vaccine

Canada administers first doses of COVID-19 vaccine

11:45 pm December 14, 2020

Toronto : Canada administered its first doses of a COVID-19 vaccine on Monday. Five front-line workers in Ontario were among the first Canadians to receive the vaccine at one of Toronto’s hospitals. Two nurses and three other workers at the Rekai Centre nursing home received the vaccine. Ontario received 6,000 doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine on Sunday […]

Delighted at AstraZeneca vaccine’s effectiveness: Adar Poonawalla

8:41 pm November 23, 2020

Mumbai: Serum Institute of India (SII) CEO Adar Poonawalla on Monday expressed happiness at pharma major AstraZeneca’s announcement that its COVID-19 vaccine candidate has been found to be 70 per cent effective on average. AstraZeneca said one dosing regimen showed vaccine efficacy of 90 per cent when the vaccine was given as a half-dose followed by a […]

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Pfizer: COVID-19 shot 95% effective, seeking clearance soon

9:40 pm November 18, 2020

New York: Pfizer said Wednesday that new test results show its coronavirus vaccine is 95% effective, is safe and also protects older people most at risk of dying — the last data needed to seek emergency use of limited shot supplies as the catastrophic outbreak worsens across the globe. The announcement from Pfizer and its […]

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2nd virus vaccine shows overwhelming success in U.S. tests: Moderna

9:37 pm November 16, 2020

New York: Moderna said Monday its COVID-19 vaccine is proving to be highly effective in a major trial, a second dash of hope in the global race for a shot to tame a resurgent virus that is now killing more than 8,000 people a day worldwide. The company said its vaccine appears to be 94.5% […]

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As coronavirus spikes, NYC prepares to close schools again

10:40 pm November 13, 2020

New York: A resurgence of the coronavirus in New York City is threatening to halt the nation’s biggest experiment with in-person learning. The city’s public school system this fall became one of just a few large, urban districts in the U.S. to welcome students back into classrooms. A little more than a quarter of the […]