PM CAUTIONS PEOPLE AGAINST RUMOURS AS INDIA GETS READY FOR VACCINE DRY RUN

01 Jan 2021

Cautioning Indians against rumours about coronavirus vaccination, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that the country is preparing to undertake the world’s largest vaccination drive against the infection. Speaking after laying the foundation stone of a new All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Gujarat’s Rajkot via videoconference,...

Despite Britain’s nod, India in no hurry to approve Covid vaccine, seeks more data

31 Dec 2020

The analysis of the additional data and information submitted by Serum Institute of India (SII) and Bharat Biotech is still being conducted by regulator Central Drug Standard Control Organisation’s (CDSCO) Subject Expert Committee and their next meeting will be held on 1 January 1. The Subject Expert Committee met on...

Covid vaccination dry run test held in Gandhinagar

30 Dec 2020

Gandhinagar: A dry run test was conducted for corona vaccination in Gandhinagar city on Tuesday. The dry run test was held at five places decided in Gandhinagar Municipal Corporation area. In the dry run test, 125 beneficiaries were called for vaccination at different places. Through this dry run, all the...

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE INDUSTRY TO UNDERGO AN UNPARALLELED BOOM

29 Dec 2020

Over the past several months, especially after the Covid-19 pandemic outbreak, there has been a shift in global attention to better healthcare practices. People have realised the need for ‘being healthy’’ and have started to look at different aspects of their health, which they can improve. While it is true...

INDIA TO ROLL OUT COVID VACCINE IN JANUARY, 50 MN DOSES READY: SII CEO

29 Dec 2020

New Delhi: Pune-based Serum Institute of India (SII) on Monday expressed hope at the possibility of Covid-19 vaccine—Covishield—receiving the regulatory approval in a “few days”, while emphasising that the company has a massive stockpile 40-50 million doses. It also said that Covishield rollout is expected in January 2021. “We have...

Andhra gears up for two-day vaccination dry run in Krishna

28 Dec 2020

Hyderabad: A dry run for Covid-19 vaccination will be conducted in Andhra Pradesh’s Krishna district on 28th and 29th of December. Andhra Pradesh is among the four states chosen by the Centre for the vaccination dry run. The dry run has been planned for five places in the district: Government...

OXFORD VACCINE SHOULD BE EFFECTIVE AGAINST NEW STRAIN: ASTRAZENECA CEO

28 Dec 2020

New Delhi: British pharmaceutical AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford’s Covid-19 vaccine has achieved a “winning formula” for efficacy, Pascal Soriot, CEO of the company said in an interview with a British newspaper. He also added that the vaccine should be effective against the new mutant strain of Covid-19 found...

Andhra and Telangana prepared for Covid-19 vaccine distribution

24 Dec 2020

Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh and Telangana have set up committees and made necessary arrangements for Covid-19 vaccine distribution. The Telangana Health Department has been put on high alert over the new strain of coronavirus that was detected in the United Kingdom. The Medical Education Secretary Ramesh Reddy told The Daily Guardian,...

ANTIBODIES WILL NOT SAFEGUARD YOU AGAINST COVID RE-INFECTION

22 Dec 2020

About ten months after the first case of Covid-19 was confirmed in Kasaragod, Kerala on 3 February 2020, we still have a lot to learn about the novel coronavirus. While our country’s tally of Covid-19 currently stands at 9.88 million, the concerns about re-infection loom large. Much research is required...

HOW COVID-19 VACCINE COULD DEVELOP SO QUICKLY

22 Dec 2020

The charm of history and its enigmatic lesson consist in the fact that, from age to age, nothing changes and yet everything is completely different. —Aldous Huxley Early this month, the Pfizer/BioNTech mRNA vaccine was approved within 11 months of the discovery of the Covid-19 virus. Pfizer vaccine is the...