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Bharat s COVID-19 shot 81% effective, based on Indian drug maker s data

Bharat’s COVID-19 shot 81% effective, based on Indian drug maker’s data March 4, 2021 | 6:28 pm BENGALURU — Bharat Biotech’s vaccine showed 81% efficacy in preventing symptomatic COVID-19 in an interim analysis of a late-stage trial in India, it said on Wednesday, a major boost for the shot shunned by some due to a lack of such data. The positive result also brightens prospects for sales overseas, with the vaccine, India’s first successful homemade COVID-19 shot, already attracting interest from more than 40 countries, according to the firm. “COVAXIN demonstrates high clinical efficacy trend against COVID-19 but also significant immunogenicity against the rapidly emerging variants,” Bharat Biotech Chairman Krishna Ella said in a statement, referring to its vaccine.

Rats, mice, rabbits, hamsters and monkeys - The true heroes in Covid-19 battle

Updated Mar 4, 2021, 11:55 pm IST The lakhs of people receiving Covaxin to help stop the spread of COVID-19 in India and elsewhere have much to thank these animals for  While the rats, mice, rabbits and Syrian hamsters were lab-bred, the rhesus macaques that were used in testing Covaxin candidates were caught in the wild in Maharashtra. (Representational Image/AFP) Hyderabad: First there were the mice, and some rats. Then came Syrian hamsters and the rabbits. And finally there were the rhesus macaque monkeys. The lakhs of people receiving Covaxin to keep themselves safe from Covid-19, and to help stop the spread of the disease in India and elsewhere in the world, have much to thank these animals for.

India developer says homegrown Covid-19 vaccine is 81% effective

Indian pharmaceutical firm Bharat Biotech said Wednesday its domestically developed vaccine, criticised for being rolled out before final trials, was found in interim late-stage data to have almost 81 percent efficacy in preventing Covid-19 infection. The AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine has been found to be about 62 percent effective in preventing infection.

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