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UK begins world's first alternate dosing Covid-19 vaccine trial

The patients will receive different Covid vaccines for their first and second dose

Serum Institute of India delays vaccines for private sale in Bangladesh

Serum is instead prioritising state immunisation campaigns

India Coronavirus Dispatch: Active cases below 200,000 for over two weeks

Updated efficacy data on Oxford vaccine, lockdown effect on unplanned pregnancies, doctors who died on Covid duty, and more-news relevant to India's fight against Covid-19

World Coronavirus Dispatch: No cheering, singing and handshakes at Olympics

New Zealand approves Pfizer vaccine, Denmark to launch coronavirus passports, Singapore WEF pushed to August over travel restrictions and other pandemic-related news across the globe

Serum Institute, UNICEF enter into long-term supply for Covid-19 vaccines

The UN children's agency said it will have access to up to 1.1 billion doses of vaccines for around 100 countries

Gulf Arab states launch new restrictions over rising coronavirus cases

With populations including largely young and healthy foreign labourers, many Gulf countries have avoided the higher death tolls seen elsewhere around the world

Iran to start receiving Covid-19 vaccines developed by AstraZeneca in Feb

Namaki also said that Iran's Razi Vaccine and Serum Research Institute has been authorized to start clinical trials of its vaccine candidate, and they will hopefully start the trials next week

Recovered Covid patients may need only one mRNA vaccine shot: Scientists

Scientists analysed mRNA vaccines which use segments of the viral genetic material to enable human cells to make the coronavirus spike proteins

Now, coronavirus UK strain shows concerning mutation: What you need to know

While all mutations found in emerging variants of coronavirus should be monitored, scientists are particularly interested in mutations occurring in its spike protein, specifically the RBD section

Covid-19: India records 12,899 new infections, 107 deaths in 24 hours

The death toll increased to 1,54,703 with 107 daily new fatalities, the data updated at 8 am showed

Over 245,000 UP health workers to get vaccinated in next two days

The state has so far vaccinated 4,63,793 health workers of the total 6.71 lakh targeted till January 29. This is about 69 per cent coverage of the target

India to get around 97 million doses of AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine

As of now, Covax has not allotted the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for India.

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

Covid-19 crisis: Get vaccinated at own risk, says Pak's health minister

There were side effects related to the Covid-19 vaccine, which she also claimed caused "deaths in some countries.

AstraZeneca vaccine drastically cut coronavirus transmission: Study

Researchers measured the impact on transmission by swabbing participants every week seeking to detect signs of the virus