Bill Gates says India's research and manufacturing will be critical to fighting Covid-19 especially when it comes to making vaccines at large scale; adds that vaccine development alone won't address problem as its production can throw various challenges

The government is enterprising to ensure that coronavirus vaccine, when it comes, reaches every Indian as soon as possible, said PM Narendra Modi

The agency said as soon as COVID-19 vaccines successfully emerge from trials and are licensed and recommended for use, the world will need as many syringes as doses of vaccine

Presently, there are around 40 different coronavirus vaccines in various stages of human clinical trials, comprising one being developed by Oxford University and AstraZeneca, which is already in an advanced stage of testing

Chebrolu's invention is based on in-silico methodology. In this, a lead molecule selectively binds with spike protein of COVID-19. She is now planning to work with scientists who are working tirelessly to find vaccine against COVID-19

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The sponsoring member nations argued that the absence of a waiver, existing protection for intellectual property (IP) rights may curtail non-IP holders from accessing knowledge and technology needed to scale up research

Coronavirus vaccine: While there are no intranasal COVID-19 vaccines under trial in India at the moment, the two companies will pursue clinical trials of such vaccines in India in the coming months

Modi insisted on continued social distancing and COVID-appropriate behaviour such as wearing masks, regularly washing hands and sanitation, especially during upcoming festival season

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India may get COVID-19 vaccine by March 2021 provided the regulators signal with the processes fast as multiple manufacturers are working on it, and already two are in phase-3 trial and one in the phase-2 trial

Mazumdar-Shaw said that India has a youthful population that has kept fatalities low. She also said that India fortunately has a large vaccine production capacity and that multiple firms are now holding clinical trials

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China has said that while reasonable profits for companies are permitted, COVID-19 vaccines should be priced close to cost

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A previous clinical trial reported similar results for a different vaccine that is also based on inactivated whole SARS-CoV-2 virus, but in that study the vaccine was only tested in people aged under 60 years

Apollo Hospitals says ready to administer 10 lakh coronavirus vaccines per dayApollo Hospitals Group, hospital chain based in Chennai, on Thursday said it is ready to administer 10 lakh COVID-19 vaccines daily to support the government's fight against the pandemic. The Group, in a statement, said it will leverage its pan India web of 19 medicine supply hubs with cold chain facilities and use its 70 hospitals, over 400 clinics, 500 corporate health centers, 4,000 pharmacies alongside omni-chan...

Speaking at a news conference after a meeting of the IMF's steering committee, Georgieva also called on the United States and China to keep up strong economic stimulus that could help boost a global recovery

With a large percentage of India's corporate employees working remotely and almost all students pursuing their studies online in the wake of the pandemic, demand for home-office furniture such as study tables, office chairs, laptop tables, and others, has almost tripled

Mall operators are hoping that the festive season will help them get closer to their pre-COVID sales numbers. Select Citywalk, CEO and Executive Director, Yogeshwar Sharma, says that while footfalls have seen a recovery of close to 40 per cent, sales are at 65-68 per cent of pre-COVID levels