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Thursday, November 7, 2024
TopicCovid-19 vaccine

Topic: Covid-19 vaccine

Everything we know about Covishield, one of 2 Covid vaccines likely to get nod for use in India

Covishield is Serum Institute of India’s version of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine that had been in the works for several months.

Dry run for Covid-19 vaccination conducted across all states & UTs in India on Saturday

In a meeting on Friday, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said that just like elections, each member of the Covid vaccination team should be trained responsibly.

70 lakh healthcare workers to receive Covid vaccine first, govt to use ‘poll booth strategy’

Government has asked states to identify specific days for vaccination, adequate number of potential vaccinators and other support staff.

Can I get vaccinated if pregnant or breastfeeding? An immunologist answers

Covid-19 is more severe during pregnancy. A US study showed pregnant women were 3 times more likely to end up in the ICU.

For vaccination success, govt must form adverse event monitoring units, involve local people

A universal vaccination programme requires mobilisation at an unprecedented scale. A battle-weary govt system will be under tremendous pressure to do it alone.

Covaxin Phase I trial results show vaccine is safe, generates immune response

In a preprint paper, researchers from Bharat Biotech, ICMR, AIIMS have reported the results of the trial on 375 participants. 

Trump ‘absolutely open’ to taking Covid vaccine but hasn’t decided when

Trump wants to send a ‘parallel message’ that the vaccine is safe & front-line workers, long-term care residents should be first to receive it, White House press secretary said.

China’s Covid vaccines are already being distributed. But what about trials?

China is developing at least five Covid vaccines from four producers. It’s too early to say if they are safe.

With freezers in tow, US employers rush to fill vaccine void

As health authorities near emergency approvals for the first Covid vaccines, several industries are lobbying to get their workers near the front of the line.

Biden vows to distribute 100 million doses of Covid vaccine in first 100 days

Joe Biden said getting coronavirus vaccines to most Americans would be a costly challenge & called on Congress to designate funds for getting vaccine to the people who need it.

On Camera

Trump has called Delhi a big abuser of tariffs. India-US economic ties are about to change

How Trump responds to the growing Russia-China alliance and their anti-American diatribes will require some strategising among the Indian foreign policy and national security mandarins.

How Adani halving power supply to Bangladesh could land the country in ‘dire straits’

Bangladesh is already reeling from low coal-fired power production & inability to import enough coal, gas. Now, Adani has cut supplies over unpaid dues. However, this could hurt Adani too.

India, Bangladesh Army chiefs discuss issues of ‘mutual interest’

Video call between two Army heads is their first interaction after political upheaval in Bangladesh forced former prime minister Sheikh Hasina to flee to India in August.

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.