The other vaccine, known as COVAXIN, has been developed locally by Bharat Biotech and the government-run Indian Council for Medical Research. Reuters, citing sources, reported on Friday that the injection could be approved, although little is known about the results of its clinical trials. “Granting permission for restricted use in …
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NEW DELHI: India has successfully isolated and cultivated the British variant of Sars-CoV-2, the virus which causes Covid-19 disease, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said Saturday. It is worth mentioning that no other country has so far reported successful isolation and culture of the British variant of SARS-CoV-2, …
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In this illustration, taken on October 31, 2020, vials with a label that reads ‘COVID-19 / Coronavirus Vaccine / Injection Only’ and a medical syringe are seen in front of a Pfizer logo displayed. (Image: Reuters) The US Food and Drug Administration and a panel of its external advisers have …
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NEW DELHI: The judicious use of therapies that have not been established for the treatment of Covid-19 is responsible for putting “immune pressure on the virus” and leads to mutations of the virus, ICMR director general Dr. Balram Bhargava. “Those therapies that are touted as ‘antiviral therapies’ or ‘anti-Covid’ and …
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However, the Health Minister noted that the British variant of the new coronavirus has yet to be found in the state. Kerala Health Minister KK Shailaja announced that genetic mutations were found in the SARS-CoV-2 samples studied in Kerala. SARS-CoV-2 causes COVID-19. However, the Health Minister noted that the British …
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Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech has applied for the Emergency Use Authorization of its COVID-19 COVAXIN vaccine again with the Comptroller General of Drugs of India (DCGI), sources told News18 on Wednesday. COVAXIN, an inactivated candidate vaccine, is currently in phase III human clinical trials with 26,000 volunteers at 25 centers in …
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With the Center banning flights to and from the UK, from midnight December 22 to December 31, in light of a new and highly infectious strain of virus Detected there, the Karnataka government has decided to track all the passengers who had arrived in Bengaluru and Mangaluru from the UK …
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The Union Ministry of Health has called an urgent meeting of its Joint Monitoring Group on Monday to discuss the appearance of a mutated variant of the coronavirus in the UK, which has led to an increase in the infection rate there. Several European countries have banned flights from the …
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NEW YORK: US regulators authorized Moderna Inc’s Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use on Friday, a week after granting the first US authorization for Pfizer Inc and the BioNTech SE coronavirus vaccine. The following is a comparison of the two vaccinations and what to expect when both are available: How are …
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By Joymala Bagchi | Updated: December 14, 2020 1:00 PM IST New Delhi [India], Dec 14 (ANI): In a post-COVID recovery, ear, nose, and throat surgeons at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital have encountered more than 12 cases of coronavirus caused by the deadly mucormycosis fungus in 15 days, causing loss …
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