AKarnataka-based virologist has said that the effectiveness of existing Covid-19 vaccines will last for a minimum of one year. According to a report in The Times of India, speaking at a webinar, Dr V Ravi said that available evidence suggests that “vaccinated persons would get protection for two to three years” if more troubling variants […]
The Educational Testing Service (ETS) has recently introduced an English language proficiency assessment or the TOEFL Essentials test, which is a listening, reading, speaking, and writing English language test designed for admissions to university and higher education institutes. Registrations for the test will open from June 17 and classes will begin from August 21. The course will offer a combination of academic and […]
Vietnam has discovered a new Covid-19 variant which spreads quickly by air and is a combination of the Indian and British strains, state media reported Saturday. The country is struggling to deal with fresh outbreaks across more than half of its territory including industrial zones and big cities such as Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh […]
Covid-19 has done little to alter the ranking of the world’s happiest countries, with Finland at the top for a fourth year running, an annual UN-sponsored report said on Friday. The researchers behind the World Happiness Report, now in its ninth year, used Gallup data asking people in 149 countries to rate their own happiness, […]
Sri Lanka’s apex environment body said on Saturday the country was facing its worst marine ecological disaster triggered after a Singapore-flagged cargo ship caught fire near the Colombo beach, fuelling severe environmental concerns. The cargo vessel – MV ‘X-PRESS PEARL’- was carrying a consignment of chemicals and raw materials for cosmetics from Hazira in Gujarat […]
The Pfizer vaccine is slightly less effective but appears to still protect against the more transmissible strain of the virus prevalent in India that causes Covid-19, according to a study by France’s Pasteur Institute. “Despite slightly diminished efficacy, the Pfizer vaccine probably protects” against the variant found in India, according to laboratory test results, said […]
With Covid-19 community transmission on the rise once again, those aged over 50 are weighing up the benefits of being vaccinated against the virus with the very rare risk of blood clotting induced by the AstraZeneca vaccine. A report by Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute and James McFadyen, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute Melbourne published […]
India administered about 2.1 crore Covaxin doses till Thursday morning, official data shows. However, according to a report in the Times of India, more than 6 crore doses should have been in circulation, keeping in mind export. Bharat Biotech on April 20 had said on record that 1.5 crore doses had been produced in March […]
