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AstraZeneca CEO says Oxford vaccine on track for year-end, dismisses reports of delays

Concerns about AstraZeneca’s timeline arose this week with UK saying only 4 million doses of the Oxford-Astra shot would be available by the end of the year.

Daily deaths spike to 700 after Maharashtra updates data, 50,210 cases recorded 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.

Modi govt panel rejects emergency-use approval for Dr Reddy’s potential Covid drug

Originally intended for cancer, Dr Reddy’s 2-DG works by preventing the supply of glucose molecules to cancerous cells, which need glucose for survival. 

Final results of US trial reveal remdesivir could shorten recovery time in Covid patients

The results, published in NEJM, come weeks after WHO's Solidarity Trial concluded that remdesivir had little to no effect on hospitalised Covid patients.

India’s Covid R value steady at 0.88, but many states see rise in infection rates

Unlike the past few weeks when most high-burden states showed downward trends, many of them saw an increase in their R values this week.

India registers 50,210 Covid cases, 704 deaths in last 24 hours

There are 5,27,962 active cases of coronavirus infection in the country which comprises 6.31 per cent of the total caseload, the health ministry data stated.

Covid-appropriate behaviour key to fighting virus till vaccine arrives, says Harsh Vardhan

The Union health minister's remarks came Wednesday as he reviewed Karnataka's Covid preparedness and expressed satisfaction over India's progress in combating the virus.

While Covid raged, Chhattisgarh covered over 6,000 villages under ‘Malaria Mukt Bastar’ project

Chhattisgarh government launched the 'Malaria Mukt Bastar' project in January this year. Malaria cases are down by 65% in the seven districts covered in the project.

Denmark finds Covid strain that could hamper vaccine effort

Denmark PM said the mutation of the virus that’s now been identified in Denmark “can have serious negative consequences for the global handling of the pandemic”.

Antibodies that attack body and not virus found in 10% patients with severe Covid, study says

Study by researchers from US, Italy, Canada, Paris says patients with ‘life-threatening’ Covid pneumonia were found to have autoantibodies that attack the body.

On Camera

Is Bookstagram the new fast fashion? It has turned reading into a performance

Instagram book content creators read at inhumane speeds to keep up with the algorithm. This isn’t a sustainable practice–economically, environmentally or intellectually.

FM Sitharaman stresses govt’s manufacturing focus at a time when ‘some economists’ advise otherwise

Speaking at a CII summit, Nirmala Sitharaman says 99% of phones sold in India are made in the country and that 60% import substitution has been achieved in the telecom sector.Speaking at a CII summit, Nirmala Sitharaman says 99% of phones sold in India are made in the country and that 60% import substitution has been achieved in the telecom sector.

Spain denies port call to vessel carrying shipment of ‘arms to Israel from India’

The Spanish foreign minister says 'the Middle East does not need more weapons, it needs more peace'. Spain has been very critical of Israel’s offensive in Gaza.

What’s common between Netflix Chamkila and Trudeau’s trouble-infested Canada? They don’t get Punjab

Even in the weeks leading up to Chamkila’s assassination there were massacres every other day. To airbrush all of this is sheer intellectual cowardice if not a crime.