Tag: vaccines
Online Covid Calculator Will Tell Who Must Get Vaccines First
Researchers, including one of Indian-origin, have developed a new online calculator for estimating the individual and community-level risk of dying from Covid-19. ....
Inactivated Vaccines Are Safest With Lesser Adverse Reactions: Bharat Biotech
Bharat Biotech has claimed that amongst all the vaccine platforms such as an mRNA-based vaccine, DNA-based vaccine, vector-based vaccine, or live attenuated vaccines, etc., the inactivated vaccines being developed by it for Covid 19 are safest, and hence, the adverse reactions are lesser. ....
Covid Vaccines May Exacerbate Inequalities In Distribution: WHO
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), has said that vaccines are now giving a window of opportunity to bring the Covid-19 pandemic under control, but they may also exacerbate the inequalities in distribution across the globe.....
UK PM Boris Johnson Under Pressure To Lift All Covid-19 Lockdown Restrictions
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is under mounting pressure to lift all COVID-19 lockdowns in two and a half months as lockdown-sceptic Tories called on him to commit to a timetable for easing the restrictions with a complete end to controls by the end of April. ....
Facebook To Help 50M People Get Vaccines, To Add Labels To Fake Posts
In an effort to help 50 million people get Covid-19 vaccines, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Monday announced new tools, along with expanding efforts to address Covid-19 vaccine misinformation by adding labels to Facebook and Instagram posts that discuss the vaccines. ....
UK Records Another 2,206 Covid Cases, 35 Deaths
Another 2,206 people in Britain have tested positive for Covid-19, bringing the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to 4,385,938, according to official figures released on Saturday. ....
UK Launches 3rd Booster Dose Trial Of 7 Covid Vaccines
In a first, the UK has launched a new clinical trial that will assess the efficacy of a third 'booster' dose of seven different Covid-19 vaccines on patients' immune responses, the media reported. ....
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee Slams Centre's 'biased Attitude' In Vaccine Supply
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his ‘biased attitude towards some states regarding the supply of Covid vaccines. ....
Russian President Vladimir Putin Urges Mutual Recognition Of Covid-19 Vaccines Among G20 Members
Russian President Vladimir Putin has proposed that the Group of 20 (G20) countries should solve as soon as possible the problem of mutual recognition of Covid-19 vaccines and vaccination certificates. ....
Matthew McConaughey Still Has Doubts On Vaccinating His Kids Against Covid
Hollywood star Matthew McConaughey has some lingering questions about Covid vaccines for children. ....
