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AstraZeneca Vaccine is “Safe,” Claims Manufacturer

March 12, 2021 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Mar 12: The UK-based drugs company AstraZeneca insisted on Friday that its coronavirus vaccine was “safe” after some countries suspended its use in response to concerns about a potential link to blood clots. “An analysis of our safety data of more than 10 million records has shown no evidence of an increased risk […]

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European Countries Temporary Suspends use of AstraZeneca, Canada says AstraZeneca vaccine is safe

March 12, 2021 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: A different view of the European nations and Canada on the use of the AstraZeneca vaccine could be a new challenge for the people in the future. The European country Norway, Denmark, and Iceland on Thursday temporarily suspended the use of AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine over concerns about patients developing post-jab blood clots. On […]

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Covishield Vaccine Price Reduced in Re-negotiation

March 11, 2021 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Mar 11: The centre has re-negotiated with the Pune-based Serum Institute of India of the procurement price of “Covishield” and has been offered the further doses of the Covid-19 vaccine at significantly lower price than the initial rate of purchase. The Union health secretary Rajesh Bhushan on Thursday said the price of Covishield, […]

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Lockdown again in Nagpur, Similar Measures Likely in Some Other Parts of Maharashtra

March 11, 2021 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Mar 11: Even as Maharashtra, Kerala, Punjab, Karnataka, Gujarat and Tamil Nadu continue to report high number of COVID daily new cases, a week-long lockdown will be in force in Nagpur district from March 15 with the Maharashtra government mulling similar stringent measures in several other parts of the state as […]

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“Nasal Covid-19 Vaccine at Infant Stage,” Minister

March 9, 2021 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Mar 9: An intranasal vaccine candidate (BBV154), being developed by Bharat Biotech, is in early clinical stage of development in India, Minister of State for Health Ashwini Choubey told the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday. Choubey was responding to a question on the status of launching a nasal vaccine for Covid-19. Most vaccines are […]

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Covid-19: IMF’s Gopinath praises India response to pandemic

March 9, 2021 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Showering accolades on India for being at the forefront in fighting the global pandemic, International Monetary Fund (IMF)’s Chief Economist Gita Gopinath has said the country has played a very important role during the crisis by manufacturing and shipping the Covid-19 vaccines to many countries. “India really stands out in terms […]

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Covid-19: Covishield jab can be 81.3% efficacious, says “The Lancet”

March 9, 2021 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: With more than two crore people already vaccinated in the country against the Covid-19 pandemic, a prestigious medical journal, citing the latest research, has said the Oxford University-AstraZeneca’s vaccine, known as Covishield in India, has a higher efficacy of 81.3 percent when the second dose is administered 12 weeks after the […]

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IMA Asks Politicians Not to Give “False Sense of Security” against Covid

March 8, 2021 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Mar 8: For the politicians, the Corona pandemic seems to have ended in India, but the medical practitioners hold a different view. After statements by the union health minister Harsh Vardhan and his Delhi state government counterpart Satyendar Jain citing “end of pandemic,” the Indian Medical Association has advised the political […]

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Health Officer Tested Covid Positive Five Days after Second Dose of Vaccine

March 6, 2021 Editor In Chief

AHMEDABAD, Mar 6: A health official in Gujarat had tested Covid-19 positive five days after he had taken second dose of vaccine. The health officer at Dehgam in Gandhinagar had taken the first dose on January 16 and the second one on February 15. He had fever and his samples were examined, which detected the COVID-19 […]

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Covid-19: Centre Rush High-Level Teams to Maharashtra, Punjab as Cases Surge

March 6, 2021 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Mar 6: The Centre has rushed high-level multi-disciplinary public health teams to Maharashtra and Punjab in view of the increase in the number of daily COVID-19 cases being reported by these States while it told eight other states and union territories recording a steep rise in daily Corona cases to return to the […]