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A woman receives a dose of the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine in Bali, Indonesia. Despite some reluctance in Europe, Asian nations, including India, are using Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid injections to inoculate people. (Reuters photo) Lockdown News Today Coronavirus Lockdown 2021 Live News: The government of Narendra Modi has changed the vaccination rules …

BRASILIA: Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has launched an attack on coronavirus vaccines, even suggesting that the one developed by Pfizer-BioNTech could turn people into crocodiles or bearded women. The far-right leader has been skeptical of the coronavirus since it first appeared late last year, calling it “a bit of the …

The first vaccines against Covid-19 are not just a milestone in the fight against the pandemic. They are also the springboard for unconventional technology that could one day defeat other ailments that have eluded doctors, from cancer to heart disease. Injections from Moderna Inc. and a partnership of Pfizer Inc. …

Written by Rahel Philipose, edited by Explained Desk | Basque | Updated: December 11, 2020 10:28:30 am A woman in a mask walks past a Moscow store decorated for Christmas. Some in Russia have objected to the warning about alcohol especially since it occurs in the middle of the holiday …

NEW DELHI: India, the world’s largest vaccine maker, is expected to launch its first vaccines in the coming weeks with at least three candidates under active consideration by India’s drug regulator. The Pune-based Serum Institute of India and Hyderabad-based pharmaceutical company Bharat Biotech have already approached the Controller General of …

Interpol’s global police coordination agency has warned that organized criminal networks could be targeting coronavirus vaccines and could seek to sell fake vaccines. France-based Interpol said on Wednesday it had issued a global alert to law enforcement agencies in its 194 member countries, warning them to prepare for organized crime …

Lufthansa, one of the world’s largest freight carriers, began planning in April in anticipation of the opportunities that Pfizer Inc. to Moderna Inc. and AstraZeneca Plc are developing in record time. A 20-member task force is working to devise how to fit more crucial payload on the airline’s 15 Boeing …

India recorded 93,337 cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) and 1,247 deaths in the past 24 hours, bringing the country’s tally to more than 5.3 million, according to the Union Health Ministry on Saturday. The Health Ministry dashboard showed at 8 am that there were 1,013,964 active cases of Covid-19 …

Written by Prabha Raghavan | New Delhi | Updated: September 8, 2020 12:42:20 pm There have been several announcements from companies that have signed agreements to make Covid-19 vaccines. (AP Photo: Themba Hadebe, file) Bharat Biotech is expected to move into phase II trials of ‘Covaxin’, its Covid-19 vaccine candidate, …

[ad_1] Washington: Chinese hackers are trying to steal the COVID-19 vaccine investigation, US authorities said on Wednesday, increasing tensions between superpowers as markets fell amid US Federal Reserve warnings that closures prolonged damage could cause “lasting damage”. Meanwhile, Europe pushed ahead with plans to gradually reopen summer tourism, despite fears …