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List of Test matches which ended on Day 2

11:02 pm February 25, 2021

Ahmedabad: Following is the list of Tests worldwide which ended on Day 2 with a result before India’s win over England in the day-night third match here on Thursday. 1) England vs Australia at The Oval on 28 Aug 1882: Australia won 2) England vs Australia at Lord’s on 16 Jul 1888: Australia won 3) […]

Three month gap between Oxford vaccine jabs provides better efficacy: Study

2:39 pm February 20, 2021

New Delhi: A three-month interval between doses of the Oxford COVID-19 vaccine results in higher vaccine efficacy than a six-week gap, according to a new study which says the first dose can offer up to 76 percent protection in the months between the two jabs. The results of the analysis from a phase 3 randomized controlled […]

Clinical trials indicate India’s vaccines will be effective against Covid-19 variants: ICMR

2:23 pm February 19, 2021

Thiruvananthapuram: Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) Director General Dr Balram Bhargava has said interim results of the ongoing clinical trials indicated that the indigenous Covid-19 vaccines would be effective against the mutated virus strains reported from the United Kingdom, South Africa, and Brazil. A paper on Covaxin’s neutralization potential against the UK strain has […]

Tougher travel rules to contain spread of COVID-19 come into force in UK

11:45 pm February 15, 2021

London: The UK’s tougher new travel rules to contain the spread of COVID-19 variants came into effect from Monday, involving compulsory hotel quarantines for anyone returning to England from one of the 33 high-risk ”red list” countries, which excludes India. Those arriving will have to pre-book and pay 1,750 pounds to spend 10 days quarantining in government-sanctioned […]

AstraZeneca: Vaccine may work against UK variant

10:08 pm February 5, 2021

London: The developers of AstraZeneca‘s coronavirus vaccine say the shot appears to work against the variant detected in Britain late last year. It’s similar to previously reported results by other vaccine manufacturers, including Pfizer and Moderna. Andrew Pollard of Oxford University, which helped develop the AstraZeneca vaccine, says the shot also appears to reduce the amount of virus in people infected with COVID-19. […]