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Use masks in crowded places, take precaution dose of Covid vaccine: NITI Aayog member

NEW DELHI, Dec 21: Only 27-28 per cent of India’s eligible population have taken the precaution dose of COVID-19, NITI Aayog member (Health) Dr V K Paul on Wednesday and advised people

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`qHPV’: India to roll out first indigenously developed vaccine against Cervical Cancer today

NEW DELHI: Serum Institute of India (SII) and the Department of Biotechnology(DBT) will roll out the first indigenously developed Quadrivalent Human Papillomavirus vaccine (qHPV) against Cervical Cancer today. The most awaited vaccine

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US researchers develop new vaccine that blocks COVID-19, variants, other viruses

New York: US researchers have developed a potential new vaccine, which has proven effective against the original SARS-CoV-1, SARS-CoV-2 as well as its UK, South Africa and Brazil variants and related bat

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

3 years ago

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

4 years ago

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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

4 years ago

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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

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A handout photo provided by the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) shows samples of a vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) developed by the Gamaleya Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology, in Moscow, Russia (Courtesy: Reuters)

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

4 years ago

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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.

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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.

4 years ago

Unexpected illness in volunteer forces AstraZeneca to pause Covid vaccine trial

London: Pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca said Tuesday it had “voluntarily paused” a randomized clinical trial of its coronavirus vaccine in what it called a routine action after a volunteer developed an unexplained illness. The

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India will have ‘approved’ vaccine by 2021 Q1: Bernstein Research

New York: India is on course to have an “approved” vaccine within the first quarter of calendar year 2021 and Pune based Serum Institute of India (SII), the world’s largest vaccine manufacturer by

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WHO starts discussions on Russia Covid-19 vaccine

London: The World Health Organisation (WHO) has started talks with Russia with the aim of garnering more information on a Covid-19 vaccine that the country last week approved even before starting the

4 years ago

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