On the eve of India getting it’s first COVID-19 vaccine, Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs has warned the government against rushing through authorisation. The Anand Sharma-led committee, in its …
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NEW YORK (AP) — A federal advisory panel recommended Sunday that people 75 and older and essential workers like firefighters, teachers and grocery store workers should be next in line …
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Vaccines Effective Against New Coronavirus Strain Spreading Quickly in Britain: German Health Minister
European Union experts believe existing vaccines against coronavirus are effective against the new fast-spreading strain identified in Britain, Germany’s health minister said Sunday. “According to everything we know so far” …
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A new strain of coronavirus identified in the United Kingdom is up to 70% more infectious but it is not thought to be more deadly and vaccines should still be …
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By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | Updated: December 19, 2020 6:18:35 pm A vial of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine that receivedemergency use authorization is seen at George Washington University …
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Mike Pompeo accuses China of ‘peddling questionable vaccines’, blocking WHO probe to find COVID-19 origin – World News , Firstpost
The US Secretary of State said the world should demand transparency from Beijing about the origin and spread of the pandemic File image of US secretary of state Mike Pompeo. …
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Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) slammed the Trump administration on Friday for “slow walking” COVID-19 vaccine shipments as the daily death figures from the disease continue to set new marks in …
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Urging the international community to demand transparency from China about the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, the US has accused Beijing of “obstructing” a WHO probe into the origin of …
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India has enough capacity to produce COVID-19 vaccines for itself and others: Nirmala Sitharaman
India’s Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said that the country has enough capacity to produce COVID-19 vaccines for its needs and also export it to other countries that need …
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The international health group Covax announces new deals to provide vaccines to less wealthy countries.
Leaders of an international body established to promote global access to coronavirus vaccines, known as Covax, announced Friday that the effort had reached additional deals with manufacturers that would allow …
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The EU is plagued with divisions. Covid-19 vaccines are a golden chance to redeem the European project
Now, as European Union regulators edge closer to approving two of those vaccines, the commission is asking its 27 nations to get ready to work together to roll them out. …
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“In India, we have agreements with four large manufacturers,” Dmitriev, the head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund said, according to news agency TASS. India will produce about 300 million …
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KYIV: The first doses of a vaccine against COVID-19 may arrive in Ukraine in February, Prime Minister Denys Shmygal said on Friday, adding the government was in talks with several …
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With First Dibs on Vaccines, Rich Countries ‘Clear the Shelves’ But There’s Some Good News for India
As a growing number of coronavirus vaccines advance through clinical trials, wealthy countries are fueling an extraordinary gap in access around the world, laying claim to more than half the …
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With a record number of Americans dying of Covid-19 every day, immunizing the public against the virus is more urgent than ever. But hundreds of millions of people in the …
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TORONTO — During the applause, the celebratory elbow bumps, the camera flashes, Colette Cameron watched through tears as four of her colleagues got jabbed Monday with the country’s first coronavirus …
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President Trump said on Sunday night that he would delay a plan for senior White House staff members to receive the coronavirus vaccine in the coming days. The shift came …
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Despite promises of solidarity on Covid-19, rich countries are snapping up the supply of promising vaccines
Tough months lie ahead, but the rollout of the first vaccine in record time and the likely imminent approvals of others, is a turning point for wealthy countries that can …
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There’s Been No Compromise In Clinical Testing Of Covid-19 Vaccines: Clinical Scientist Gagandeep Kang
Seeking to allay people’s apprehension over the safety and efficacy of Covid-19 vaccines, noted clinical scientist Gagandeep Kang said that though vaccines for coronavirus are being developed in a short …
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One company is using its experience with tuna as a guide. Thermo King — which revolutionized the transportation of food through advances in temperature-controlled shipping before World War II — …
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Think of the achievement. Within a month of the emergence of SARS-CoV-2 — the coronavirus that causes Covid-19 — its genome was sequenced. Three months later, the first vaccine candidates …
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Google launches knowledge panels in search results to tackle misinformation about Covid vaccines
American multinational technology company Google logo seen at Googleplex, the corporate headquarters complex of Google and its parent company Alphabet Inc. Alex Tai | SOPA Images | LightRocket | Getty …
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France’s Sanofi and Britain’s GSK said Friday their Covid-19 vaccines will not be ready until the end of 2021, after interim results showed a low immune response in older adults. …
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By: Bloomberg | December 10, 2020 7:39:13 pm A volunteer is prepared for a vaccine booster during the Oxford Vaccine Group’s COVID-19 vaccine trials (File/Andrew Testa/The New York Times) South …
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DCGI expert panel asks SII, BHARAT Biotech to provide more safety, efficacy data for Covid-19 vaccines
In a major development related to COVID-19 vaccine, Subject Expert Committee (SEC) of Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has asked for more safety and efficacy data from Serum Institute …
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In 67 poorer nations, just one in 10 people can hope to receive a vaccine by the end of next year, the People’s Vaccine Alliance said on Wednesday. But in …