Access to US stocks has become simpler, but one must keep an eye on the cost aspect

Pimlico Plumbers, with a workforce of more than 400, has been talking to its lawyers about making the vaccine mandatory for new hires within a few months, founder Charlie Mullins said

In a span of 24 hours, only 16,946 people were found to be infected with COVID-19 in India

Moderna CEO Stephane Bancel has warned that the novel coronavirus might never disappear and there are high chances of it becoming an endemic disease

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is now the richest person in the world, according to latest data on Bloomberg Billionaires Index; Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan on Thursday said that the COVID-19 vaccines 'Covishield' and 'Covaxin' are on the verge of being rolled out; Rishad Premji, Chairman of Wipro, has written a letter to his employees thanking them for their contribution and dedication towards the company. Watch this and more on News Blast.Also Read: Bharat Biotech seeks DCGI nod to conduct trials of nasal Covid-19 vaccine

The US biotech company, which stunned the world last year by coming up with a vaccine against the disease caused by the new coronavirus in just a few weeks, received approval for its shot from the European Commission on Wednesday

Without naming Serum Institute CEO Adar Poonawalla, who had termed vaccines other than that of Pfizer, Moderna and Oxford-AstraZeneca as 'just like water', Krishna Ella said, 'We do 200 per cent honest clinical trials and yet we receive backlash'

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

Covishield, the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pune-based Serum Institute of India and AstraZeneca-Oxford University is on verge of getting emergency approval in India for distribution among at-risk people. The institute's CEO Adar Poonawalla took India Today TV's Rahul Kanwal around the Covishield factory, where millions of vaccine vials are produced, packaged and stored, to show and explain the process behind the production of the Covid vaccine. Watch the video for more.Also Read: Moderna's COVID-19 jab reveals 94.1% efficacy in trials

Harris is the second high-profile person from an ethnic minority background to receive the shot

The chief executive of Serum Institute - the biggest vaccine maker in the world by volume - said all trial data for Covishield has been provided to authorities in the UK and India as \"nobody wants to risk safety\"

Soriot said, \"We think we have figured out the winning formula and how to get efficacy that, after two doses, is up there with everybody else\"

COVAXX is currently conducting a Phase 1 clinical trial for the vaccine candidate, named UB-612; vaccine's main advantage is that it uses normal refrigeration for distribution

Stocks like Nio, Tesla, Peloton Interactive and Etsy have gained 1, 900 per cent, 645 per cent, 515 per cent and 485 per cent, respectively in last nine months

The Gurugram-based startup, said ten new investors, including Tiger Global, Kora, Luxor, Fidelity (FMR), D1 Capital, Baillie Gifford, Mirae, and Steadview participated in the financing round

Moderna working with US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Operation Warp Speed to prepare distribution of mRNA-1273 if FDA chooses to grant an emergency use authorisation

Pfizer Albert Bourla said that Pfizer runs a lot of polls to see what would make people willing to take the vaccine. Bourla added that one of the top responses is if the CEO takes it

A senior official from WHO told Reuters about its talks with both companies to include their coronavirus vaccines as part of an early global rollout

Five front-line workers in Ontario were among the first Canadians to receive the vaccine at one of Toronto's hospitals

The US and Canada began the vaccination drive against coronavirus with Pfizer-BioNTech doses on Monday. Both countries have started administering the coronavirus vaccine shots to healthcare workers and elderly citizens this week