New Delhi [India], October 15 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday held a review meeting of the research and vaccine deployment ecosystem against the COVID-19 pandemic including testing technologies, contact tracing, drugs and therapeutics, etc.
New Delhi [India], October 15 (ANI): As the only possible way to beat the coronavirus before its vaccine is invented is through maintaing personal hygiene, the significance of global handwashing day has increased several folds this year.
New York [US], October 15 (ANI/Sputnik): Any vaccine for the coronavirus disease, including Russia's Sputnik-V vaccine, must be cleared by the World Health Organization, UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said in a press briefing on Wednesday.
Washington [US], October 14 (ANI): Video sharing platform YouTube announced on Wednesday that it will remove videos containing COVID-19 vaccine misinformation.
Moscow [Russia], October 14 (ANI/Sputnik): Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday called for a boost in the production of two Russian vaccines against COVID-19 and urged to fill the country's market first.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Oct 14 (ANI): Equity benchmark indices witnessed a sharp recovery in the last hour of trading session on Wednesday and closed in the green led by a rally in financial and banking scrips.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], October 14 (ANI): Equity benchmark indices tumbled over half per cent during early hours on Wednesday tracking Asian peers as halted COVID-19 vaccine trials soured investor risk appetite.
Washington [US], October 14 (ANI/Sputnik): The World Bank approved USD 12 billion to help developing countries purchase novel coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines and treatments, the organization said in a statement.
Washington [US], October 14 (ANI/Sputnik): Acceptance of a COVID-19 vaccine by US adults plunged by 11 percentage points in late September from a month earlier, with half of those surveyed saying they would refuse to be vaccinated, a Gallup poll revealed on Tuesday.
New Delhi [India], October 13 (ANI): Indian drug maker Dr Reddy's Laboratories (DRL) has submitted a revised application to the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) seeking his approval to conduct phase 2 and 3 clinical trials of the Russian COVID-19 vaccine Sputnik V in India, a governm
New Delhi [India], October 13 (ANI): The Central Government has sufficient financial resources available to procure at least 400-500 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine, said Rajesh Bhushan, Union Health Secretary on Tuesday.
New Delhi [India], October 13 (ANI): The National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) Director-General, Navin Agarwal feels that if there will be any requirement of exempting the COVID vaccine, NADA will we first analyse and then exempt.