With a likely focus on smaller towns, the initiative will allow companies to access funds for ramping up hospital capacity or medical supplies, with govt acting as a guarantor.
This is the second consecutive year when Indians will miss going for the annual pilgrimage, owing to travel restrictions that have been put in place because of the Covid pandemic.
Bharat Biotech said reasons such as low procurement volumes, high distribution costs and retail margins among others contribute to the higher pricing of Covaxin.
Novavax Monday announced that its vaccine was 90.4 per cent effective in preventing mild and moderate Covid in a large trial in the US and Mexico and prevented all severe disease.
G7 diplomats are now echoing the Supreme Court of India — why hasn't the Modi govt granted compulsory licences to pharma companies to at least manufacture anti-Covid drugs if not vaccines.
Lack of awareness & poor healthcare facilities add to fear of treatment & superstition among tribal villagers, making it a challenge for the Bengal govt to handle the Covid crisis in these villages.
Novavax's study involved nearly 30,000 people aged 18 and up in the US and Mexico. Two-thirds received two doses of the vaccine 3 weeks apart, and the rest got dummy shots.
Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention says expanded clinical trials found the two vaccines were safe and capable of stimulating strong immune response among children.
It would be a disservice to the women of Hassan to look at Prajwal Revanna’s alleged abuse of power as a ‘sex scandal’. Allegations against him show what ‘absolute power corrupts absolutely’ actually means.
Air India’s new policy, effective from 2 May, introduces new weight limits for tickets in each of the different 'fare families' — Comfort, Comfort Plus, and Flex.
New Delhi has, in past, too, objected to Chinese construction activities in Shaksgam Valley. Work in this strategic region gathered pace after the 2017 Doklam stand-off.
A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.
COMMENTS