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Keeping Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine at low temperatures will be challenging
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 11 (ANI): Dr Randeep Guleria, Director, All India Institute of Medical Sciences Delhi (AIIMS), Delhi on Wednesday said the results of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine phase III trials are very encouraging but preserving it at very low temperatures, -70 degree C, will
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In talks with manufacturers regarding vaccine logistics: Centre
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 10 (ANI): A day after Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE announced around 90 per cent efficacy of their COVID-19 vaccine in their ongoing phase three trial, the central government on Tuesday said that it is in dialogue with both the domestic and international vaccine manu
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China's COVID-19 vaccine trials suspended in Brazil after 'severe incident
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Brasilia [Brazil], November 10 (ANI): Brazil's health regulator Anvisa said on Monday it has suspended clinical trials of China's Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine, following a "severe incident".
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End of fight against Covid-19 still months away, says Biden on Pfizer's va
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 10 (ANI): US President-elect Joe Biden on Monday said that Pfizer's announcement that a Covid-19 vaccine it was developing was 90 per cent effective, offered cause for hope but warned that the battle ahead was still long.
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Vaccine process should be grounded in science, fully transparent: Joe Bide
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 9 (ANI): US President-elect Joe Biden on Monday said that the vaccine process to fight the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic should be "grounded in science and fully transparent" to the American people.
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Pfizer says its coronavirus vaccine more than 90 pc effective in first ana
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 9 (ANI): The coronavirus vaccine developed by drug giant American Pfizer and German biotechnology firm BioNTech was more than 90 per cent effective at protecting people from infection as compared to placebo saline shot, according to an analysis.
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Zambia in talks with Russia on accessing Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Lusaka [Zambia], November 9 (ANI/Sputnik): Zambia is eager to get Russia's Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine as soon as it hits the market, the African nation's ambassador told Sputnik, adding that health ministers of the two countries were already in talks on the matter.
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UK govt, social media networks agree measures to tackle COVID-19 vaccine d
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
London [UK], November 9 (ANI/Sputnik): The UK government and leading social media platforms have agreed on a set of new measures to tackle the spread of disinformation and misinformation related to vaccines against COVID-19, according to a joint press release published by the Department for
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Production of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine begins in Australia
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Canberra [Australia], November 9 (ANI/Sputnik): The CSL Limited company started production of the University of Oxford/AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine on Monday, Australian media report.
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COVID-19 vaccine race to intensify in January 2021: Skoltech expert
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Moscow[Russia], November 8 (ANI/Sputnik): The coronavirus vaccine race will be at its peak in January next year, Professor at the Skoltech Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation Dmitry Kulish said at a Harvard Club of Russia online discussion.
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Bharat Biotech to manufacture 10 types of vaccines, including COVID-19, in
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], November 7 (ANI): Bharat Biotech International Ltd (BBIL) is going to manufacture ten types of vaccines including malaria and the novel coronavirus in its upcoming unit here, Chairman and Managing Director Dr. Krishna Ella said while attending a virtual meeti
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WHO chief scientist says early to judge if COVID-19 mutation in minks can
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], November 6 (ANI/Sputnik): Chief Scientist at the World Health Organization Soumya Swaminathan said on Friday it was too early to decide whether the coronavirus mutation found in the farmed mink population in Denmark could impact the efficacy of vaccines.
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