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J&K starts advance planning for COVID-19 vaccine rollout

JAMMU: The Chief Secretary, B V R Subrahmanyam today chaired a marathon meeting with Deputy Commissioners of all the districts along with their CMOs to kick off preparatory planning for the roll-out

Dec. 4, 2020

UK approves Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine for use; first in the world

London: In a historic move, Britain has become the first country in the world to approve the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine. They have said that the vaccine will be rolled out from next

Dec. 2, 2020

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Pfizer vaccine found 90% effective against Covid-19, shows early data

New York: Taking a big jump towards delivering an effective vaccine to fight the pandemic, US-based pharmaceutical major Pfizer and German biotech firm BioNTech on Monday said that their vaccine candidate was

Nov. 9, 2020

Oxford vaccine likely by Dec: Poonawalla

New Delhi: Serum Institute chief Adar Poonawalla said the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine could be ready by as early as December and the first 100 million doses could be available by the first or

Oct. 29, 2020

China in talks with WHO over assessing its Covid-19 vaccines for global use

SINGAPORE: China is in talks to have its locally-produced COVID-19 vaccines assessed by the World Health Organization, as a step toward making them available for international use, a WHO official said on

Oct. 6, 2020

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Covid vaccine rollout unlikely before fall 2021, say experts

New Delhi: An effective vaccine is not likely to be available for the general public before the fall of 2021, according to experts working in the field of vaccine development. Researchers at

Oct. 2, 2020

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Before vaccine comes, global death toll may hit 2 mn: WHO

Geneva: The World Health Organization (WHO) warned that the global coronavirus death toll could hit two million before an effective vaccine is widely used. WHO emergencies head Mike Ryan on Friday said

Sep. 26, 2020

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Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine produces strong immune response in early trial

Bengaluru: A single dose of Johnson & Johnson’s experimental COVID-19 vaccine produced a strong immune response against the novel coronavirus in an early-to-mid stage clinical trial, according to interim results published on

Sep. 26, 2020

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China coronavirus vaccine may be ready for public in November

Beijing:Coronavirus vaccines being developed in China may be ready for use by the general public as early as November, an official with the China Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said.

Sep. 15, 2020

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Panel to decide on AstraZeneca Covid vax trials after unexplained illness in UK

New Delhi: Pharma major AstraZeneca has said it is working to expedite the review of the single event to minimise any potential impact on the trial timeline of its Covid-19 vaccine candidate.

Sep. 10, 2020

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