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Corona Vaccine in the Offing, All States/UTs to Conduct Dry Run on Saturday

December 31, 2020 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Dec 31: The new year is expected to begin with the good news of effective vaccine availability to bring the scar of 2020, the Corona pandemic, under control with the central government asking all the states and union territories to gear up their respective administrations for mass immunization. While the government […]

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COVID-19: After UK’s approval to AZ vaccine, India may follow suit soon

December 30, 2020 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: With the United Kingdom granting approval to the coronavirus vaccine, developed by Oxford University, and pharmaceutical major AstraZeneca, India is also expected to approve the much-awaited shots at the earliest. London’s approval came within days of detection of a new, highly-infectious strand in the coronavirus in the UK from where it […]

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Six Cases of Muted Version Detected in India, Extension of Ban on UK Flights Likely

December 29, 2020 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Dec 29: India has so far detected six cases of the mutated Coronavirus strain that was first detected in the United Kingdom, the union health ministry confirmed on Tuesday. In Kerala, 18 people who returned from the UK have tested positive but it was not immediately known if they carried the […]

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SII Vaccines in January, Covid-19 Restrictions to Continue

December 28, 2020 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Dec 28: As the union home ministry on Monday announced continuation of the pandemic guidelines and the existing restrictions to remain in force till January 31, the Serum Institute of India’s chief executive Adar Poonawalla said the rollout of the Oxford University-AstraZeneca vaccine against the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) was expected next month. Poonawalla […]

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Vaccine shot will be effective against a new strain of the coronavirus: AstraZeneca

December 28, 2020 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: The Chief Executive of AstraZeneca pharmaceutical company – Pascal Soriot on Sunday late night said that “Researchers believe the shot will be effective against a new strain of the coronavirus driving a rapid surge in infections in Britain.” AstraZeneca is one of the major drug-maker pharmaceutical companies in the world. AstraZeneca is developing […]

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Israel Heading for Third Lockdown as India Records Marked Improvement

December 27, 2020 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Dec 27: As Israel was set to begin its third nationwide coronavirus lockdown on Sunday, India reported its first drop of new caseload below 19,000 for the first time in six months. According to a release by the union health ministry, the number of new cases recorded in the last 24 hours in […]

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China “Congratulates” Itself for “Extraordinary” Handling of Coronavirus Domestically

December 26, 2020 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Dec 26: Suspected of leaking out the Corona virus beyond its borders and spread the pandemic in the world and the World Health Organisation finally agreeing to send a team of experts to China to probe the origin of the virus, China has indulged in self back-slapping for the country’s “extremely extraordinary success” […]

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‘COVID-19 will be around for 10 years; more outbreaks likely’

December 26, 2020 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Vaccine, at best, seems to be a temporary relief. As the world races to start a humongous immunization drive against COVID-19 next month, the chief of a leading vaccine-maker has said the deadly pandemic will be around for the next 10 years, and that more outbreaks of contagion are likely, triggering […]

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New Muted Variant of Corona Virus May Lead to More Hospitalisations and Deaths: Study

December 25, 2020 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Dec 25: Even as contradictory reports have emerged over the origin and fatality rate of the muted variant of the Covid virus recently found in the United Kingdom, a scientific study in London has concluded that the new virus was 56 per cent more transmissible than the old variant which would […]

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COVID-19: Vaccination may face hurdles from faiths!

December 25, 2020 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The spark that ignited the fire of the First War of Indian Independence in 1857 was the “greased cartridges” supplied by the East India Company to its hired army, largely comprising Hindu and Muslim soldiers. These cartridges were rumored to have used tallow (animal fat) extracted from cow and pigs, revered […]