vaccines

First lot of COVID vaccines arrive in Ghaziabad

11:59 pm January 15, 2021

Ghaziabad: Ghaziabad district in Uttar Pradesh has received the first lot of coronavirus vaccines containing 2,710 vials. The vaccines have been stored in the deep freezers kept in the building of integrated disease surveillance project located inside the premises of the MMG district government. One vial is having doses for 10 people. The vaccines would […]

Kansas to determine COVID-19 vaccine eligibility

11:37 am December 25, 2020

Topeka: Kansas is working through the details of exactly who will be eligible for coronavirus vaccines in exactly what order as it concentrates on giving shots mostly to health care workers this month. Democratic Governor Laura Kelly told leaders of the Republican-controlled Legislature this week that the vaccines have gone mostly to health care workers, though that group also […]

“India has extraordinary history of bringing out successful vaccines”

7:44 pm December 5, 2020

Chennai: Principal Scientific Adviser K VijayRaghavan on Saturday said India has an extraordinary history of bringing out successful vaccines which have transformed the health care system, similar to that for smallpox, “which were administered without much discussion.” The investments made for vaccines does not mean shortcuts and huge investments in vaccination trials have enabled processes […]

Costa Rica seeks unity for COVID fight as WHO assembly looms

1:41 pm May 16, 2020

Geneva: Costa Rica’s president said Friday that COVID-19 can only be defeated if countries shun nationalism and aren’t selfish, urging access to diagnostics and treatment tools for everyone as a major meeting of the World Health Organization’s membership looms next week. Carlos Alvarado joined WHO officials for an online news conference to outline a worldwide […]

Companies hopeful of economic recovery in 2021 but cautious about COVID-19 pandemic

Six Indian companies working on vaccine for COVID-19

2:34 pm April 16, 2020

New Delhi: Six Indian companies are working on a vaccine for COVID-19, joining global efforts to find a quick preventive for the deadly infection spreading rapidly across the world, says a top Indian scientist. Nearly 70 vaccine candidates’ are being tested and at least three have moved to the human clinical trial stage, but a […]

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