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WHO Chief lauds India for supporting “Vaccine Equality”
The Director-General of World Health Organisation (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, lauded India and the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, for sharing the Covid-19 vaccines and supporting the...
UN asks G20 nations to prepare ‘Global Covid-19 Vaccination Plan’
The Secretary-General of United Nations, Antonio Guterres, has asked the G20 nations to prepare a “Global Covid-19 Vaccination Plan” on February 17, 2020. Highlights The UN asked do...
SII’s Covishield gets emergency-use nod from DGCI
The Subject Expert committee that is advising the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) recommended restricted Emergency Use Authorisation for COVISHIELD. COVISHIELD vaccine was developed by Serum Institute...
What is mRNA Technology used in COVID-19 vaccines for the first time?
On November 16, 2020, Moderna, a US Biotech firm announced that its COVID-19 vaccines are 94.5% effective. The announcement comes in days after Pfizer released results showing 90%...
EU enters into deal with AstraZeneca, for first Covid-19 vaccine
The European Union has entered into an agreement to but at least 300 million doses of AstraZeneca’s potential COVID 19 vaccine in the first-ever such deal in advance...
