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Expert panel’s meet on COVID-19 vaccine approval begins

New Delhi: Key meeting of drug regulator's expert panel is currently underway to take a call on the emergency use approval sought by Serum Institute of India, Bharat Biotech and Pfizer for their Coronavirus vaccines. Serum, which is making 'Covishield' vaccine developed by Oxford-AstraZeneca, and...

Vaccine

WHO clears Pfizer coronavirus vaccine for emergency use

Geneva: The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said it has cleared the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine for emergency use. This WHO declaration means poorer countries may soon get access to the coronavirus vaccine shot already available in Europe and North America. Every country that has a...

Testing

New coronavirus strain detected in 7 UK returnees in Delhi

New Delhi: Seven persons who recently arrived in Delhi from the UK and tested positive for COVID-19, have been found infected with the new strain of the coronavirus, officials said Thursday. Interacting with reporters, earlier in the day, Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain said that...

Sinopharm vaccine

China approves its own indigenously developed COVID-19 vaccine

Beijing: China approved Thursday its first COVID-19 vaccine for general public use. The COVID-19 vaccine shot has been developed by an affiliate of state-backed pharmaceutical giant Sinopharm. Sources said that Beijing has given the approval as it braces for greater transmission risks over the winter....

 

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Vanavasi Kalyan Ashram seeks 2-month extension for Aravalli committee deadline

New Delhi: The Akhil Bharatiya Vanavasi Kalyan Ashram has sought that the chairperson of the high-powered committee constituted under the ...

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