The Delta variant of Covid-19, or the B1.617.2 highly transmissible variant of concern (VOC) first identified in India, has now become the dominant VOC in the UK and may also come with an increased risk of hospitalisation, health officials in Britain have warned. According to Public Health England (PHE), which monitors all Covid-19 variants in […]
The Biden administration will issue a new executive order on Thursday that bans U.S. entities from buying or selling publicly traded securities for 59 Chinese companies with alleged ties to defense or surveillance technology sectors, senior administration officials said. The Treasury Department will enforce and update on a “rolling basis” the new ban list, which […]
Calling for imposition of fine on China for global deaths and destruction, former US President Trump said that he was right about ‘China Virus coming from Wuhan Lab’, as now everyone, including ‘enemy’, is accepting it. “The correspondence between Dr Fauci and China speaks too loudly for anyone to ignore. China should pay USD 10 […]
Wockhardt, the Mumbai-headquartered drug maker, is reportedly in ‘advanced stages of discussions’ for a deal related to Covid-19 drugs and vaccine. A formal announcement on the front may be ‘expected over the next two-three weeks’. This comes a day after Union Health Ministry finalised arrangements with Hyderabad-based vaccine manufacturer Biological-E to reserve 30 crore coronavirus vaccine doses […]
Russia’s upper house on Wednesday overwhelmingly backed legislation expected to be used to ban allies of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny from running in elections, the latest move in a crackdown on the opposition. The bill, overwhelmingly approved by the Federation Council, would make it impossible to run in parliamentary elections for leaders, sponsors and rank-and-file […]
The Union Ministry of Health finalised advance arrangement for 30 crore Covid-19 vaccine doses with Hyderabad-based M/s Biological-E Ltd on Thursday. The COVID-19 vaccine of Biological-E is currently undergoing Phase-3 clinical trial after showing promising results in Phase 1 and 2 clinical trials. The vaccine being developed by Biological-E is a RBD protein sub-unit vaccine […]
After Oxford-AstraZeneca’s Covishield vaccine and Novovax’s Covovax, the Serum Institute of India on Wednesday has applied to get a nod from the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) to make the Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine in India. Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine is currently being manufactured by Dr Reddy’s Laboratories. The SII has sought the DCGI’s […]
The WHO said Tuesday that only one strain of the Covid-19 Delta variant first detected in India was now considered “of concern”, while two other strains had been downgraded. The B.1.617 variant of the virus, which has in part been blamed for India’s explosive outbreak, has been dubbed a triple mutant variant since it is […]
