Volunteers provide oxygen as India’s COVID tally nears 20 mln
India's tally of coronavirus infections rose on Monday to just short of 20 million, propelled by a 12th straight day of more than 300,000...
Insurers, drugmakers sail into unknown with COVID vaccine rollout
Speedy global delivery of COVID-19 vaccines by air and sea in ultra cold conditions will lead to a jump in cargo insurance rates and...
Not without India: World’s pharmacy gears up for vaccine race
India, the world's biggest vaccine maker, is getting set for the massive global blitz to contain the coronavirus pandemic with its pharmaceutical industry and...
They got the placebo – should they be next in line for vaccine?
With America poised to become the next country to approve a Covid-19 vaccine, authorities find themselves facing an ethical dilemma: when to give trial...
New Delhi ambulance group grapples with surging COVID-19 quarantine deaths
Wearing a yellow turban and white overalls, Jitender Singh Shunty and three of his coworkers carefully pulled the body of a 57-year-old COVID-19 victim...
Oxford vaccine can be 90pc effective, results show
AstraZeneca said today its vaccine for the novel coronavirus could be around 90 per cent effective without any serious side effects.
The vaccine developed by...
UK will seek to start administering a Covid-19 vaccine before Christmas, says Matt Hancock
Britain will seek to start administering a Covid-19 vaccine before Christmas with the bulk of the rollout at the start of the new year,...
AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine can be 90% effective, results show
AstraZeneca said on Monday its vaccine for the novel coronavirus could be around 90% effective without any serious side effects, the latest drugmaker to unveil positive...
India exploring modalities of emergency authorisation of COVID-19 vaccine
The Indian government is exploring the modalities of emergency authorisation and usage of anti-coronavirus vaccines pending completion of phase-three clinical trial and regular licensure.
The...
Superspreader events key driver in Covid-19 pandemic
At churches, on cruise ships and even in the White House, superspreading events that can sicken dozens, even hundreds, of people have illustrated the...
