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Trudeau announces 1.1 bn Canadian dollars package for vaccine research, cl
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Toronto [Canada], April 24 (Sputnik/ANI): Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Thursday (local time) announced a new CAD 1.1 billion package supporting vaccine research and clinical trials as well as expanded testing capacity.
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UK scientists begin human trials of COVID-19 vaccine
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
London [England], April 23 (ANI): Scientists in Britain have begun clinical trials of a potential COVID-19 vaccine on humans.
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Potential COVID-19 vaccine developed at Oxford to be tested on people this
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London [UK], April 22 (ANI): A potential vaccine against the coronavirus developed by the University of Oxford is set to be trialled on people for the first time on April 23, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Matt Hancock said on Tuesday.
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Cat deaths in Kerala creates panic among residents; officials say deaths d
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Wayanad (Kerala) [India], April 21 (ANI): Panic gripped residents of Mananthavady and Mepaddi regions of the district after several cats in the region were found dead.
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Combating COVID-19: DBT-BIRAC seek proposals on development of diagnostics
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 20 (ANI): The Department of Biotechnology (DBT) and Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC) had invited applications on COVID-19 research consortium. The first phase of the call ended on March 30 and around 500 applications were received from acade
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Zydus explores biologicals route to treat COVID-19 with long-acting Interf
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Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], April 20 (ANI): Pharma major Zydus Cadila said on Monday its biological therapy Pegylated Interferon alpha-2b can emerge as one of the pathways to treat COVID-19.
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Over 4 lakh samples tested for COVID-19 : ICMR
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New Delhi [India], April 20 (ANI): The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Sunday informed that a total of 4,01,586 samples from 3,83,985 individuals have been tested for COVID-19 till April 19.
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Netflix CEO Reed Hastings, wife Patty Quillin donate USD 30 million to vac
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Washington D.C. [USA], April 19 (ANI): Netflix chief Reed Hastings and his wife Patty Quillin have donated USD 30 million to Gavi Alliance, the nonprofit immunization organization started by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, reported Variety.
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India sets up high-level task force as COVID-19 cases rise to 16,116
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New Delhi [India], April 19 (ANI): The Central government has set up a high-level task force to work on "frontiers of science related to vaccines and drug testing" to combat the coronavirus pandemic in the country.
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Combating COVID-19: High-level task force to work on vaccines, drug testin
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New Delhi [India], April 19 (ANI): In order to defeat the coronavirus, a high-level task force has been formed to work on "frontiers of science related to vaccines and drug testing," said Lav Aggarwal, Joint Secretary, Health and Family Welfare, here on Sunday.
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CSIR testing anti-leprosy vaccine Mw for COVID-19, says DG Shekhar Mande
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 19 (ANI): Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (SCIR) Director-General Dr Shekhar C Mande on Sunday said that the institute is currently testing Mycobacterium w (Mw), which is a vaccine for leprosy, to treat COVID-19.
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Vaccine will be effective even if coronavirus mutates : ICMR
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 18 (ANI): While scientists from government-run Biotechnology Research Centre in Gujarat claimed to have identified three new mutations of the COVID-19 in its genome sequencing, the top medical research body -- the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has said
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