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Covaxin: Phase 3 Clinical Trial Shows 81% Efficacy

March 3, 2021 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Mar 3: India-made COVID-19 vaccine Covaxin has demonstrated an interim clinical efficacy of 81% in its Phase 3 clinical trial, vaccine maker Bharat Biotech said. Covaxin has demonstrated high clinical efficacy trend against COVID-19 as well as significant immunogenicity against the rapidly emerging variants, CMD Krishna Ella said. A statement from Bharat Biotech, […]

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Coronavirus: The UK detects now Brazilian variant

March 2, 2021 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: The Health officials of Britain have detected six cases of highly contagious disease which was first traced in Manaus, Brazil. On the Brazilian variant of coronavirus – scientists said that “the variant is more transmissible and may be more resistant to existing vaccines than the original virus, and may be able to infect […]

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Govt: Vaccine Registration through Portal Only, No App Available

March 1, 2021 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Mar 1: India on Monday opened registration and started the second phase of Corona vaccination covering people above 60 and those above 45 with specified co-morbid conditions. After multiple complaints on the first day from beneficiaries who claimed that they were not able to register for vaccination, the Health Ministry issued a clarification […]

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Modi Leads the Rest, Launch Second Phase of Vaccination

March 1, 2021 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Mar 1: India kicked off the second phase of Covid-19 vaccination with the prime minister Narendra Modi personally leading the rest of the senior citizens and the people above 45 with co-morbidities to get inoculated against the Covid pandemic. As the second phase of vaccination started on Monday, Modi travelled to […]

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Vaccine: May Cost Rs 250 Per Person Per Dose in Private

February 27, 2021 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Feb 27: While taking the Corona vaccine in the government establishments will be free for the senior citizens in the second round of vaccination starting from Monday, it may not be a very costly affair even if someone opted for private hospitals. Though the government is yet to announce its final decision on […]

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Self-Registration Option Allowed for Senior Citizens for Vaccination

February 26, 2021 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Feb 26: Even as the centre extended by one more month till March 31 the standard operating guidelines for various services under the pandemic regulations, the union health ministry on Friday announced options for advance self-registration, on-site registration and facilitated cohort registration for potential beneficiaries of the second round of COVID vaccinations, starting […]

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Active Covid Cases Rising Again

February 23, 2021 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Feb 23: For the fifth consecutive day, the active Covid-19 cases in India kept rising on Tuesday going past 1.5 lakh mark again after a gap of 17 days and the total infections crossing 1.10 crore. According to the Union Health Ministry data, the surge in active cases is due to Maharashtra, Kerala, Chhattisgarh, […]

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COVID-19: Maha warns on fresh spike; weekend lockdown in Amravati

February 18, 2021 virendra pandit

Mumbai: With a fresh spike in coronavirus cases in the Vidarbha region, Maharashtra on Thursday warned the people to be cautious and imposed weekend lockdown in Amravati where such cases have multiplied recently. Media reports said the district administration announced a weekend lockdown in Amravati, from 8 pm on Saturday to 7 am on Monday, […]

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South African and Brazilian Strains of Coronavirus Detected: Health Ministry

February 16, 2021 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Feb 16: Even as India felt relaxed at 17 states and union territories not reporting any new deaths and six of them not a single new Corona positive case in the last 24 hours on Tuesday, the surging cases in Kerala and Maharashtra was causing concern to the authorities. Only these […]

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China’s Co-operation with WHO Team Probing Origin of Coronavirus Questioned

February 13, 2021 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Feb 13: Even though the World Health Organisation in its first report has negated the possibility of the Coronavirus to had been developed in some Chinese laboratory, it is slowly been revealed that China did not extend the kind of co-operation it was expected to the team of experts probing into […]