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TopicCoronavirus vaccine

Topic: coronavirus vaccine

Bahrain approves registration of China’s Covid vaccine Sinopharm

The vaccine has already been administered to hundreds of thousands of people under emergency authorization in China, but it’s yet to receive public use approval from any drug regulators.

China’s Covid-19 vaccine has 86% efficacy, UAE says

The vaccine has already been administered to people under emergency authorisation in China, but it’s yet to receive public use approval from drug regulators.

Singapore airlines to prioritise room for vaccines, to conduct test flights soon

The carrier has 7 Boeing 747-400 freighters ready for the transportation of Covid vaccines, while its passenger aircraft fleet is also ready to be deployed to ramp up capacity.

Willing to get inoculated but won’t make Covid vaccine mandatory, says President-elect Biden

Biden, who is due to take office on 20 January, said he will ensure free access to the vaccine and also make provisions for any related health complications from it.

Are Covid vaccines halal? Malaysia tries to find middle ground

Muslim religious authorities have previously exempted vaccines from halal labeling. Still, concerns about the shots containing items banned under Islamic law continue to linger.

Women are taking lead in vaccine development. Therein lies a lesson

The unprecedented impact of women in the field of vaccine development means that there are other endeavours that would greatly benefit from more involvement by women.

Why India’s Vaccinonomics must involve being a net vaccine exporter, not consumer

India is already the global supply chain engine for childhood vaccines and we can be so for Covid vaccines as well.

No correlation between Covid vaccine trial & participant’s condition, says Serum Institute

Participant in Covid vaccine trial sent legal notice to Serum Institute, claiming neurological & psychological symptoms, seeking Rs 5 crore in compensation.

Vaccines can fight Covid but we still don’t know if they can stop transmission of virus

If a vaccine does not meaningfully reduce viral transmission, it leaves the unimmunized relatively vulnerable and has a better chance to keep mutating and evade our defenses.

Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij to be administered trial dose of Covaxin tomorrow

Anil Vij, who is an MLA from Ambala Cantt, had offered himself to be the first volunteer in the Phase-III trials for Covaxin, India’s first indigenous Covid-19 vaccine candidate.

On Camera

If fundamental right to property can be taken away, so can all the others: AG Mulgaokar

If this step even partially achieves its desired results, there will be so much dislocation in the country’s economic structure as to prove a national calamity, advocate AG Mulgaokar wrote in 1969.

Niti Aayog recommends fully decriminalising 12 offences under new I-T Act to ‘foster more trust’

Recommendations appear in Niti Aayog’s Tax Policy Working Paper Series–II. It says there is a need to shift away from fear-based enforcement to trust-based governance.

India, UK sign £350 mn deal for Martlet. What are these Lightweight Multirole Missiles

In service with the British military since 2019, it is also known as the Martlet missile. Ukrainians have also deployed these missiles against Russian troops.

CJI, IPS, IAS & Homebound: A wake-up call 75 years in the making

Education, reservations, govt jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity. That we are a long way from that is evident in the shoe thrown at the CJI and the suicide of Haryana IPS officer. The film Homebound has a lesson too.