COVID-19 vaccine: AstraZeneca seeks EU approval for Oxford vaccine
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Britain, Argentina and India had earlier approved the emergency marker use of AstraZeneca-Oxford coronavirus vaccine
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AstraZeneca and Oxford University had filed a formal bid for authorisation for their coronavirus vaccine, the European Medicines Agency said on Tuesday. A decision could come by 29 January, the agency added. EMA has received an application for conditional marketing authorisation for a COVID-19 vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University, the Amsterdam-based regulator said in a statement. An opinion on the marketing authorisation could be issued by 29 January. provided that the data submitted on the quality, safety and efficacy of the vaccine are sufficiently robust and complete, it said.
Iran begins first human trial of locally made coronavirus vaccine
Medical staff administer the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine
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. Updated: 29 Dec 2020, 03:13 PM IST AP
The vaccine, produced by Shifa Pharmed, part of a state-owned pharmaceutical conglomerate, is the first in the country to reach human trials
Iran has struggled to stem the worst virus outbreak in the region, which has infected over 1.2 million people
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The first study of the safety and effectiveness of a coronavirus vaccine in Iran began Tuesday, state TV reported, with dozens due to receive the domestically developed shot in the hardest-hit country in the Middle East.
Chinese delegation meets Nepal leaders to discuss political situation in country
Pushpa Kamal Dahal
. Updated: 28 Dec 2020, 04:11 PM IST PTI
The meeting came a day after the four-member team led by Guo held separate talks with President Bidya Devi Bhandari and Prime Minister Oli
The President s Office and the Prime Minister s Office have confirmed the meetings
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A high-level Chinese delegation led by a vice minister of the Communist Party of China met senior Nepal Communist Party leader Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ on Monday and discussed the political situation in the country, amid an intensified efforts by Beijing to patch up differences between the two warring factions of the party.
Home >News >India > No such info from our side : Govt denies reports of asking airlines to block entry of Chinese nationals into India No such info from our side : Govt denies reports of asking airlines to block entry of Chinese nationals into India
Union Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri
(PTI) It is wrong to make suggestions as to citizen of which country should come, says Civil Aviation Minister
Media reports suggest the move is a retaliation against 39 Indian seafarers on two cargo vessels – MV Jag Anand and MV Anastasia – being stranded in waters off the Chinese ports in Hebei for months
In Patan, 444 primary Covid-19 positive cases across 389 households were randomly selected for the study conducted between April and August. The study states 1,200 tested Covid-19 positive in the district until August 29, when the state health department had declared 973 cases for the period. Data on these primary cases obtained telephonically found at least 82 of these patients had succumbed. As per the state health department, Patan reported 37 fatalities due to the virus until August 29.
Of the 1,059 secondary high-risk contacts a near average of three contacts per household 60 tested positive for Covid-19, which is 5.6 per cent SAR. It also found a majority of the secondary infection patients were men in the 18-60 age group followed by those aged above 60 years. Around 85 per cent of contacts developed symptoms within seven days of contact with the primary case.