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Serum Institute vax volunteer not ready to withdraw legal notice

A Chennai-based volunteer had developed severe neurological complications after first dose of vaccination of Covishield which is under development at Serum Institute

World's largest vaccine maker India tees up global blitz to contain virus

India manufactures more than 60% of all vaccines sold across the globe

India's cumulative tally of Covid-19 tests crosses 15-crore mark

The daily new deaths have been less than 500 in the last five days

World Coronavirus Dispatch: China tells flight cabin crew to wear diapers

Thailand to reopen to the outside world next year, Doctors say vaccines pose potential side effects, German deaths rise most since start of outbreak, and other pandemic-related news across the world

USFDA to scrutinise Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine data for red flags

Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine faces one final hurdle as it races to become the first shot greenlighted in the US: a panel of experts who will scrutinise the company's data for any red flags

India's cumulative coronavirus tests cross 150 million: Health Ministry

India's tally of cumulative Covid-19 testing has crossed 150 million, out of which past 10 million tests were added in just 10 days, said the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

DATA STORY: India's share of global active Covid-19 cases shrinks to 1.89%

India on Wednesday conducted 922,959 coronavirus tests, taking the total count of tests conducted so far in the country to 150,759,726. The test positivity rate recorded was 3.4%

US records 3,000 Covid-19 deaths, highest single-day spike since April

The US registered more than 3,000 coronavirus fatalities in the last 24 hours, the highest single-day spike since April, according to the Johns Hopkins University

India's Covid-19 tally rises to over 9.7 million with 31,521 fresh cases

India's Covid-19 caseload climbed to 9.7 million with 31,521 fresh infections, while the total number of recoveries surged to 9.2 million, pushing the national recovery rate to 94.74 per cent

Spain to provide tax-free coronavirus vaccines and tests until 2022 end

Spain will abolish value-added tax on the sale of Covid-19 vaccines and tests until the end of 2022, in accordance with the newly-reached European Union agreements, a senior official said

Global Covid-19 cases top 68.8 million: Johns Hopkins University

The overall number of global coronavirus cases has topped 68.8 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 1.56 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University

Maharashtra: 562 fresh Covid-19 cases in Thane, 12 more fatalities

The Covid-19 tally in Maharashtra's Thane district has gone up to 234,347 with the addition of 562 new cases, an official said

Pune's Gennova gets nod for clinical trials of India's first mRNA vaccine

DCGI granted conditional approval for phase 1 and 2 clinical trials of Gennova's mRNA based Covid-19 vaccine candidate

Bengal reports 47 more deaths due to Covid-19, 2,956 additional cases

West Bengal's Covid-19 death toll rose 8,867 after 47 more people succumbed to the disease, the health department said in a bulletin

India's first mRNA Covid-19 vaccine gets nod to start phase 1 trials

The Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation permitted Pune-based Gennova Biopharmaceuticals to conduct Phase 1/2 clinical trials for its mRNA Covid-19 vaccine candidate

Top headlines: Sensex on record high; regulations for streaming industry

From Sensex crossing 46,000 amid record FPI flows to Sterling & Wilson eyeing 50 Gw of projects in renewable energy space, here are top headlines this morning

South Africa declares second wave of coronavirus infection as cases surge

South Africa has declared a second wave of coronavirus as the number of cases surged with the per day infections exceeding 6,000

Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine data hacked from European Medicines Agency

German company BioNTech and US pharmaceutical company Pfizer say data on their coronavirus vaccine were unlawfully accessed during a cyberattack on the servers of the European Medicines Agency

Covid-19 vaccination campaign to begin on Dec 27: Israel PM Netanyahu

PM Benjamin Netanyahu has announced that Israel will begin vaccinating the public against the coronavirus on Dec 27, making it one of the first countries in the world to innoculate its citizens

Review panel asks vaccine makers to submit more data to get authorisation

Experts ask Bharat Biotech for phase 3 data, Serum's UK approval status