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Australian PM urges sharing of Covid vaccine, calls it 'oral responsibility

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison urged the international community to pledge to share the Covi-19 vaccine whenever it is found as it is a "global and moral responsibility"

Before coronavirus vaccine comes, global death toll may hit 2 mn: WHO

The World Health Organization (WHO) warned that the global coronavirus death toll could hit two million before an effective vaccine is widely used

Coronavirus LIVE: 75% of new confirmed cases concentrated in ten states/UTs

Coronavirus update: Maharashtra has 1,282,963 coronavirus cases, Andhra Pradesh 654,385, Tamil Nadu 563,591, Karnataka 548,557, and UP 384,277. Stay tuned for coronavirus India LIVE update

Some severe Covid-19 cases may be due to faulty genes: Scientists

The novel coronavirus can cause symptom-free infection in most people, or can kill some others in a few days

Covid-19 fight: Indian companies join race to develop blood products

As the development of vaccines or any drug will take time, research on Sars-CoV-2 neutralising antibodies is gaining ground to fill an unmet demand in therapy

Journey from lab to jab: Complex process of getting approval for a vaccine

While the govt is in a hurry to get one for Covid, all vaccines, domestic or imported, must follow strict rules. Business Standard takes you through a carefully drawn journey of vaccine development

Highly effective Covid-19 antibodies found, may lead to passive vaccine

Unlike in active vaccination, passive vaccination involves the administration of ready-made antibodies, which are degraded after some time

Iran, Russia discussing joint production of Covid-19 vaccine: Report

The Russian Direct Investment Fund has said it is in talks with a number of countries about the possibility of producing the Russian 'Sputnik-V' vaccine abroad

China's Covid-19 vax production capacity to reach 610 mn doses by 2020-end

Production capacity of the vaccines is forecast to reach 1 billion doses per year by 2021

World Coronavirus Dispatch: Global death toll could be grossly understated

Democrats crafting new $2.4 trn stimulus bill, UK budget deficit hits $222 bn, China's first asymptomatic cases in 35 days and other pandemic-related news across the globe

India Coronavirus Dispatch: Delhi hospitals running out of ventilator beds

First case in Maharashtra's Rajiwada wreaks havoc, New cases exceed recoveries, pvt hospitals see huge losses--news on how the country is dealing with the pandemic

Covid-19: Another vaccine from Russia, Rio delays Carnival parade & more

Rio de Janeiro delayed its annual Carnival parade, for the first time in a century due to the pandemic

This is why coronavirus may be life-threatening for some patients

The common thread in the research is the lack of a substance called interferon that helps orchestrate the body's defense against viral pathogens

With spike of 86,052 cases, India's Covid-19 tally crosses 5.8 mn-mark

India's Covid-19 case tally crossed the 5.8 mn mark with a spike of 86,052 new cases and 1,141 deaths in last 24 hours, according to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

75% new Covid cases concentrated in 10 states, 74% recoveries: Health Min

Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said that 75% of new cases of coronavirus in the country are concentrated in 10 States and Union Territories so as 74% of new recoveries.

Coronavirus LIVE: Manish Sisodia, hospitalised with Covid, also has dengue

Coronavirus update: Maharashtra has 1,263,799 coronavirus cases, Andhra Pradesh 646,530, Tamil Nadu 547,337, Karnataka 540,847, and UP 369,686. Stay tuned for coronavirus India LIVE update

Covid-19: White House could veto FDA's vaccine rules, says Donald Trump

The FDA may issue final rules in coming days for issuing an emergency-use authorisation for a coronavirus vaccine.

Syngene: Investors with long term view should look at the stock on dips

While Covid-19 could is a near term opportunity, contract manufacturing is the key medium-term trigger

Treatment for double infection of Covid-19 and dengue tricky: Doctors

A very 'finely balanced' approach is needed to tackle both the ailments at once, experts say

Chinese pharma company says Covid-19 vaccine to be ready by early 2021

A Chinese pharmaceutical company on Thursday said the coronavirus vaccine it is developing should be ready by early 2021 for distribution worldwide, including the United States. Yin Weidong, the CEO of SinoVac, vowed to apply to the US Food and Drug Administration to sell CoronaVac in the United States if it passes its third and final round of testing in humans. Yin said he personally has been given the experimental vaccine. At the very beginning, our strategy was designed for China and for Wuhan. Soon after that in June and July we adjusted our strategy, that is to face the world, Yin said, referring to the Chinese city were the virus first emerged. Our goal is to provide the vaccine to the world including the US, EU and others, Yin said. Stringent regulations in the US, European Union, Japan and Australia have historically blocked the sale of Chinese vaccines. But Yin said that could change. SinoVac is developing one of China's top four vaccine candidates along with state-owned