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India to get 97 million doses of Serum-made AstraZeneca vaccine from Covax

As of now, Covax has not disclosed the India distribution plan for the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine

New Covid vaccines: Here's how Novavax and Johnson & Johnson jabs work

Both of these vaccines share some similarities with those already being delivered, but they also have some notable differences

Will coronavirus really evolve to become less deadly in decades to come?

It was the bacteriologist and comparative pathologist Theobald Smith (1859-1934) who began the narrative of the "law of declining virulence" in the late 19th century

Demand for Covid vaccines in 2021 will far exceed supply: Gavi deputy CEO

Anuradha Gupta, deputy CEO of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, talks about vaccine hesitancy, the logistics of implementing a mammoth global Covid-19 vaccination effort, and whether existing vaccines will

Haryana Police personnel to get Covid-19 vaccines in 2nd phase from today

There are currently 1,055 active cases in Haryana, according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

France registers over 26,000 new coronavirus infections in 24 hours

Another 357 people had lost their lives to the virus, bringing the death toll to 77,595, data posted on the government website showed

Biden tells Democrats he would consider limits on who gets Covid-19 checks

Biden and the Democrats agreed on the need to move swiftly to get $1,400 stimulus checks to Americans, White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki told reporters

Govt places second purchase order with SII for 10 mn doses of Covid vaccine

The Centre on Wednesday placed a second purchase order with the Serum Institute of India for the supply of one crore doses of Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine Covishield'

IMA refutes Centre's data, says 734 doctors lost lives due to Covid-19

IMA appealed that a high-power committee be constituted by the government to do a thorough study of the entire data of deceased doctors

Delhi Police personnel, sanitation workers to get Covid-19 vaccine tomorrow

Frontline workers, including police personnel and sanitation workers, in the national capital will receive COVID-19 vaccine jabs starting Thursday, officials said on Wednesday.

Coronavirus LIVE: Jharkhand health worker dies after receiving vaccine

Coronavirus live updates: Globally, more than 104.5 million people have been infected by the virus and the death toll stands at 2,262,004

University campuses not to reopen immediately in Bengal: Education minister

Colleges and universities in West Bengal, closed since mid-March due to the Covid-19 outbreak, will not reopen campuses immediately, Education Minister Partha Chatterjee said on Wednesday.

WHO-led COVAX vaccine scheme agrees new supply deal with Serum Institute

Serum Institute will supply 1.1 billion doses of Covid-19 vaccines developed by AstraZeneca and Novavax to the COVAX vaccine scheme

AstraZeneca's first vaccine dose cuts Covid transmission by 67%: Study

The UK government described this as good news for the world because the impact of COVID vaccines on transmission has been a crucial unknown in the fight against the pandemic

World Coronavirus Dispatch: Myanmar health workers protest coup, stop work

UK's Covid hero dies at 100, study says Sinopharm jab works against South African strain, Europe's sluggish vaccination may prolong economic slump and other pandemic-related news across the globe

DATA STORY: Now, active cases are only 1.49% of India's total Covid tally

With 188,762 vaccinations on Tuesday, India has so far inoculated 4,138,918 people. That is 38.40 per cent of its total caseload, and 0.2982 per cent of its population

Covaxin rolled out in Bengal, 60 beneficiaries to be inoculated on Day 1

The West Bengal health department on Wednesday rolled out Covaxin, developed by Bharat Biotech, at three vaccination centres in the city

WHO team visits Wuhan lab at centre of speculation for virus origins

World Health Organisation investigators on Wednesday visited a research centre in the Chinese city of Wuhan that has been the subject of speculation about the origins of the coronavirus

India Coronavirus Dispatch: Budget's vaccine outlay can cover 500 mn people

Latest Covid numbers, long-term loss of smell in many, six Mumbai wards reported no death last week--news relevant to India's fight against Covid-19

China: WHO team visits Wuhan virus lab at centre of pandemic speculation

The WHO team's visit to the Wuhan Institute of Virology is a highlight of their mission to gather data and search for clues as to where the virus originated and how it spread