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Thursday, March 28, 2024
TopicCovid vaccine

Topic: Covid vaccine

Why in this race to Covid-19 vaccine the world will need more than one winner

Even if an effective Covid vaccine is licensed, the manufacturing of doses for administration to world’s population will need collaboration among manufactures.

Why only ‘voter lives matter’ in Bihar and the question of faith in India

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

Moderna vaccine protects 16 monkeys from coronavirus, now 30,000 humans wait for it

The results, if they hold up in humans, suggest that the vaccine may be able to protect against Covid-19 in both the upper and lower airways.

Moderna launches first large-scale US Covid vaccine trial, results likely by December

US infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci said the trial, to be tested at 89 sites, is designed to show the vaccine is at least 60% effective in preventing Covid.

5 sites in India ready for final phase of human trials of Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid vaccine

The Serum Institute of India will start manufacturing the vaccine even before the final nod so it is ready with sizeable volumes once the vaccine gets all permissions.

The supply chain to save the world is unprepared for a Covid vaccine

Freight companies face problems ranging from shrinking capacity on container ships and cargo aircraft to a lack of visibility on when a vaccine will arrive.

Health partnership with India goes ‘beyond’ vaccines, says UK envoy Philip Barton

British High Commissioner to India Philip Barton said the Oxford vaccine will be manufactured in India & that really ‘illustrates our partnership in the health sector’.

Delhi’s Dr Dangs chosen as central lab for Covaxin human trials, to check safety of vaccine

Dr Dangs Lab in South Delhi is already receiving samples samples from all 12 trial sites across the country for screening and safety testing.

US orders up to 600 million doses of Pfizer, BioNTech Covid vaccine

The US will pay the companies when it receives the doses, following regulatory authorization or approval, according to a statement Wednesday.

Indian media’s priorities, and the collective victory of Covid vaccine

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

On Camera

Profit margins in lottery industry are tiny. Here’s how Future Gaming paid for its electoral bonds

Neither state govts nor companies earn large profits from lotteries. However, a look at the system shows there’s ample evidence of murky dealings and financial irregularities. 

Tejas Mk-1A carries out maiden flight but delivery to IAF delayed. Here’s why

According to contract for 73 Tejas Mk-1A and 10 trainer aircraft, inked on 1 February 2021, the first Tejas was to be delivered within three years of signing the deal — February 2024.

For BJP, Kejriwal is an idea whose time has come to be destroyed

The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.