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Dry run for coronavirus vaccination across India to begin today

With the objective to gear up for the roll-out of COVID-19 vaccine across the country, the dry run will be conducted by all the States and UT governments from Saturday

Coronavirus vaccination miracle brings Israel back to its true roots

Israel, like most countries, still has enormous obstacles to address, many of them important, a few of them existential

Covid-19: The last thing India needs in 2021 is to repeat disasters of 2020

How we deal with the new strain of coronavirus will show whether we have learnt the right lessons from the initial response to the coronavirus

Best of BS Opinion: Chinese military, Biden as US President, and more

Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day.

Covishield moves closer to roll-out; SII gets in-principle nod from panel

India would need 30 million doses in the first phase when it vaccinates the essential services workers including health care professionals, municipal and police staff, etc

What sets Zydus Cadila apart among indigenous players in Covid vaccine race

The company says the stability of the vaccine is one of its biggest advantages amid dry runs of mass vaccination programmes being conducted in some states

India readies for mega Covid vaccine rollout; phase 1 targets 300 million

On priority list: Health care and frontline workers; those over 50; and below 50 with co-morbidities

The story behind the rise of Serum Institute, world's vaccine factory

Today, SII sells about 1.5 billion vaccine doses every year to 170 countries and is the largest producer of vaccines globally by number of doses

WHO nod for Pfizer Covid vaccine may allow better access to poor nations

Every country that has a drug regulatory agency will have to issue its own approval for any Covid-19 vaccine, but countries with weak systems usually rely on WHO to vet the shots

Beware of fraud in name of Covid-19 vaccine: Noida police to people

Amid rising cases of online frauds, he said police are carrying out an awareness campaign to keep people informed about changing trends in such crimes

Three things countries must do to stay ahead of mutating coronavirus

A global, coordinated surveillance effort is required to make sure that the world is on top of the way the virus is changing, writes Sam Fazeli.

Coronavirus LIVE updates: India to resume UK flights from January 8

Coronavirus LIVE updates: Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine 'Covishield' has been cleared by the expert panel for India. Stay tuned for Covid-19 LIVE updates

3,524 new coronavirus cases in Maharashtra, 59 deaths, 4,279 recover

Maharashtra's Covid-19 case tally rose to 19,35,636

Punjab, Haryana to hold dry run for Covid-19 vaccination on Saturday

The Centre had said a dry run will be conducted by all state and union territories on January 2 to test the linkages between planning and implementation, and to identify the challenges

Serum Institute gets SEC thumbs up; Bharat Biotech proposal being discussed

US giant Pfizer did not come to present its case on Friday before the Subject Expert Committee

Panel clears Covid-19 vaccine manufactured by Serum Institute: Reports

The Serum Institute of India (SII), the local maker of the vaccine called Covishield, has stockpiled about 50 million doses of the vaccine, enough for 25 million people, said its CEO last week

Schools partially reopen in Thiruvananthapuram after 9 months

Classes for 10th and 12th standard students have resumed along with the strict implementation of Covid-19 protocols

Jharkhand reports 240 fresh Covid-19 infections, 3 fresh fatalities

Jharkhand's Covid-19 tally rose to 1,15,113 on Friday

Dharavi records two fresh coronavirus infections; tally at 3,813

The count of infections in Mumbai's Dharavi area reached 3,813, a senior official of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation said

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