Delhi: India completed a milestone of administrating 1.5 billion vaccines under the Covid vaccination campaign, which started about a year ago. Besides, 640 million have completed two doses out of these, while 870 million have at least got one dose. Five days ago, the vaccines were made available for the age group of 15-18 years. […]
New Delhi: – The Drugs Controller General of India (DGCI) approved the Russian Sputnik-V vaccine for Coronavirus, following the vaccine’s approval by the expert committee of the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO). Therefore, the Sputnik-V vaccine will now be available for emergency use in India. The government has decided to approve some other foreign […]
Geneva / London / Washington – The spread of the Omicron variant is increasing globally. The World Health Organisation (WHO) and the UK have issued warnings. WHO has warned that the rate of spread of Omicron is greater than the previous Delta variant and that the variant is weakening the capacity of vaccines. British Prime […]
Washington: – Dr Peter Hotez, a researcher doctor from the United States, has warned that there is a threat of future COVID-26 and COVID-32 pandemics if the origin of Coronavirus is not found. Hotez also warned that the world suffered pandemics like SARS and MERS in the last two decades. If pandemics are to be […]
Negotiations are being held with foreign companies to ensure that the vaccine is available to every citizen. Under the new plan, any vaccine approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) or the World Health Organisation (WHO) can be imported into India. The import permits will be cleared in two days. Also, the Russian Sputnik-V […]
New Delhi: Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman warned that when the world faces the Corona crisis, the nationalism card cannot be played in respect of the vaccines. The supply of technology and raw materials cannot be stopped in these times, pointing to intellectual property rights. The developed countries will have to adopt a liberal policy […]
New Delhi: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin held telephonic talks. Prime Minister Modi thanked President Putin for the assistance provided by Russia during this second wave of Coronavirus pandemic. Russia too has developed a vaccine against Coronavirus and the Vaccine is being manufactured in India. This will expedite the vaccination […]
London: In the last 24 hours, 2,94,237 new Covid cases have been reported across the world. Whereas, the death toll has crossed 6000. The WHO has published this information. For the first time, so many cases have been reported around the world in just 24 hours. The United States, Brazil and India have most patients […]
New Delhi: The first phase of human trials for the Covid vaccine developed by Bharat biotech has already started. While there are claims of people getting infected in clusters, the news of human trials of the new vaccine holds significance. 15 July onwards, the human trial of the vaccine has started on 375 self-help volunteers, […]
Washington/Paris: The number of Coronavirus deaths has reached 304,795, and more than 1.7 million people have recovered fully. But the number of cases is rapidly increasing in the world and warnings are being issued that this pandemic will last for the next five years. There is a tough competition for developing a vaccine for the […]