters the home stretch. China National Biotec Group Co. has submitted a request to Chinese regulators, …
Read More »Chinese company seeks permission to launch covid vaccine for public use
A major Chinese vaccine developer has applied for authorization to bring its Covid-19 injection to market, seeking to get ahead of its western rivals as the race for a functional inoculation against the virus enters the home stretch. China National Biotec Group Co. has submitted a request to Chinese regulators, …
Read More »India records 44,376 new Covid cases in one day, total cases at 92.2 lakh
Covid-19 India cases: Mortality rate is 1.46%. (Figurative) New Delhi: India’s number of COVID-19 cases surpassed 92 lakh with 44,376 new cases reported in one day, while the number of recoveries rose to 86.42 lakh, the Health Ministry said on Wednesday. The total number of coronavirus cases rose to 92,22,216 …
Read More »AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine is less effective when given in higher doses: report – health
The news reached Sarah Gilbert on Saturday night that the Covid-19 vaccine she developed with AstraZeneca Plc appeared to work. But the Oxford University professor expected a key number: was it more than 90% effective, as others have been, or less? Instead, when his colleague Andrew Pollard called with the …
Read More »Covid-19 vaccines will be available soon, how will India get to the last person?
NEW DELHI : By officially stating that no vaccine in history has developed as rapidly as the covid-19 vaccine, there is now a real risk that the poorest and most vulnerable will be trampled on in the vaccine stampede, the World Health Organization warned ( WHO). Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO …
Read More »Vaccine tourism? Travel Company’s Covid Package Promises ‘VVIP’ Indians the Opportunity to Buy Vaccines in USA.
the coronavirus The pandemic has changed the way we buy and today, the most demanded product in the world market is the coronavirus vaccine. After months of work and hard work by scientists around the world, people finally breathe a sigh of relief with multiple COVID-19 vaccines that have successfully …
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