Union Home Ministry has directed phased closure of two special and temporary COVID care centres in the city in view of \"continuous decline\" in coronavirus cases

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

The trial was conducted on 40 patients since November at BJ Government Medical College and Sassoon General Hospital Pune and Victoria Medical College and Research Institute, Bangalore

The Dakshina Kannada authorities sealed all borders from Monday except four to cross over

Central European authorities warned on Friday that they are witnessing an increase in coronavirus infections across their region amid discovery of new variants

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

Colleges are also set to reopen, Chief Minister Hemant Soren told newsmen after a meeting of the Jharkhand State Disaster Manangement Authority

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The civic body has intensified action against people found without masks in public, and will take action against function halls, gymnasiums and other establishments that don't follow safety norms

The ICMR chief said experiments are underway to assess the vaccine effectiveness against South African and Brazilian variants as they differ from the UK variant

South Korea had said it would complete vaccinations on 1.3 million people by the first quarter of this year with AstraZeneca shots, but it slashed the target sharply to 750,000

In December last year, Sanofi had said it was targeting \"earliest potential approval\" of the shot in the second half of 2021, following positive preclinical data

The recoveries have surged to 1,06,11,731 with 11,016 patients getting discharged in a span of 24 hours

A total of 17 states and union territories have not reported any new deaths in the last 24 hours. While a total of 13 states and UTs have reported between 1-5 new deaths due to COVID-19

Assam will cut petrol and diesel prices by Rs 5 and liquor duty by 25 per cent. Both these decisions come ahead of the state assembly election

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Rhizen has retained commercialisation rights for India while also being the manufacturing and supply partner for Umbralisib. Alembic owns 50 per cent stake in Rhizen

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The scientists noted the deficiency of AAT protein is much higher among Europeans and Americans than Asians, which leads to higher levels of neutrophil elastase that helps SARS-CoV-2 to spread more quickly

Astrazeneca has received marketing authorisation to use its anti-diabetic drug dapagliflozin for the treatment of patients with chronic kidney disease in India