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Serum Institute of India seeks emergency use authorisation for its COVID-1
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 7 (ANI): The Serum Institute of India (SII) has applied to the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) seeking emergency use authorisation for its COVID-19 vaccine "Covishield" in the country.
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COVID vaccine will be administered in 4 stages in Gujarat: Vijay Rupani
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Rajkot (Gujarat) [India], December 6 (ANI): Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani on Friday said that once the COVID-19 vaccine will be ready to be distributed, his government will administer it in four stages: to healthcare workers, corona warriors, people above 50 years and people below 50 y
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Sputnik V phase 2 trials begin in Pune, 17 volunteers given vaccine
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], December 6 (ANI): The phase 2 human trial of Russian vaccine Sputnik V began at a Pune hospital with 17 volunteers being administered the first dose of vaccine.
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Amarinder writes to PM, seeks priority allocation of COVID-19 vaccine for
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India], December 6 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday, seeking priority allocation of the COVID-19 vaccine on account of its higher mortality rate than other states.
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Police will have big role in distribution of Covid-19 vaccine: Goa DGP
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Panaji (Goa) [India], December 6 (ANI): Goa Director General of Police (DGP) Mukesh Kumar Meena has said that police will have a major role in the distribution of Covid-19 vaccine, when it becomes available.
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US COVID-19 deaths could surpass 500,000 despite vaccination, says IHME
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 6 (ANI): A total of over 500,000 people could die from COVID-19 in the US by early spring despite the release of the coronavirus vaccine, the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington in Seattle projects.
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Pfizer becomes first pharma company in India to seek emergency use nod for
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 6 (ANI): Pfizer India has become the first pharmaceutical firm to approach the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) seeking an emergency use authorisation for its Covid-19 vaccine in the country.
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'Got only first dose of coronavirus vaccine, antibodies develop after 2 do
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 6 (ANI): Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij who tested positive for Covid-19 on December 5 and is hospitalized said on Sunday that he was told by doctors before being administered the first dose during the phase 3 trial of Bharat Biotech's coronavirus vaccine Covaxin
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Trump tells Georgia supporters vaccines against COVID-19 to become availab
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Georgia [US], December 6 (ANI/Sputnik): Coronavirus vaccines will be made available in the US next week, US President Donald Trump said at the Saturday rally in Valdosta, Georgia.
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Researchers argue Covid-19 studies should also focus on mucosal immunity
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 5 (ANI): More COVID-19 studies should be devoted to how immunity emerges to SARS-CoV-2 in the mucous membranes of the nose and mouth- suggest the findings of a novel study.
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No vaccine can give 100 per cent immunity from any disease, say experts tr
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 5 (ANI): Even as Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij, a volunteer in the third phase of vaccine trials for India's first indigenous Covid-19 vaccine, said he has tested positive for the virus, medical experts in the national capital say that no vaccine makes a person
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Hyderabad, Delhi airports ready for COVID vaccine transportation
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 5 (ANI): With Prime Minister Narendra Modi asserting that a COVID vaccine could be ready within weeks, Delhi and Hyderabad airports' air cargo services are all set to play a pivotal role in its distribution through state-of-the-art time and temperature-sensitive d
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