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Boris Johnson invites PM Modi to UK for G7 summit in June

4:12 pm January 17, 2021

London : UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has invited his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi for the G7 summit as he confirmed details on Sunday for the high-level meeting to be presided over by Britain in the coastal region of Cornwall between June 11 and 13. Johnson had extended an invitation to Modi during a phone call last […]

Vaccine skepticism hurts East European anti-virus efforts

3:26 pm January 17, 2021

Belgrade: Vaccines from the West, Russia or China? Or none at all? That dilemma faces nations in southeastern Europe, where coronavirus vaccination campaigns are off to a slow start — overshadowed by heated political debates and conspiracy theories. In countries like the Czech Republic, Serbia, Bosnia, Romania and Bulgaria, vaccine skeptics have included former presidents and even some doctors. Serbian tennis champion Novak Djokovic was among those who said […]

COVID-19: Dr Reddy’s gets DCGI nod to conduct phase 3 clinical trials for Sputnik V vaccine

11:41 pm January 15, 2021

New Delhi : Dr Reddy’s Laboratories on Friday said it has received approval from the Drugs Control General of India (DCGI) to conduct phase 3 clinical trial for the Sputnik V vaccine for COVID-19. The phase 3 study of Sputnik V will be conducted on 1,500 subjects as part of the randomised, double-blind, parallel-group, placebo-controlled study in […]

China honours ‘Bat Woman’ of controversial Wuhan lab as WHO team arrives to probe COVID-19 origins

8:17 pm January 15, 2021

Beijing: China has honoured a virologist of a controversial Wuhan-based bio-lab, which was at the centre of COVID-19 storm, as a WHO team arrived at the Chinese city to probe the origins of the coronavirus. Shi Zhengli from the Wuhan Institute of Virology who has earned the moniker of ‘Bat Woman’ for her passionate research into bats and viruses […]

All Indian vaccines being developed for storage at 2-8 degree Celsius: DBT Secy

9:47 pm January 5, 2021

New Delhi: All Indian vaccines being developed against the coronavirus will have to be stored at 2-8 degrees Celsius as the logistics have been worked out while considering temperature as a factor, Department of Biotechnology Secretary Renu Swarup said on Tuesday. Swarup said Bharat Biotech’s COVID-19 vaccine Covaxin and Oxford AstraZeneca’s Covishield have robustly undergone immunoassay lab tests. “(For) all our […]