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 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.
The health ministry reiterated that states needed to take ownership of the Covid fight. It also said India's mortality currently stood at 2.6 per cent.
According to Sechenov University's Alexander Lukashev, the objective of the trial was to show the vaccine's safety for human health, which was successfully done.
Two peer-reviewed studies have shown a pattern of reduced mortality from Covid among BCG-vaccinated countries, but epidemiologists don’t think evidence is strong
In Medieval India, the late Prof Satish Chandra demonstrates how Muslim rulers in India quickly grasped that pristine notions of Halal and haram did not hold up to the realities of statecraft.
New CPI series will take 2024 as base year, will provide more accurate measure of inflation, spending on digital services. Expected to enhance representation and reliability, says Saurabh Garg.
Tajikistan did not want to extend the lease because of apparent pressure from Russia & China over non-regional military personnel at the air base, it is learnt.
On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.
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