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Temperature challenge can make Pfizer Covid vaccine a shot for the rich

The investment and coordination required to build deep-freeze production, storage & transportation networks for the vaccine will ensure that only rich nations are guaranteed access.

Our Covid vaccine could be important part of India’s early response, pharma giant Pfizer says

A vaccine developed by US-based Pfizer and Germany's BioNTech has shown 90% efficacy in trials, but pharma giant says the number may vary with further trials.

Only 12% of Covid tests in Bihar have been RT-PCR, says Modi govt

Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan says govt is concerned not just about Bihar, but also other states where bypolls took place and Covid norms were violated.

Modi govt panel rejects proposal to make chewable Favipiravir tablets for Covid patients

Committee didn’t find MacLeods Pharma’s proposal adequate, but is considering US firm Mylan’s proposal to test Favipiravir with three other drugs.

India’s daily cases dip below 40,000, positivity rate drops to 3.6%, 448 deaths in 24 hrs

ThePrint’s daily Covid tracker that brings you the numbers that matter — from total cases, tests done and recoveries to positivity rate and deaths.

The Turkish-German doctor couple behind BioNTech and Pfizer’s promising Covid vaccine

Ugur Sahin is chief executive at BioNTech, while Oezlem Tuereci is a fellow board member. Both are children of Turkish immigrants in Germany.

Safety, longevity, distribution – the questions Pfizer vaccine will have to answer

The Pfizer trial started less than four months ago, and how long the vaccine will confer protection and how many will benefit are almost complete unknowns for now.

India’s Covid tally rises to 85,91,730 with 38,073 infections in a day

While the number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 79,59,406, the death toll climbed to 1,27,059 with 448 new fatalities in the last 24 hours.

Eli Lilly’s Covid antibody drug gets emergency-use clearance by USFDA

The clearance gives doctors an option for tackling the coronavirus in high-risk patients before they’re sick enough to require hospitalization.

Pfizer vaccine brings vision of relief even as Covid pandemic rages on

The experimental shot appears more than 90% effective in stopping SARS-CoV-2 infections. If the data hold up, that means that for every 10 cases of Covid-19, nine could be stopped.

On Camera

Prajwal Revanna case shows why and how sexual crimes by men in politics can go unchecked for years

It would be a disservice to the women of Hassan to look at Prajwal Revanna’s alleged abuse of power as a ‘sex scandal’. Allegations against him show what ‘absolute power corrupts absolutely’ actually means.

Air India reduces baggage allowance by 5-15 kg, bringing it in line with rest of industry

Air India’s new policy, effective from 2 May, introduces new weight limits for tickets in each of the different 'fare families' — Comfort, Comfort Plus, and Flex.

China builds road through Shaksgam Valley, India registers protest

New Delhi has, in past, too, objected to Chinese construction activities in Shaksgam Valley. Work in this strategic region gathered pace after the 2017 Doklam stand-off.

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.