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Feb 26, 2021 02:57 PM IST Many people — including health workers — are skipping appointments or refusing to sign up for the AstraZeneca shot, which they fear is less effective than the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine
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Feb 19, 2021 07:12 PM IST Pfizer/BioNTech’s vaccine, along with Moderna Inc’s two-dose vaccine, won the U.S. emergency use authorization (EUA) and is being widely distributed as part of the country’s mass vaccination efforts.
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Feb 16, 2021 07:31 PM IST EU Commission spokeswoman Vivian Loonella told reporters that Moderna told EU authorities about delays in vaccine deliveries for this month, but that “it's likely" the US company “will be caught up in March.”
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Feb 15, 2021 06:44 PM IST Prior to COVID-19 pandemic, India had been producing 60 percent of the world's vaccines for various diseases at an affordable rate.
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Feb 10, 2021 01:45 PM IST Deliveries are expected to begin in mid-2021, the company added.
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Jan 26, 2021 07:55 PM IST The WHO's Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunisation (SAGE) also insisted international travellers should not be prioritised for any COVID-19 jabs for the time being.
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Jan 25, 2021 10:15 AM IST India has begun its immunisation programme against COVID-19 with two vaccines - Covishield and Covaxin.
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Jan 20, 2021 08:44 PM IST In the initial phase, India will inoculate about one crore healthcare workers. This will be followed by two crore frontline workers, police, armed forces, municipal workers, revenue staff and others. In the third phase, 27 crore people above 50 years of age and those with co-morbidities.
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Jan 20, 2021 06:53 PM IST The confirmation comes after California State Epidemiologist Dr Erica Pan on Sunday recommended halting the administration of lot 41L20A of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine due to possible allergic reactions that are under investigation.
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Jan 13, 2021 11:24 PM IST About 6,000 people live at the base, but the detention center apparently received a separate supply of the vaccines for its personnel.
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Jan 13, 2021 04:32 PM IST Last week, the Brazil's Butantan Institute had said that the efficacy rate of CoronaVac was 78 percent and claimed to offer total protection against severe cases of the disease.
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Jan 08, 2021 06:34 PM IST However, supplies of the new jab are not expected to be available until the spring in a few weeks’ time as the UK has pre-ordered 7 million doses.
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Dec 31, 2020 01:08 PM IST The study, published on Wednesday in The New England Journal of Medicine, found that among over 30,000 participants randomised to receive the vaccine or a placebo, 11 in the vaccine group developed symptomatic COVID-19 compared to 185 participants who received the placebo.
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Dec 30, 2020 05:06 PM IST CoWIN (COVID-19 Vaccine Intelligence Network) is a repurposed version of eVIN (Electronic Vaccine Intelligence Network), an indigenously developed platform in partnership with the United Nations Development Programme and the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. Its success will be crucial to the implementation of the country's vaccination drive.
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Dec 27, 2020 10:46 PM IST But surveys have pointed to high levels of hesitancy towards inoculation in countries from France to Poland, with many used to vaccines taking decades to develop, not just months.
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Dec 25, 2020 04:05 PM IST On Thursday, Sao Paulo state Health Secretary Jean Gorinchteyn confirmed that China's Sinovac vaccine "didn’t reach 90%" efficacy, making it less successful than those developed by Pfizer Inc. and Moderna Inc.
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Dec 22, 2020 09:02 PM IST The mutation known as the B.1.1.7 lineage may be up to 70% more infectious and more of a concern for children. It has sown chaos in Britain, prompting a wave of travel bans that are disrupting trade with Europe and threatening to further isolate the island country.
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Dec 21, 2020 01:07 PM IST A successful vaccination programme with quick nationwide coverage is what the economy needs
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Dec 20, 2020 05:50 PM IST The distribution of Moderna's vaccine to more than 3,700 locations in the United States will vastly widen the rollout started last week by Pfizer Inc.
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Dec 20, 2020 11:14 AM IST The panel voted 11-0 in favor of the vaccine and 0 members voted against, the company said in a press release.
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Dec 19, 2020 11:38 AM IST Moderna vaccine can be stored at 2 to 8 degrees and the size of sales of Moderna last year is relatively way smaller, just 60 million USD. No wonder the share price soared 7 times this year.
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Dec 19, 2020 10:25 AM IST Both the Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna's COVID-19 vaccines target the crown-like spikes on the surface of the novel coronavirus that it uses to break into healthy human cells. So, how are they different?
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Dec 19, 2020 10:06 AM IST When COVID-19 vaccines become available in India, with correct scientific information, along with clear and coherent policies for the vaccine, high level of acceptance of the vaccines can be easily expected in India
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Dec 19, 2020 06:55 AM IST The US Food and Drug Administration authorized an emergency rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Moderna and the National Institutes of Health.
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Dec 15, 2020 07:02 PM IST The FDA was upbeat on the vaccine, saying there were "no specific safety concerns identified that would preclude issuance of an EUA (emergency use authorization" and confirmed an overall efficacy of 94.1 percent.