US seconds India's plan for patent waivers on Covid-19 vaccines
World | May 06, 2021 8:39 ISTThe US has joined calls for more sharing of the technology behind Covid-19 vaccines to help speed the end of the pandemic.
The US has joined calls for more sharing of the technology behind Covid-19 vaccines to help speed the end of the pandemic.
Kapil Sibal said that he was surprised that why the Centre is not taking steps to cap the prices of the vaccines.
The study, published in the peer-reviewed journal Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome: Clinical Research and Reviews on May 3, was conducted on employees of the Fortis Centre of Excellence for Diabetes, Metabolic Diseases and Endocrinology in Delhi.
Reliance General is offering one time five per cent discount to customers taken the Covid-19 vaccination.
The Uttar Pradesh government has said that journalists should be allotted separate centres for vaccination, adding that arrangements should also be made at their workplace if required.
Delhi government has placed orders for 1.34 crore Covid-19 vaccine doses with manufactures. The target is to inoculate all adults in three months.
The third and the largest phase of vaccination will begin in Delhi on Monday. People in the 18-45 age group will be given jabs against coronavirus. Around 90 lakh people in this category will be eligible for the jabs.
Although the vaccination drive for 18+ category started on May 1, several states have expressed the inability to inoculate those eligible due to a shortage of vaccine.
Serum Institute of India CEO Aadar Poonawalla has said that the production of COVID-19 vaccine Covishield is in full swing in Pune and he will review the operations once he is back in the country.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday said that no vaccination will be done for 18+ category in the national capital on May 1.
BMC has said that no vaccination against Covid-19 will be held in Mumbai for the three days -- Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced on Thursday that a plan had been formulated to vaccinate all adults against coronavirus within the next three months.
Covaxin vaccine maker Bharat Biotech on Thursday announced a drop in the price of its vaccine that will be made available to the state governments.
Rahul Gandhi has been demanding free Covid-19 vaccination for all citizens. They have also termed the centre's new vaccination policy discriminatory.
Delhi recorded 368 more COVID-19 deaths and 25,986 cases with a positivity rate of 31. 76 per cent, according to the latest bulletin issued by the city health department. This was the seventh day on the trot that Delhi had recorded over 300 deaths due to coronavirus.
People form long queues outside BKC jumbo COVID-19 vaccination centre in Mumbai. The vaccine centre received 5000 doses of vaccine today and vaccination will start shortly at the centre.
The New York Times on Tuesday said Covaxin works by teaching the immune system to make antibodies against the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. The antibodies attach to viral proteins, such as the so-called spike proteins that stud its surface.
Registration for the new eligible population groups (all those above 18 years) will start on Wednesday from 4 pm. Vaccination against COVID-19 began in the country on January 16.
The New York Times on Tuesday said Covaxin works by teaching the immune system to make antibodies against the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. The antibodies attach to viral proteins, such as the so-called spike proteins that stud its surface.
Once available, Sputnik V will be the third vaccine to be used in India against coronavirus. The other two vaccines are Covaxin and Covishield.
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