NEW DELHI: The Union Health Ministry on Tuesday called on Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Jammu and Kashmir and Chhattisgarh to accelerate the vaccination of healthcare and frontline workers to confer immunity in the shortest possible time to Following an upward trend in Covid-19 cases and the rate is positive in …
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Adar Poonawalla said the partnership with Novovax has shown “excellent results.” New Delhi: The Serum Institute of India, the world’s largest vaccine maker, is hoping to launch Covovax, developed in partnership with US vaccine developer Novavax, by June, CEO Adar Poonawalla said today. In a UK trial, the US-based pharmaceutical …
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NEW DELHI: Will the vaccine be given to everyone simultaneously? When will antibodies develop? How will a vaccine be chosen for administration?With India ready to roll out the Covid-19 vaccine, the government tweeted a three-part video series on Sunday to answer several frequently asked questions about the vaccination process. In …
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NEW DELHI: Will the vaccine be given to everyone simultaneously? When will antibodies develop? How will a vaccine be chosen for administration?With India ready to roll out the Covid-19 vaccine, the government tweeted a three-part video series on Sunday to answer several frequently asked questions about the vaccination process. In …
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NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated the nation on Sunday and thanked the scientific and health community after the Controller General of Drugs of India (DCGI) gave final approval to the Oxford-AstraZeneca and Covaxin Covishield vaccines from Bharat Biotech for emergency use. The announcement marks a “decisive turning point” …
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WASHINGTON: Experts think so, but they are working to confirm it. A variant of the coronavirus in the UK has caused alarm about the possibility of it spreading more easily. But even if that turns out to be true, experts say that the Covid-19 vaccines that are being rolled out …
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Six passengers traveling on Air India’s London-Delhi flight tested positive for COVID-19 upon arrival, a senior government official said on December 22. Read also: Coronavirus, December 22 updates The flight landed around 11.30pm on December 21. “Five COVID-positive passengers were found at the Delhi airport. A passenger, who took a …
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Covid-19 vaccines appear poised to protect millions of citizens of the world’s richest countries in the coming months. But inoculating the rest of the planet’s population may mean finding a way to overcome a stalemate on intellectual property. Representatives of the 164 member states of the World Trade Organization met …
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As Covid-19 vaccines begin to receive emergency approvals, the race begins to distribute the one product billions of people around the world will want. That is creating investment opportunities as traders examine the companies involved in the global launch. With multiple types of vaccines, supply chains involve hundreds of companies, …
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India will deploy its vast electoral machinery to administer 600 million doses of COVID-19 vaccinates the most vulnerable people in the next six to eight months through conventional cold chain systems, the expert leading the initiative said on Friday. The government has lined up cold storage facilities with temperatures between …
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