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Italy unveils Covid vaccination plan, 202 mn doses to be given early 2021

Italy's national Covid-19 vaccination campaign will see the first tranche of 202 million doses to be distributed to some 40 million people in the first quarter of 2021

Biden's Covid team pledges to fight disproportionate impact on minorities

US President-elect Joe Biden's Covid-19 Advisory Board pledged to address the outsized impact of the pandemic on minorities in a meeting with the US Hispanic community

Putin orders Russia to begin mass coronavirus vaccinations next week

Russian President Vladimir Putin instructed the government to begin large-scale vaccinations against the coronavirus next week

Best of BS Opinion: UK Covid-19 vaccine, better corporate results and more

Business Standard brings you top Opinion pieces of the day

59% people say won't rush for coronavirus vaccine: LocalCircles survey

The survey received more than 25,000 responses from citizens across 262 districts of India

Word leaders to address a high-level, special session of UNGA on Covid-19

World leaders, the top leadership of the UN and vaccine developers will address a two-day, special session of the UN General Assembly on Covid-19 this week and discuss the pandemic's impact

Putin orders Russia to begin mass Covid-19 voluntary vaccinations

Russia will have produced 2 million vaccine doses within the next few days, Putin said

UK approves Pfizer, becomes the first country to roll out Covid-19 vaccine

With 800,000 doses expected to be delivered over the next few days, inoculations will begin next week

AstraZeneca data, NovaVax delay spur Moderna Covid vaccine demand, says CEO

He also said that the higher efficacy rate "was in people younger than 55 years old."

Pfizer vaccine not coming to India soon as trials yet to be conducted

Pfizer has not yet applied for holding clinical trials on Indian volunteers

SpiceJet partners cold-chain solution firms for Covid-19 vaccine transport

It is also leasing wide-body A340 planes, which have allowed it to expand its reach

What Janet Yellen must do

First on the agenda will be recovery from the pandemic. With multiple vaccines in sight, the immediate task is to build a bridge from here to the post-crisis economy

Vaccine on horizon, plans are afoot for real-time supply chain tracking

Experts feel it would be critical to spot spurious vaccines, enable faster product recalls and ensure two shots to individual from same manufacturer

Covid vaccination debut

The UK's experience could provide some pointers

Positivity rate dropping rapidly, should go below 5% in next few days: Jain

Interacting with reporters, he also reiterated that if a vaccine is successfully made, the entire people of Delhi should get it once it is received from the Centre

DCGI finds no link between Covid vaccine shot, 'adverse' reaction: Report

The DCGI arrived at the conclusion on Wednesday based on the recommendations of an independent expert committee which has also opined that compensation should not be paid to the volunteer

Bengal's Firhad Hakim becomes second minister to take 'Covaxin' trial shot

The trial, which started at the city''s ICMR-National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases (NICED), was inaugurated by state Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar

RT-PCR coronavirus tests to cost lowest in country in Odisha at Rs 400

The RT-PCR test is the best available so far for detection of Covid-19

Drugmaker Merck divests stake in vaccine-maker Moderna after stock surge

(Reuters) - U.S. drugmaker Merck & Co said on Wednesday it has sold its equity investment in Moderna Inc, after benefiting from a surge in the stock price of the vaccine developer this year.

Punjab CM Amarinder Singh to take first shot of Covid-19 vaccine in state

The state government has also prioritised nearly 23 per cent of its three crore population.