The Food and Drug Administration said Thursday that it's allowing the additional option after reviewing new data from New York-based Pfizer and its German partner, BioNTech

In its 'Global Macro Outlook 2021-22 report, Moody's says India's economy has rebounded quickly from one of the world's longest and most stringent lockdowns, which also came with steepest fall in GDP in Q2

The vaccine, known as Ad26.COV2.S, is a replication-incompetent adenovirus type 26 (Ad26) vectored vaccine encoding a stabilised variant of the SARS-CoV-2 S protein.

Over three lakh beneficiaries have received COVID-19 vaccine till date in Delhi since the start of the inoculation drive a month ago, with more than 27,000 people receiving shots on Monday, according to data shared by officials

The findings of the study become significant as in many parts of the world, mutant variants of the virus are causing a new surge in COVID-19 cases. The current increase in the number of infections in some Indian states may also be due to the presence of virus variants, it is feared

The company, which has its labs in England, had in early September 2020 received the approval from the Drug Controller General (DCGI) to conduct the phase 2 clinical trial of GPP-Baladol in patients with moderate infection of the pandemic with oxygen support

In a tweet, the WHO South-East Asia wrote, 'WHO has not reviewed or certified the effectiveness of any traditional medicine for the treatment of COVID-19'

The pandemic has disrupted labour markets because companies have been forced to respond to a new dimension of work - physical proximity

Pakistan Health Minister Faisal Sultan said that COVAX would provide 2.8 million doses of Oxford AstraZeneca on March 2, enabling the vaccination of older people

Patanjali had rolled out Coronil for treating novel coronavirus on June 23 in the presence of Union ministers Harsh Vardhan and Nitin Gadkari

Symptoms, as reported in clinical trials for the AstraZeneca shot, can include a high temperature or headache and are a normal sign that the body is generating an immune response

ICMR Director General Balram Bhargava further added that those taking aspirin and blood thinners can also be given these vaccines. \"There is no contraindication,\" he said

Nomura said that it expects real GDP to contract by 6.7 per cent in FY21 and grow by 13.5 per cent in FY22

Earlier, Dr Reddy's had said it expects to roll out Sputnik V vaccine in India in March via Emergency Use Authorisation (EUA) after the completion of Phase 3 trials.

Britain's gross domestic product (GDP) grew 1.0% between October and December versus the previous quarter, the Office for National Statistics said

Chhattisgarh CM had raised two primary concerns regarding Covaxin -- inhibitions on incomplete trials and absence of \"expiration date\". Dr Vardhan says vaccine approved after due evaluation of pre-clinical and clinical trial data and that expiry date is mentioned on its label

India has achieved yet another milestone in its nationwide COVID-19 vaccination programme; Bihar and Tripura vaccinated highest number of registered healthcare workers

China had received flak from a lot of quarters, including the then US President Donald Trump, for not informing the world about the virus and trying to cover up deaths in the Hubei province.

The 84% of respondents who showed willingness to undergo vaccination in India, preferred recommendation by the doctor and evidence on safety being the key influencers to choose the vaccine, at 24% each

In 2019, for instance, foreign exchange earnings stood at $29.96 billion and $28.59 billion in the year before that. From January to June 2020, this number reportedly dropped to $6.15 billion