HEALTH

COVID vaccination in Delhi: Over 500 centres in ph-1, facility being set up for 2-8 deg C storage

6:54 pm January 4, 2021

New Delhi: Work is underway in full swing to set up centres for COVID-19 vaccination in the national capital with 500 such units to come up in the first phase, even as the storage facility is getting equipped with freezers to hold vaccines in a temperature range of 2-8 degrees Celsius. Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Sunday had […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

Masks, Hand Sanitizers and Vaccines May be Protective but Insufficient

6:34 pm January 4, 2021

Chennai :India(NewsVoir)• What if we shift our focus away from protective care to preventive care? We may become self-sufficient at last The Governments in several countries have made it clear that failure to wear face masks will result in the public being faced with hefty fines. The concept that a mask can prevent the spread […]

Vaccine approval hailed as decisive turning point in India’s fight against pandemic; Leaders laud scientists, corona warriors

10:46 pm January 3, 2021

New Delhi : The approval given to two COVID-19 vaccines is a ”decisive turning point” in the spirited fight against the pandemic, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday as the development was greeted with a sense of relief and hope in the country that has been reeling from the impact of the virus for […]

India approves Oxford’s, Bharat Biotech’s COVID-19 vaccines for restricted emergency use

4:50 pm January 3, 2021

New Delhi: India’s drugs regulator on Sunday approved Oxford COVID-19 vaccine Covishield, manufactured by the Serum Institute, and indigenously developed Covaxin of Bharat Biotech for restricted emergency use in the country, paving the way for a massive inoculation drive. The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) granted the approval on the basis of recommendations by a COVID-19 Subject Expert Committee (SEC) […]

Delhi has less than a day’s stock of Covaxin for 45-plus age group: Atishi

Bharat Biotech on course to have 26,000 volunteers for Phase-3 clinical trials of Covaxin

11:28 pm January 2, 2021

New Delhi: Bharat Biotech on Saturday said it is moving towards achieving the target of having 26,000 volunteers across the country for Phase-3 trials of its Covid-19 vaccine ‘Covaxin’. The company has already roped in 23,000 volunteers for the trials, it said. The company statement has come after an expert panel of India’s central drug […]