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UK ready to roll out Covid-19 vaccine once regulator gives safety all clear
November 12, 2020 15:25 IST
News that a vaccine from Pfizer and BioNTech was more than 90% effective raised hopes that there may soon be an end to the lockdowns that have cast gloom across the world by shedding millions of jobs and upending normal life.
China vaccine trial halted in Brazil after serious adverse eventSubscriber Only
November 11, 2020 13:28 IST
Sao Paulo’s Instituto Butantan, which partnered with Sinovac to produce the vaccine locally, said in a statement it was surprised by the decision and is looking into details of what happened in the study.
The husband-and-wife team behind the leading vaccine to solve COVID-19Subscriber Only
November 11, 2020 09:55 IST
BioNTech began work on the vaccine in January, after Sahin read an article in the medical journal The Lancet that left him convinced that the coronavirus, at the time spreading quickly in parts of China, would explode into a full-blown pandemic.
Behind Pfizer’s vaccine, an understated husband-and-wife “dream team”
November 9, 2020 22:00 IST
From humble roots as the son of a Turkish immigrant working at a Ford factory in Cologne, BioNTech Chief Executive Ugur Sahin, 55, now figures among the 100 richest Germans, together with his wife and fellow board member Oezlem Tuereci, 53, according to weekly Welt am Sonntag.
Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine over 90% effective: Health Ministry
November 9, 2020 21:03 IST
The comments followed a statement earlier on Monday by vaccine developers Pfizer Inc and BioNTech, who said their experimental COVID-19 vaccine was more than 90% effective.
Pfizer, BioNTech say their COVID-19 vaccine is more than 90% effective
November 9, 2020 21:15 IST
Pfizer expects to seek broad U.S. emergency use authorization of the vaccine for people aged 16 to 85. To do so, it will need to have collected two months of safety data on around half of the study’s roughly 44,000 participants, expected in late November.
Novel inhalable llama antibodies may help treat, prevent COVID-19, study finds
November 6, 2020 12:03 IST
The researchers immunised a black llama named Wally with a piece of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein and, after about two months, the animal's immune system produced mature nanobodies against the virus.
A lockdown with loopholes: New virus restrictions come into force in EnglandSubscriber Only
November 6, 2020 08:26 IST
In England on Thursday, the first hours of Lockdown 2.0, as local newspapers called it, looked very little like a lockdown at all.
Celltrion’s COVID-19 antibody drug cut recovery time, says early study
November 6, 2020 08:13 IST
The result bodes well for Celltrion, which plans to seek conditional approval for the monoclonal antibody treatment, CT-P59, for emergency use by the end of this year in South Korea.
A nasal spray to block the virus? Scientists may be getting closerSubscriber Only
November 6, 2020 08:07 IST
If the spray, which the scientists described as nontoxic and stable, is proved to work in humans, it could provide a new way of fighting the pandemic. A daily spritz up the nose would act like a vaccine.
Australia signs two more COVID-19 vaccine deals
November 5, 2020 08:58 IST
Australia in September said it had agreed to spend A$1.7 billion ($1.2 billion) to buy 85 million vaccine doses from AstraZeneca and CSL Ltd should the trails prove successful.
COVID-19 lung damage caused by persistence of ‘abnormal cells’, say scientists
November 4, 2020 16:35 IST
The researchers, including those from King's College London in the UK, examined lung, heart, liver, and kidney samples of 41 patients who died of COVID-19 to examine the behaviour of the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2.
Italy readies national curfew, movement bans for risk areasSubscriber Only
November 4, 2020 08:10 IST
Conte, who’s fought to avoid a new national lockdown in a bid to spare the country’s fragile economy, is drawing up the new restrictions as Italy registered 28,244 new virus cases Tuesday.
Hot or cold weather may have no significant effect on Covid-19 spread: Study
November 3, 2020 17:12 IST
The researchers noted that weather influences the environment in which the coronavirus must survive before infecting a new host.
New York to require covid tests, 3-day quarantine for visitorsSubscriber Only
November 1, 2020 07:24 IST
The guidelines, effective Nov. 4, will replace the 14-day quarantine requirement for travelers from most of the country, based on New York’s travel advisory
Airlines suffer blow as England bans non-work overseas travelSubscriber Only
November 1, 2020 07:20 IST
The new rules will apply from Thursday through Dec. 2 and come as the industry struggles to survive a collapse in demand. Airlines hadn’t been informed about the restrictions before Johnson’s announcement Saturday evening, according to sources.
Record 200 days with no local cases makes Taiwan envy of worldSubscriber Only
October 30, 2020 21:21 IST
Taiwan holds the world’s best virus record by far and reached the new landmark on Thursday, even as the pathogen explodes anew in Europe and the US. Taiwan’s last local case came on April 12; there has been no second wave.
Canada’s Justin Trudeau predicts ‘tough winter,’ deaths top 10,000
October 28, 2020 12:28 IST
Canada's case numbers have been rising, triggering new restrictions on public gatherings and indoor activities in several provinces.
Some COVID survivors have antibodies that attack the body, not the virusSubscriber Only
October 28, 2020 09:54 IST
This misguided immune response may exacerbate severe COVID-19. It may also explain why so-called “long haulers” have lingering problems months after their initial illness has resolved and the virus is gone from their bodies.
UK Vaccine Taskforce Chair says early COVID-19 vaccines may be imperfect
October 28, 2020 08:39 IST
"However, we do not know that we will ever have a vaccine at all. It is important to guard against complacency and over-optimism", Bingham wrote in a piece published in The Lancet medical journal.
Boris Johnson hit by lockdown revolt from more than 50 ToriesSubscriber Only
October 27, 2020 10:30 IST
The MPs reminded Johnson of his promises to “level up” disadvantaged parts of the country, which helped persuade voters in former industrial heartlands last December to back his Tories instead of the opposition Labour Party many had supported for decades.
Protests in Italy over new virus crackdown turn violent
October 27, 2020 09:56 IST
The protests began shortly after the national government's order took effect requiring bars, cafes and restaurants to close their doors at 6 pm for the next 30 days as Italy tries to rein the resurgence of coronavirus infections in recent weeks.
Hong Kong drafts law to make covid tests mandatory for someSubscriber Only
October 27, 2020 09:44 IST
The move follows a voluntary city-wide summer testing program that unearthed only a handful of positive cases.
Eli Lilly Covid-19 trials in the US to end; no safety problem
October 27, 2020 08:33 IST
In a statement Lilly notes that the government is continuing a separate study testing the antibody drug in mild to moderately ill patients, to try to prevent hospitalization and severe illness.
Vaccine hopes rise as Oxford jab prompts immune response among old as well as young adults
October 26, 2020 19:42 IST
A vaccine that works is seen as a game-changer in the battle against the novel coronavirus, which has killed more than 1.15 million people, shuttered swathes of the global economy and turned normal life upside down for billions of people.
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