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Feb 25, 2021 07:16 AM IST Coronavirus News Live Updates: Today is the 336th day since India implemented a nationwide lockdown to help curb the novel coronavirus pandemic.
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Feb 24, 2021 02:35 PM IST The world needs monkeys, whose DNA closely resembles that of humans, to develop COVID-19 vaccines. But a global shortage, resulting from the unexpected demand caused by the pandemic, has been exacerbated by a recent ban on the sale of wildlife from China, the leading supplier of the lab animals
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Feb 24, 2021 01:42 PM IST The central teams have been deputed to Maharashtra, Kerala, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Punjab, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Jammu and Kashmir.
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Feb 24, 2021 01:12 PM IST The survey that received more than 8,000 responses from citizens located in 238 districts of India, found that 30 percent citizens say that mask compliance is followed in their district or city, while only 12 percent say social distancing rules are complied.
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Feb 24, 2021 12:58 PM IST "These 600,000 Covax vaccines are part of an initial tranche of deliveries of the AstraZeneca / Oxford vaccine licensed to the Serum Institute of India, which represent part of the first wave of Covid vaccines headed to several low and middle-income countries," said UNICEF, which organised the shipment from Mumbai, in a joint statement with the WHO.
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Feb 24, 2021 12:13 PM IST The approved product is bioequivalent and therapeutically equivalent to the reference listed drug (RLD), Children's Motrin Oral Suspension, 100 mg/mL, of Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc.
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Feb 24, 2021 11:58 AM IST Three companies -- Dr Reddy's Laboratories, Serum Institute of India, and Biological E -- are preparing to submit data for approval of their vaccines or to start phase-3 trials
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Feb 24, 2021 11:06 AM IST Earlier, the Karnataka government mandated a negative RT-PCR certificate that is not older than 72 hours for those arriving in the state from Maharashtra, following the recent spike in COVID-19 cases there.
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Feb 24, 2021 07:48 AM IST Over 1.19 crore people have so far been given the COVID-19 vaccine in India. The second dose of COVID-19 vaccination started from the day for those beneficiaries who have completed 28 days after receipt of the first dose.
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Feb 24, 2021 07:18 AM IST Coronavirus News Highlights: More than 1.19 crore people have been given the COVID-19 vaccine in India so far.
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Feb 23, 2021 09:51 PM IST There is no direct relation between the recent surge in COVID-19 cases in Maharashtra and some other states with the mutant virus strains N440K and E484Q, stated Dr Balram Bhargava, Director General, ICMR.
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Feb 23, 2021 07:24 PM IST Addressing a press conference, NITI Aayog Member (Health) V K Paul said that 187 people have tested positive for the UK strain of SARS-CoV-2 in the country so far, while six people have detected with the South Africa variant. Also, one person has tested positive for the Brazil variant strain.
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Feb 23, 2021 06:17 PM IST The global vaccine procurement and equitable distribution effort aims to secure vaccines for at least the most vulnerable 20 percent in every country.
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Feb 23, 2021 05:45 PM IST Though India is known as the pharmacy of the world for its massive production capacities of both generic drugs and vaccines, China accounted for half of its API needs in 2019 from nearly nothing three decades ago, industry data shows.
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Feb 23, 2021 03:22 PM IST A total of 10,584 new infections and 13,255 recoveries were recorded in a span of 24 hours, leading to a net decline of 2,749 cases in the total active caseload, Health Ministry said.
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Feb 23, 2021 01:27 PM IST The prime minister said it is time to take accessibility, affordability in healthcare to the next level for which use of modern technology is being increased.
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Feb 23, 2021 11:57 AM IST According to the Johns Hopkins University tally, another 1,297 virus-related deaths were reported on Monday in the United States.
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Feb 23, 2021 11:27 AM IST The 10 cases at the SJR Watermark Apartments, comprising nine blocks housing 1,500 people, were found between February 15 and 22
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Feb 23, 2021 10:47 AM IST The peptides – a replica of the ACE2 receptor - will convince SARS-CoV-2 to bind to them, which will block the virus’s ability to actually get inside the cell
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Feb 23, 2021 08:21 AM IST Last year saw more women, but fewer men, take their own lives in Japan. For women there, the pressures of Covid-19 have been compounded.
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Feb 23, 2021 08:03 AM IST Over 1.14 crore people have so far been given the COVID-19 vaccine in India. The second dose of COVID-19 vaccination started from the day for those beneficiaries who have completed 28 days after receipt of the first dose.
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Feb 23, 2021 07:29 AM IST Coronavirus News Highlights: More than 1.14 crore people have been given the COVID-19 vaccine in India so far.
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Feb 22, 2021 08:08 PM IST Ella said the company is in the process of ramping up Covaxin production capacity to 40 million doses per month, with the commissioning of third manufacturing site by end of this week.
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Feb 22, 2021 05:41 PM IST The move comes after the drugmakers in December said their vaccine would be delayed after clinical trials showed an insufficient immune response in older people.