After Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that India will ensure rapid delivery of the vaccine through its existing digital network and the new digital health ID, the health ministry has clarified that ID will not be required to access the vaccine. As of now, under the National Digital Health Mission …
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After rejecting the first proposal, India’s General Drug Controller finally allowed Dr. Reddy’s to conduct a phase 2/3 human clinical trial of Sputnik V, the Covid-19 vaccine that makes Russia the first country in develop a vaccine. “This will be a multicentre, randomized controlled study, including a safety and immunogenicity …
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a review meeting on Thursday to assess the progress of research and the vaccine development ecosystem to combat Covid-19. Be it tests, vaccines and drugs, the solution has to be cost-effective, readily available and scalable, the Prime Minister said. The meeting was attended by Union …
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Amid the ongoing fury of the Covid-19 pandemic, all eyes are on the launch of an effective vaccine. Vaccine producers are conducting clinical trials as countries close new deals. Aside from concerns about the safety of trial vaccines, the spate of deals has become a new concern, as wealthier nations …
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The union’s health minister has confirmed that the deployment of the Covid-19 vaccine in India will take place in July 2021 (PTI). In devising a “realistic” roadmap for the distribution of the Covid-19 vaccine, the Union Health Minister, Harsh Vardhan, announced on Sunday that by July 2021 India would receive …
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In devising a “realistic” roadmap for the distribution of the Covid-19 vaccine, the Union Health Minister, Harsh Vardhan, announced on Sunday that by July 2021 India would receive and use 400-500 million doses for 20 to 25 crore of people. The race for an effective Covid-19 has been heating up …
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Amid growing concerns about the efficacy of Covid-19 vaccines in development, several participants in Moderna and Pfizer’s human trial program reported high fever, body aches, headaches, and exhaustion. However, these are common for any vaccine and are not a cause for alarm, experts have said. Here are the latest Covid-19 …
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The Center is in consultations with the Russian government to explore the possibility of obtaining the Russian Sputnik V vaccine early, Parliament was told on Friday. Health Minister Ashwini Choubey informed Lok Sabha that the biotechnology department is in talks with the Russian government for the Covid-19 vaccine in India. …
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