Panacea Biotec soars 17% after company signs deal to produce Sputnik V vaccine doses
Panacea Biotec shares surged on Tuesday after the company signed a deal with the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) to produce 100 million doses per...
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Chinese firm to make 60 million doses of Russia’s Sputnik vaccine
Russia has agreed a deal for more than 60 million doses of its Sputnik V vaccine to be produced in China from May, the jab’s...
Japan to allow people to choose COVID-19 vaccine
Image used for representational purpose only Tokyo: People in Japan will be given a choice of a coronavirus vaccine, a senior official in charge of...
US elderly get big boost from Covid vax
Washington: Hospitalisations and death rates among the elderly in the US are falling, marking hopeful signs that a Covid-19 vaccination push aimed first at older...
AstraZeneca confirms strong vaccine protection after US rift
AstraZeneca insists that its Covid-19 vaccine is strongly effective even after counting additional illnesses in its disputed U.S. study, the latest in an extraordinary public...
AstraZeneca may have provided incomplete efficacy data from latest COVID-19 trial -NIAID
British drugmaker AstraZeneca Plc may have provided an incomplete view of efficacy data on its COVID-19 vaccine from a large scale U.S. trial, the U.S....
Lucknow doctor catches infection after second vaccine dose
LUCKNOW: A Lucknow doctor became the first person in Uttar Pradesh to test positive for the novel coronavirus infection with symptoms even after completing the...
Mass Covid-19 vaccination campaign kicks off in Palestine
Ramallah: Palestine launched a mass vaccination rollout campaign against coronavirus in a bid to combat the fast-spreading virus across the West Bank and the Gaza...
Nagpur: Doctors asking close contact for RT-PCR –ve report before inoculation
Nagpur: Amid high number of beneficiaries testing positive within days of getting vaccinated, doctors have started asking them to wait for five days if they...
Finland suspends use of AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccines after reporting cases of blood clots
Helsinki: Finland on Friday suspended the use of Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccines after two cases of blood clots were reported in people after receiving the dose....