NEW DELHI: In order to ensure early availability of its Covid-19 vaccine once approved, the Pune-based Serum Institute of India (SII) has already manufactured 40 million doses of the candidate developed by the University of Oxford and AstraZeneca , under the category ‘at risk’ manufacturing and warehousing license from the …
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NEW DELHI: Dr. Randeep Guleria, Director of the Indian Institute of Medical Sciences in Delhi (AIIMS), Delhi, said on Wednesday that the results of the phase III trials of Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine are very encouraging, But keeping it at very low temperatures, -70 degrees C, will be a challenge for …
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“The (vaccine) from Pfizer is very promising, we also expect more and more,” Tedros said. He reiterated the call of the United Nations agency for an equitable distribution of vaccine doses once they are available. He said the WHO team studying the origin of the virus has experts from the …
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NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra modi on Tuesday he addressed the 20th annual summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (OCS). The SCO summit takes place virtually due to Covid-19 pandemic. Modi and Chinese President Jinping Xi met virtually face to face during the summit. The SCO summit took place at …
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NEW YORK: Work to distribute the experimental Covid-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE is being prepared after the companies announced successful interim data on Monday, but it will not soon reach local pharmacies for the general public. The data, which sent US stocks to record highs, showed …
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Protection in patients was achieved seven days after the second of two doses and 28 days after the first, according to preliminary findings. A vaccine developed jointly by Pfizer and BioNTech was 90% effective in preventing Covid-19 infections in ongoing phase 3 trials, the companies announced Monday. Protection in patients …
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NEW DELHI: Indians are the most optimistic about the Covid-19 vaccine and the majority of the population is interested in getting vaccinated as soon as it is available, according to a global survey. In contrast, the survey found that people in advanced countries like France, Spain and Japan share a …
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India will use its vaccine production capacity to help the world fight the Covid-19 crisis and New Delhi stands ready to help countries improve their cold chain and storage capacities for vaccine delivery, said Friday the Foreign Secretary, Harsh Shringla. Shringla made the remarks while briefing the diplomatic corps and …
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The world, eagerly awaiting a vaccine to beat the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), could turn the corner with the Oxford University candidate showing promising results. This could be a sign of relief for devastated economies and overworked healthcare systems in major nations battling the viral contagion that has claimed 1.15 million …
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The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) on Sunday called for global solidarity in the launch of any future coronavirus vaccine, as the number of cases skyrocketed around the world. In a video speech at the opening of the three-day World Health Summit in Berlin, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said …
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