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Updated Jan 04, 2021 India Authorizes 2 COVID-19 Vaccines The country’s drugs regulator gave emergency authorization for the U.K.-based drugmaker AstraZeneca and a locally developed one. Aniruddha Ghosal and Sheikh Saaliq NEW DELHI (AP) — India authorized two COVID-19 vaccines on Sunday, paving the way for a huge inoculation program to stem the coronavirus pandemic in the world’s second most populous country. The country’s drugs regulator gave emergency authorization for the vaccine dev...

PUBLISHED ON: January 3, 2021 | Duration: 4 min, 52 sec Two vaccines for coronavirus, Oxford Institutes Covishield, which is being developed by the Pune-based Serum Institute, and Bharat Biotechs Covaxin, received emergency approval from the countrys drug regulator today. "Well never approve anything if there is slightest of safety concern. The vaccines are 110 per cent safe," Drug Controller General of India VG Somani said, adding Covishield ...

BALTIMORE, M.D. — The COVID-19 death toll in the United States has surpassed 350,000 as experts anticipate another surge in coronavirus cases and deaths stemming from holiday gatherings over Christmas and New Years. Data compiled by Johns Hopkins University shows the U.S. passed the threshold early Sunday morning. More than 20 million people in the country have been infected. The U.S. has begun using two coronavirus vaccines to protect health care workers and nursing home residents and staff ...

Two Coronavirus vaccines Covaxin and Covishield gets approvals for restricted use in India New Delhi, Sun, 03 Jan 2021 NI Wire Drugs Controller General of India approves Oxford-Astra Zenecas Covishield and Bharat Biotechs indigenous Covaxin for restricted use in the country. These two vaccines are approved in India for emergency and restricted use in India. The subject expert committee had recommended Covaxin on Saturday for restricted in India. Drugs Controller General of India approved these...

All Set for Roll-Out, Waiting for Vaccine to Arrive: Delhi Health Minister "We are all ready with our preparations, from storage to logistics, and yesterday, a dry run was conducted at three sites to assess the preparedness for the vaccination roll-out," Satyendar Jain said. Delhi health minister Satyendra Jain. Photo: PTI Health03/Jan/2021 New Delhi: Delhi health minister Satyendar Jain on Sunday welcomed the approval given for emergency use of two COVID-19 vaccines, and asserted that the city...

As the country is eagerly waiting for the COVID-19 vaccination programme to begin, Dr Manoj Kumar, senior cardiologist at Max Hospital, New Delhi said that in t

2021-01-03 16:20:10 GMT2021-01-04 00:20:10(Beijing Time) Sina English AFP Residents look as an artist gives finishing touches to a mural depicting front-line workers carrying a COVID-19 vaccine in Kolkata on Saturday. India’s drugs regulator on Sunday gave final approval for the emergency-use of two coronavirus vaccines, one developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University and the other by local company Bharat Biotech and a state-run institute. The decisions mark the first vaccine approv...

Magda Maldonado, owner of Continental Funeral Home in Los Angeles, poses in her mortuary on Dec. 30, 2020. Southern California funeral homes are turning away bereaved families because theyre running out of space for all the bodies piling up during an unrelenting coronavirus surge that has sent COVID-19 death rates to new highs. "Ive been in the funeral industry for 40 years and never in my life did I think that this could happen, that Id have to tell a family no, we cant take your family member...

Paving the way for a huge inoculation program against the coronavirus.

Covishield, Covaxin approved Both vaccines to be administered in two doses Can be stored in normal refrigerator New Delhi: It is indeed a red-letter day for India today as two vaccines for COVID-19 produced by Pune-based Serum Institute’s Covishield and Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin, received emergency approval from the country’s drug regulator this morning.  Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) V.G. Somani said both firms submitted data on their trial runs and both have been granted perm...