Tag: Covid Vaccine

Bhubaneswar: The third and final phase of the ongoing clinical trials of Covaxin – India’s indigenous Covid-19 vaccine candidate will shortly begin in Odisha. The Phase III trials of Covaxin will be conducted at 21 centres across India and at SUM hospital in Odisha (Bhubaneswar). The vaccine will be administered to nearly 2,000 volunteers in […]

Jerusalem: Israel Institute for Biological Research (IIBR) will start human clinical trials of its COVID-19 vaccine candidate Brilife from November 1 after receiving all necessary approvals from the Ministry of Health and the Helsinki Committee, the Israeli Defence Ministry said. The Helsinki Committee deals with research approval and human experiments. The committee is mandated to […]

New Delhi: The Russian Direct Investment Fund, the country’s sovereign wealth fund, has submitted applications to the World Health Organisation (WHO) for accelerated registration and prequalification of Sputnik V, the world’s first registered vaccine against the coronavirus. Russia has become one of the first countries to apply to WHO for prequalification of its vaccine against […]

New Delhi: The Centre has asked states to constitute committees for coordination and overseeing COVID-19 vaccination drive while ensuring minimal disruptions in other routine healthcare services, and stressed early tracking of social media to dispel rumours which could impact the community acceptance of coronavirus inoculation. Stating that COVID-19 vaccine introduction will span over a year […]

New Delhi: The Bacille Calmette-Guerin or BCG vaccine, originally made against tuberculosis, may help in the management of Covid-19, especially in the elderly, says a study by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR). The BCG vaccination is known to induce innate immune memory, which confers protection against several infections, the study uploaded as preprint […]

New Delhi: The government has planned to start the distribution of Covid-19 vaccine first to the healthcare workers followed by other groups to be added “sequentially”. The distribution drive would take place over a year. For this, the states and union territories would form a three-tier system as per the Centre’s directions. “In all likelihood, […]

Berlin: German vaccine maker CureVac on Monday said that interim results from early trials showed that its investigational Covid-19 vaccine candidate, CvnCoV, appeared safe and triggered immune response among volunteers. The vaccine candidate was generally well tolerated across all tested doses and induced strong binding and neutralising antibody responses in addition to first indication of […]

Washington: An innovative nanoparticle vaccine candidate for the Covid-19 virus produces virus-neutralizing antibodies in mice at levels 10X greater than is seen in people who have recovered from the infections, say researchers. Designed by scientists at the University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle, the vaccine candidate has been transferred to two companies for […]

Moscow: Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine has shown 92 per cent efficacy in preventing COVID-19, according to interim trial results announced by the country’s health ministry on Wednesday. The announcement follows results unveiled earlier this week by vaccine developers Pfizer and BioNTech, who said their vaccine was more than 90 per cent effective at preventing COVID-19. […]

New Delhi: The key vaccines India is banking on are from Oxford/AstraZeneca, Novavax and J&J and the earliest efficacy data is expected by the end of November-December 2020 and in the best case, vaccines can be rolled out in January 2021. According to a research by Credit Suisse, India needs about 1.7 billion Covid-19 vaccine […]

New Delhi: AIIMS Director Dr Randeep Guleria informed, we may reach a stage down the line where we may have a good amount of immunity, and the people may feel that there is now good immunity and the utility of the vaccine is not there. If the virus doesn’t mutate or does not cause changes […]

New Delhi: With the two mRNA vaccine candidates from pharma giants Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna showing effectiveness in preventing Covid-19 in an interim analysis, health experts in India on Tuesday said that mRNA vaccine that works on previously unproven technology can be very promising in the fight against the pandemic despite the challenges. To date, no […]

Bhubaneswar: While the Serum Institute of India is optimistic about making the Oxford Covid-19 vaccine available for healthcare workers, elderly people by around February 2021 and by April for general public, Odisha Health and Family Welfare Minister, Naba Kishore Das on Friday stated that the State government is ready for a mass vaccination drive to […]

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, today reviewed the preparedness of Covid-19 vaccine delivery, distribution and administration. Prime Minister appreciated the efforts of innovators, scientists, academicians and pharma-companies in their efforts to develop vaccines and has directed that every effort should be made to facilitate the research, development and manufacturing of the vaccine. Five vaccines […]

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: Of all the Covid vaccine candidates, who will be the first to achieve a near-complete efficacy is what everyone awaits now. On Monday, the university of Oxford achieved a significant milestone in the fight against Covid. Interim data shows the Oxford vaccine is 70.4 per cent effective, while tests on two dose regimens […]