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Shrinking rate of fresh covid infections creates bizarre problem for vacci
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
London [UK], June 11 (ANI): The shrinking number of new infections in former coronavirus hot spots, including Britain, China and many of the hardest-hit regions in the United States, may be a good news, of course, but researchers who are rushing to develop vaccines in a global race to ward o
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Panacea Biotec to collaborate with US-based Refana Inc for COVID-19 vaccin
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New Delhi [India], June 10 (ANI): Biotechnology major Panacea Biotec said on Wednesday it is collaborating with Refana Inc of the United States to make a COVID-19 vaccine widely accessible around the world in an equitable manner through a joint venture company to be based in Ireland.
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China's inactivated COVID-19 vaccine shows potent protection against SARS-
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Beijing [China], June 9 (ANI): China's inactivated COVID-19 vaccine has shown protection against coronavirus infection in animal experiments, Xinhua reported citing a study published in the journal Cell.
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Researchers identify targets for COVID-19 vaccine using cancer immunothera
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Philadelphia [USA], June 9 (ANI): A team of cancer researchers have applied the strategy of using the tools used for the development of cancer immunotherapies and adapted them to identify the 'right protein sequences to target in SARS-CoV-2,' the virus that causes coronavirus.
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Tremendous progress being made on COVID-19 vaccines, says Donald Trump
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 5 (ANI): US President Donald Trump on Friday said that tremendous progress is being made on vaccines (for coronavirus) and the country has over "two million ready-to-go if it checks out for safety."
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India joins UK's global vaccine mission
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
London [UK], June 5 (ANI): The United Kingdom on Thursday organised the Global Vaccine Summit 2020, helping secure USD 7.4 billion in funding to support global vaccine supply and immunisation.
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India donates USD 15 million to international vaccine alliance GAVI
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New Delhi [India], June 4 (ANI): India on Thursday pledged to donate USD 15 million to the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation (GAVI).
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Race for COVID vaccine takes on political dimensions to echo technological
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 4 (ANI): The race among countries to develop a safe and effective vaccine that could fight the novel coronavirus infection has taken on political dimensions to echo technological dominance, whereby the winning nation could get a jump-start on protecting its citize
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Coronavirus politics: More Democrats than Republicans prefer to get vaccin
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Washington D.C. [USA], June 3 (ANI): A nation-wide survey in the United States has revealed that a more Democrats than Republicans would prefer to get themselves vaccinated to protect against the novel coronavirus if immunizations were free and available to everyone.
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India's COVID-19 count mounts to 1,58,333, recovery rate improves to 42.75
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New Delhi [India], May 28 (ANI): With 6,566 more coronavirus cases and 194 deaths reported in the past 24 hours, India's COVID-19 count reached 1,58,333 on Thursday, according to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
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Combating COVID-19: Efforts on to develop vaccine in 1 year, will cost USD
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New Delhi [India], May 28 (ANI): India is making efforts to develop vaccine to treat COVID-19 patients, which will cost USD 2-3 billion, said Prof K Vijay Raghavan, Principal Scientific Advisor (PSA) to the Government of India, here on Thursday.
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Combating COVID-19: AICTE, CSIR embark on drug discovery hackathon
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New Delhi [India], May 28 (ANI): The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) and the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) have embarked on a drug discovery hackathon to fight against COVID-19, said Prof K Vijay Raghavan, Principal Scientific Advisor (PSA) to Gove
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