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Tuesday, March 26, 2024
TopicCovid vaccine

Topic: Covid vaccine

Covaxin trial process has begun, can get results in 2-3 months if all goes well, says AIIMS

AIIMS director Randeep Guleria says recruitment for the trial phases had begun and the process would be concluded as quickly as possible.

Scores of Russian elite have been given experimental Covid vaccine since April

Russian vaccine is a viral vector vaccine based on a common cold virus fused with spike protein of SARS CoV-2 to stimulate an immune response.

Made-in-India Covid vaccine likely by early 2021, Zydus Cadila chairman Pankaj Patel says

In an interview to ThePrint, Panjak R. Patel, chairman of Zydus Cadila, says company has already manufactured clinical batches of the vaccine candidate for phase 1 and 2 trials.

What are human challenge trials — the experiment Oxford is considering for its Covid vaccine

Oxford vaccine is under Phase II/III trials in multiple countries, where many have been given the vaccine & are being followed up with — a process that consumes time, but is standard. 

Winter is coming, expect another Covid wave, warns ex-WHO virologist who worked on SARS

Virologist Klaus Stohr said more than 90% of the population is susceptible to the infection, and that the world will be divided into those with vaccines and those without.

UK conducted secret human trials of antibody test, results were 98.6% accurate, says report

The Telegraph reported that the fingerprick test, developed by Oxford University with UK diagnostics companies, can tell within 20 minutes if one has been exposed to Covid.

High-risk not risk-averse philanthropy is what we need to tackle future pandemics

Philanthropists can fund long-term solutions to remote social problems without the pressure for immediate results that other investors might seek.

A Cold War has started over coronavirus vaccine with allegations of Russian cyberattacks

Vaccine nationalism is already a concern as countries jockey to secure doses of future shots, desperate for a way out of a global crisis that’s slammed their economies.

J&J is in talks with EU, Japan, Gates Foundation to secure and price its Covid vaccine

J&J announced in June that it had accelerated vaccine trials with ambitions of launching human studies in mid-July. The company will dose its first patients on 22 July in Belgium.

Data on Oxford Covid vaccine to be released soon, could give some good news and a timeline

Quoting the director of the institute developing the Oxford vaccine, news report says it could be rolled out by October if all goes well.

On Camera

3 survey results that tell us what Indians think about democracy — and it’s not a simple story

The search for a permanent and coherent popular meaning of democracy is futile. The Pew report underlines this ever-evolving tendency of popular democracy in the Indian context.

Why Tamil Nadu’s women make up nearly half of India’s female factory workforce

With an educated & skilled workforce, Tamil Nadu has a burgeoning industrial sector which has scored massive investments in automobiles, electronics, and even footwear.

Indian Coast Guard’s pollution control vessel visits Philippines, Vietnam, and Brunei

The ICG Samudra Paheredar will be in the region for three days, visiting ports in Manila, Ho Chi Minh, and Muara.

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.