Government likely to approve Oxford-AstraZeneca s covid-19 vaccine by next week: Report
FILE PHOTO: Vials with a sticker reading, COVID-19 / Coronavirus vaccine / Injection only and a medical syringe are seen in front of a displayed AstraZeneca logo in this illustration taken October 31, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
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India has not yet signed a vaccine supply deal with any company, but SII has already stockpiled more than 50 million doses of the AstraZeneca shot and plans to make a total of 400 million doses by July
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India is likely to approve Oxford/AstraZeneca s coronavirus vaccine for emergency use by next week after its local manufacturer submitted additional data sought by authorities, two sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Tuesday.
Are covid-19 vaccines safe for people living with HIV?
Germany has said HIV-positive people will be included in a third tier of priority patients.
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Rachel Savage
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Some countries have recommended that HIV-positive people should be given priority for vaccination against covid-19 once the most at-risk groups - the elderly and frontline healthcare workers - have received their shots
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LONDON : As the first COVID-19 vaccines are rolled out around the world, HIV/AIDS experts and advocates have sought to reassure those living with HIV that they can safely get the coronavirus vaccination.
Some countries have recommended that HIV-positive people should be given priority for vaccination against COVID-19 once the most at-risk groups - the elderly and frontline healthcare workers - have received their shots.
Russia will jointly produce Sputnik V vaccine for covid-19 with India: Russian envoy
A specialist demonstrates a vial containing Gam-COVID-Vac, also known as Sputnik-V, vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at a production facility of BIOCAD biotechnology company in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
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. Updated: 21 Dec 2020, 10:01 PM IST PTI
Sputnik V vaccine has shown 92 per cent efficacy in preventing COVID-19, according to the interim trial results announced by the Russia s health ministry
In September 2020, Dr Reddys and RDIF entered into a partnership to conduct clinical trials of Sputnik V vaccine and its distribution in India
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BEST ferries over 400 passengers to quarantine facilities from Mumbai Airport
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The Brihanmumbai Electricity Supply and Transport (BEST) undertaking on Tuesday had deployed 25 of its buses for transferring the arriving passengers from the United Kingdom and the Middle East to the quarantine centres from the Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport.
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) informed that a total of 591 passengers landed in Mumbai from the UK in three different flights on Tuesday. The civic body has set up quarantine centres at a number of hotels around the airport area.
BEST Additional general manager, Rajendra Madaney told FPJ that till Tuesday evening more than 400 passengers were transferred to various quarantine centres in Mumbai via BEST buses.
Sensex zooms 437 points, Nifty ends above 13,600; broader indices outperform
Indian stock markets rebounded on Tuesday, clawing back some of the losses from a brutal sell-off in the previous session. (Photo: Reuters)
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Having opened in the red, Indian benchmark indices quickly reversed losses to surge higher on Wednesday. The Sensex today hit a high of 46,513.32 and a low 45,899.10, while the Nifty moved in the range of 13,432.20-13,619.45
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FMCG, IT stocks lead market rally; Sensex, Nifty soar 1% each
Indian equity markets rose nearly 1% on Wednesday led by strong gains in IT, FMCG, realty stocks and PSU banks.