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Friday, December 19, 2025
TopicCovid vaccine

Topic: Covid vaccine

Russian Covid vaccine produces immune response, no serious adverse effects, Lancet reports

The peer-reviewed data bolsters Russia’s prospects in the vaccine race, despite global criticism over the shot being approved before undergoing wider phase 3 trials.

Why the race for a Covid vaccine could do with a few speed bumps

An effective vaccine is an unquestionable public good but fears of a rush job might take hold and erode trust even in a pandemic as deadly as Covid.

Sanofi and Glaxo start human trials for Covid-19 vaccine

The drugmakers, who have 11 trial sites across the US, aim to have results by December, allowing for the final phase of trials to begin.

China likely to join WHO’s Covid vaccine programme Trump has shunned

In May, President Xi Jinping pledged that a China-developed coronavirus vaccine would be shared with the world.

87% adults in India say they will take Covid-19 vaccine when available — WEF survey

Global survey finds 41% people are optimistic there will be a Covid-19 vaccine before the end of 2020, and 74% adults would be willing to get vaccinated.

Chinese drug maker in talks with Pakistan, Latin American nations for Covid vaccine approval

CanSino Biologics Inc., the Chinese drug maker is speaking to Pakistan, several Latin America countries and some developed nations, WSJ reported.

Thousands of doses of Covid vaccine hopefuls are ready to go — if one works

With hopes that at least one of the candidates might succeed in clinical trials, the vaccines are already being produced at mass scale under Trump's 'Operation Warp Speed'.

With row over Covid vaccine testing, Canada-China relations go from bad to worse

Chinese customs hasn’t approved shipments of a drug developed by a Tianjin-based firm for testing in Canada. Trudeau government will turn its focus to other partners as a result.

The dilemma of Rahul, Prince of Congress, and JEE’s game of ‘Russian roulette’

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

WHO investigators fail to reach Wuhan, Davos 2021 postponed to summer and other Covid news

As the Covid-19 pandemic shows no signs of letting up, ThePrint highlights the most important stories on the crisis from across the globe.

On Camera

Why India fell off the global middle-class map

A stunted middle class may be a direct result of extreme inequality. Folks at the top don’t see teeming masses as a meaningful market, except for utilities, soap, short videos, and personal loans.

Antitrust watchdog Competition Commission to probe IndiGo flight disruptions

While the commission didn’t mention provisions under which IndiGo's market domination would be examined, Competition Act 2002 prohibits abuse of dominant position by any enterprise.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.