Vaccinating younger people earlier and faster — even offering financial inducements for it — would help amass more data on Covid vaccine while also potentially reducing the spread in the population.
All eyes are on the preliminary data Moderna is preparing to submit to the monitoring board on its vaccine candidate's effectiveness, which works on technology similar to Pfizer's.
Given the bets the market has seen in the different pandemic phases — from ventilator makers to medical gloves suppliers — it’s no surprise this new phase is attracting attention.
It’s an abundance that never happened in the history of vaccines. Balancing urgency with research ethics won’t be easy. But so much rides on getting it right.
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.
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.
Berlin gave the German company $445 million in an agreement in September to help accelerate the vaccine by building out manufacturing & development capacity in its home market.
Pfizer and BioNTech announced Monday that their vaccine candidate prevented over 90% of Covid-19 cases in an early look at results from their 44,000-person clinical trial.
The political trajectory is clear. Asim Munir is now prepared to convict and sentence Imran Khan for instigating a rebellion against the army chief, with no possibility of mercy.
RBI data shows 26 states and Union Territories couldn’t regain pre-pandemic foreign tourist footfalls in 2024, but domestic tourism surged 27 percent compared to 2019.
Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).
None of Pakistan’s PMs has lasted 5 years. That the current PM has given Asim Munir 5 years shows that of all military dictatorships history has seen, Pakistan’s is most creative.
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