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FILE - In this Sunday Dec. 20, 2020 file photo a woman pulls a suitcase past the Christmas tree on the concourse of Waterloo Station in central London, (Victoria Jones/PA via AP, File)

UK scientists worried vaccines may not work on S.African coronavirus variant: Report

January 5, 2021 08:25 IST

British Health Secretary Matt Hancock said on Monday he was now very worried about the strand found in South Africa.

Health workers remove the body of a Covid-19 victim from a container, being used as a makeshift morgue, to turn over to a family outside the Joao Lucio public Hospital in Manaus, Amazonas state, Brazil, Monday, Jan. 4, 2021. (AP Photo/Edmar Barros)

Brazil scrambles for India-made vaccines to jumpstart inoculations

January 5, 2021 08:06 IST

Brazil's government is optimistic that it will be able to import the vaccines from India and any hurdles will be resolved diplomatically, a Brazilian official with knowledge of the matter said.

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Mexican doctor hospitalised after receiving Pfizer covid vaccine

January 3, 2021 12:17 IST

The ministry added that the doctor has a history of allergic reactions and said that there is no evidence from clinical trials that anyone has developed an inflammation of the brain after the vaccine's application.

A health worker gets a shot of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for Covid-19. (AP Photo: Marco Ugarte, File)

Pfizer and BioNTech to offer Covid-19 vaccines to volunteers who got placebo

January 2, 2021 07:34 IST

The trial's Vaccine Transition Option allows all participants aged 16 or older the choice to discover whether they were given the placebo.

Moderna said clinical study data and additional analyses showed that a 50-microgram booster dose of its COVID-19 vaccine induces robust antibody responses against the Delta variant. (Reuters/File)

Moderna Covid-19 vaccine shows 94.1 per cent efficacy in Phase III trial: report

December 31, 2020 17:27 IST

The study found that among over 30,000 participants randomised to receive the vaccine or a placebo, 11 in the vaccine group developed symptomatic Covid-19 compared to 185 participants who received the placebo.

FILE -- Doses of Covid-19 vaccine arrive at a hospital in Pine Bluff, Ark., Dec. 15, 2020 (Andrea Morales/The New York Times)

Discovery of new UK virus variant in Colorado and California alarms scientistsSubscriber Only

December 31, 2020 12:00 IST

Scientists do not know how widely the new mutant may have spread in the United States. But the answer to that question will color virtually every aspect of the nation’s pandemic response: hospital treatment, community lockdowns, school closures and more.

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China gives its first COVID-19 vaccine approval to Sinopharm

December 31, 2020 10:11 IST

While China has been slower than several other countries in approving COVID-19 vaccines, it has been inoculating its citizens for months with three different shots still undergoing late-stage trials.

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China has all it needs to vaccinate millions, except proof its vaccines workSubscriber Only

December 30, 2020 14:02 IST

Unlike their Western competitors, the Chinese companies have not disclosed data from late-stage clinical trials that would show whether their vaccines are effective, and regulators in China have not officially approved them.

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Britain approves AstraZeneca/Oxford Covid-19 vaccineSubscriber Only

December 30, 2020 15:09 IST

AstraZeneca said the authorisation was for a two dose regime, and that the vaccine had been approved for use for emergency supply. Britain has ordered 100 million doses of the vaccine.

China is struggling to get the world to trust its vaccinesSubscriber Only

December 29, 2020 12:25 IST

Interviews with people in Karachi, the nation’s biggest city -- as well as in other developing nations from Indonesia to Brazil, together with surveys and official comments -- show that China has failed to assure the millions of people who may have to rely on its vaccines.

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COVID-19: South Africa tightens curbs, president bans alcohol sales

December 29, 2020 11:52 IST

"We are at an extremely dangerous point in our fight against the pandemic. Yesterday (On Sunday), we passed the mark of more than one million confirmed coronavirus cases in our country," the president said.

A surfer carries his board as he skates along the beach front at Manly on the northern beaches in Sydney (AP Photo/Mark Baker)

Sydney on alert after mystery cases but new infections remain low

December 29, 2020 08:29 IST

A cluster detected in Sydney's northern beachside suburbs in mid-December has now grown to 129 cases and about a quarter of a million residents have been put under lockdown until Jan. 9 as authorities battle to stamp out the virus.

South Korea reports first variant of coronavirus found in the UK

December 28, 2020 07:37 IST

South Korea reported the first variant of coronavirus linked to the rapid rise in infections in Britain in three people who had entered South Korea from London on Dec. 22, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said on Monday.

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Sinovac Covid shot’s efficacy uncertain despite Brazil, Turkey resultsSubscriber Only

December 25, 2020 14:06 IST

Sinovac is finalizing results of phase III trials carried out in Brazil, Turkey, Indonesia and Chile, according to a person familiar with the trials.

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Germany reports first case of coronavirus variant spreading in Britain

December 25, 2020 07:51 IST

The infected person flew to Frankfurt from London Heathrow on Dec. 20 to visit relatives and tested positive upon arrival.

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US: Black doctor dies of COVID-19 after complaining of racist treatmentSubscriber Only

December 24, 2020 09:50 IST

"He made me feel like a drug addict,” Moore said in a video posted to Facebook, accusing a white doctor of downplaying her complaints of pain while being treated for COVID-19 and suggesting she should be discharged. On Sunday, just more than two weeks after posting the video, Moore died of complications from COVID-19.

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Despite high recovery, barely 1% turn plasma donors in GurgaonSubscriber Only

December 24, 2020 09:10 IST

According to data shared by the health department, of the 54,304 people who have recovered from coronavirus in Gurgaon, only 597 have come forward and volunteered for plasma donation.