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World Coronavirus Dispatch: Is Brazil trying to hide the true toll numbers?

Meanwhile, India enters the list of top 5 infected nations; European airlines set to resume operations

India coronavirus dispatch: How Covid spreads from a contaminated surface

From five lessons India should learn from the crisis, to state of sport post-Covid, read these and more in today's India dispatch

WHO finally endorses masks to prevent transmission

Since the beginning of the pandemic, surprisingly, the WHO had refused to endorse masks

Serum Institute risks making Covid vaccine before trial at new $100 mn unit

AstraZeneca deal with SII is for supply of a billion doses, with a commitment to provide 400 mn before 2020-end. If all goes well, India could have its first set of Covid-19 vaccines by end of year

India joins global alliance to support vaccine supply, immunisation

Gavi's routine immunisation efforts, including during the course of the coronavirus pandemic, help stop the spread of infectious diseases and the resurgence of other epidemics

Steep death graph, no peak yet: Why India is behind the curve on Covid-19

While the mortality rate seems to be plateauing in UK , Spain and Italy after peaking, in India he bad news is that it hasn't reached the high point after which it can start tapering off

India simplifies clinical trial rules for Covid-19 vaccine manufacturing

Govt will take inter-departmental approach to ensure right vaccine candidate is available for Indians at the earliest

CEPI to grant $14 mn for trial of Bharat Biotech's Chikungunya vaccine

The vaccine completed standard pre-clinical studies, and an optimum immune response was elicited by the adjuvant vaccine in phase-1 trials in India

Covid-19 vaccine development moving positively, says Bharat Biotech CEO

He expressed satisfaction on the progress of the research connected with the vaccine development so far, but insisted that "in science, things can change"

Gilead's remdesivir shows modest improvement in moderate Covid-19 patients

At day 11, around 76% of the patients in the 5-day treatment group showed improvement in clinical status versus 66% for standard care alone, Gilead said

WHO, 37 countries launch alliance to share tools to battle Covid-19

The WHO issued a "Solidarity Call to Action", asking other stakeholders to join the voluntary push.

Vaccine for Covid-19 will take long time to be ready: Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw

The quickest for any vaccine to be prepared is not less than four years, says Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw.

Sun Pharma to test two drugs for treatment of Covid-19, stock up 3.5%

At present there are three clinical trials underway to test nafamostat in Covid19 patients around the world

30 groups in India working on coronavirus vaccine, 20 at 'good pace'

ICMR conducting study on presence of antibodies in people, results next week

GSK to produce 1 billion doses of coronavirus vaccine booster in 2021

The British drugmaker is working on its own COVID vaccine with Sanofi

Oxford University Covid-19 vaccine trial has 50% chance of 'no result'

The University of Oxford last week announced that the advance human trial of the vaccine will involve up to 10,260 volunteers across the UK

4 Covid-19 vaccines may soon enter the clinical-trial stage: Harsh Vardhan

There are over 100 candidate vaccines which are at different levels of development

Polio and measles could surge after disruption of vaccine programs

The problem of slipping vaccine rates is not limited to developing countries

Record jump in Covid-19 cases as tally crosses 125,000; 1st case in Sikkim

Active cases rose to 69,597, while 51,783 people have recovered and a patient has migrated, according to the ministry bulletin

Coronavirus Vaccine Shows Promising Early Results in China

The early-stage trial, published in the Lancet, was conducted by researchers at several laboratories and included 108 participants aged 18 to 60