Full authorisation-better known as \"full pre-qualification\"-is a pre-requisite to sell the vaccine in the open market or for mass immunisation of healthy individuals who are not frontline workers

Scientists say the new South African variant has multiple mutations in the important \"spike\" protein that the virus uses to infect human cells

Dr. Julia Grace Patterson, Founder and Chief Executive of EveryDoctorUK, a campaigning organisation run by doctors, tweeted that the Royal London Hospital managers had warned the employees in an email of the \"disaster mode\" the hospital had entered

It is important from the scientific community perspective that we do not put too much immune pressure on the virus, said Bhargava

Moderna, in a statement released by it, noted that it is mulling running additional tests in the coming weeks to confirm the coronavirus vaccine's effectiveness against any strain

Farmers start hunger strike to pressure Modi on reforms; new COVID-19 strain inflicts pain on global stocks, sterling, threatens more volatility; any vaccine against COVID-19 should be granted emergency use authorisation only after proper consideration and conducting its trials on a sufficient sample size, a parliamentary panel chaired by senior Congress leader Anand Sharma recommended the government. Watch the video for more details.Also Read: Gujarat issues advisory on rare fungal infection among COVID-19 patients

India Stock Market Highlights Today: Global equities were bearish today as coronavirus infections increased in parts of North Asia, such as Japan and South Korea, and weighed on investor sentiment. European countries have banned flights from the UK as the British government began emergency lockdown on Sunday, over fear of new virus strain.

India Stock Market Highlights Today: UltraTech Cement followed by Tata Steel, ONGC, IndusInd Bank, HDFC Bank, M&M, Infosys and Reliance Industries were among the top losers in the Sensex pack. On the other hand, Maruti, Nestle India, Titan and PowerGrid were among the gainers

India Stock Market Highlights Today: Intraday, both indices touched all time highs today, with Sensex hitting 46,164 and Nifty touching 13,548.

The 67-year-old BJP leader, who's also the home minister in the Khattar Cabinet, has requested everyone who might have come in his contact to get tested. He was the first volunteer in the phase three trials for Covaxin to get the vaccine shot

Confirmation of approval by National Health Regulatory Authority of Bahrain followed thorough analysis and review undertaken by authority of all available data

India Stock Market Highlights Today: During the session, Sensex touched a lifetime high of 45,148 and Nifty hit an all-time high of 13,280

As number of patients has doubled from 95 to 196, Moderna has reported a drop in efficacy for its COVID-19 vaccine from 94.5 per cent to 94.1 per cent

British-Swedish pharma giant AstraZeneca Plc is hoping for the new test to substantiate the 90 per cent efficacy rate the inoculation demonstrated in a portion of an ongoing trial

Bank strike on November 26: The AIBEA, which has four lakh bank employees from several public and old private sector banks and few foreign banks as its members, represents majority of the banks except State Bank of India and Indian Overseas Bank

Emboldened, firms indulge in a game of one-upmanship based on alarmingly low number of trials. Sputnik had been tried on only 20 patients before Gamaleya made the claim; Pfizer 120 and Moderna 95

This move of the government aims to honour and dignify the noble contribution made by the Corona warriors in treatment and management of COVID-19 patients. Many frontline workers lost their lives in lines of duty

Pfizer says Phase 3 study of their COVID-19 vaccine candidate met \"all primary efficacy endpoints\".  During its early analysis, vaccine had shown 90 per cent efficacy but final analysis involving 170 confirmed cases of COVID-19 showed 95 per cent efficacy

The Chapare virus, named after the region where it was first observed, was discovered due to the ongoing efforts of scientists around the globe to avert future pandemics like COVID-19

These early efficacy figures don't tell the whole story. The data results are based on a relatively smaller group of participants who received these vaccine shots. The actual efficacy could be known only after the final results are out as Phase 3 clinical trials end