- Biden to speed release of coronavirus vaccinesThe American Hospital Association estimates that the nation would need to vaccinate 1.8 million people a day, every day, from Jan. 1 to May 31, to reach the goal of having widespread immunity by the summer.
- European drugs regulator approves Moderna coronavirus vaccineFollowing the green light from the European Medicines Agency (EMA), the final step is approval by the European Commission which is expected to quickly follow.
- Pakistan approves emergency use of Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccineSpecial Assistant to Prime Minister Imran Khan on Health Dr Faisal Sultan confirmed on Saturday that the Drug Regulatory Authority Pakistan (DRAP) has granted approval for emergency use of the Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine across the country, according to a report in the Geo TV.
- Pharmaceutical major Pfizer reassures Europe over coronavirus vaccines as pandemic surgesThe coronavirus pandemic is showing no signs of slowing down, with infections surging past 94 million and more than two million deaths, and Europe among the hardest-hit parts of the world.
- Coronavirus vaccine: A sense of relief, opportunity to dispel doubtsAs soon as Prime Minister Narendra Modi rolle out the vaccination drive, SGPGI Director Dr R K Dhiman, Ram Manohar Lohia Institute Director Dr A K Singh and Kannauj Medical College Principal Navneet Kumar were among the first few to get themselves vaccinated.
- Army of 1 lakh ready to administer coronavirus vaccineState governments, district officials and municipal commissioners have been asked to get ground staff, logistics and IT systems in place to carry out the drive that aims to cover 30 crore 'priority population' by July.
- Pope Francis, ex-pope Benedict get coronavirus vaccines: Vatican"I can confirm that as part of the Vatican City State vaccination programme to date, the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine has been administered to Pope Francis and the Pope Emeritus," spokesman Matteo Bruni said.
- Explainer: What's behind varying efficacy data for Sinovac's coronavirus vaccine?Researchers in Brazil said it was 50.4% effective at preventing symptomatic infections, barely enough for regulatory approval and below the 78% announced a week earlier.
- Singapore starts coronavirus vaccination for healthcare workersSingapore became the first Asian country to start vaccinating healthcare workers against Covid-19 with Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine on Wednesday. The health ministry's expert committee had recommended that persons at high risk of being infected, including healthcare workers and front-line workers, should be given priority for vaccination.
- Vladimir Putin orders mass coronavirus vaccinations in Russia from next weekRussia has imposed no broad lockdown during the second wave of infections that began in September and officials have said that targeted restrictions are enough to curb the virus.
- Bharat Biotech air-ships Covaxin coronavirus vaccine to 11 cities as of Tuesday"After having received the government purchase order for 55 lakh doses, the company shipped the first batch of vaccines (each vial containing 20 doses)," Bharat Biotech said in a statement.
- China kicks off emergency coronavirus vaccination in WuhanThe vaccination, available at 48 designated clinics in 15 districts, began on December 24, targeting certain groups of people aged between 18 and 59 years, He Zhenyu, deputy director of the centre for disease control and prevention in Wuhan, told the media in Wuhan.
- Security enhanced at IGI airport as first batch of coronavirus vaccine reaches DelhiDeputy Commissioner of Police (IGI Airport) Rajeev Ranjan said PCR vans along with local police will escort the vehicles carrying vaccines to its designated places. He said sufficient security arrangements have been put in place to facilitate the transportation of vaccines.
- Vladimir Putin decides to receive coronavirus vaccine - KremlinRussia launched a voluntary vaccination programme with the Russia-made Sputnik V vaccine earlier in December, starting with the most vulnerable groups in Moscow.
- World’s largest Covid vaccination campaign: Here is all you need to knowIndia will start this month a vaccination drive to inoculate about 300 million people against Covid-19, an exercise considered to be one of the largest immunization drives in the world. What will it take to vaccinate a population of this size and who will be involved in this programme? ET’s Divya Rajagopal explains.World’s largest Covid vaccination campaign: Here is all you need to know
- Provide coronavirus vaccine free to everyone: Arvind Kejriwal appeals to Centre"Coronavirus is the century's biggest pandemic. It is important to protect our people from it. I appeal to the Central government to ensure that everyone gets free vaccine. The expenditure on this will save lots of lives," Kejriwal tweeted in Hindi.
- Second national dry run for coronavirus vaccinations set to take place tomorrowAs a simulation of actual execution, another round of mock drill in all 700+ districts of all states/UTs (except UP and Haryana who have already conducted/ will be conducting the dry run in all districts on January 5 and January 7, respectively) is planned on January 8, 2021 to ensure efficient planning and management for vaccine delivery in each district of all states and UTs.
- Ram Gopal Yadav-led panel to examine coronavirus vaccine development, distributionThe decision to look at vaccine development comes at a time when serious questions have been raised over emergency use authorisation given to Bharat Biotech's indigenous vaccine Covaxin before Phase III trials have been completed.
- Explained: Where does the world stand in the race for a coronavirus vaccine?The following is what we know about the race to deliver vaccines to help end the coronavirus pandemic, which has killed more than 1.8 million people worldwide
- Timeline: How India's coronavirus vaccine got approved by drugs expertsCOVAXIN has been developed by Bharat Biotech, a company based in Hyderabad, with backing from the state-run Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).
- Saudi Arabia kicks off coronavirus vaccination campaignPeople aged over 65 as well as those with chronic ailments or at a high risk of infection will receive the vaccine in the first stage, and those aged over 50 in the second, the health ministry said this week. Everyone else will be vaccinated in the third stage, the ministry said, without specifying the dates for each phase or how long the mass campaign would take.
- Twitter will remove all misinformation about coronavirus vaccineIt will remove false or baseless claims about immunisations, and debunked myths about the vaccine.
- Don't believe in rumours against coronavirus vaccine: Harsh Vardhan"I want to appeal to people to not believe in any rumors. Our prime criteria in the vaccine trial is the safety and efficacy and nothing will be compromised," Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said after reviewing the vaccine dry run at a government hospital in Delhi. Listen-in. (Text: IANS)Don't believe in rumours against coronavirus vaccine: Harsh Vardhan
- CBIC permits import and export of coronavirus vaccines through courierCBIC has amended the Courier Imports and Exports (Electronic Declaration and Processing) regulation to allow for temporary import and re-export of durable containers that will be used for transportation of the vaccine.
- Moderna's mRNA coronavirus vaccineIt will seek emergency use authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and conditional approval from the European Union on Monday.
- Oil extends rally amid coronavirus vaccine rolloutsBrent was up 30 cents or 0.6% at $50.55 a barrel by 0752 GMT, after gaining nearly 3% on Thursday. U.S. oil was up 31 cents, or 0.7%, at $47.09 a barrel, having also risen almost 3% in the previous session.
- Vax populi: ‘Z+ security’ for pandemic era’s vials of goldCompanies, logistics firms, governments and hospitals are already ramping up infrastructure to safeguard vials of Covid vaccine against the looming risk of theft, burglary and pilferage. That’s not all — both vaccine makers and governments need to be alert to the possibility of counterfeiting and a potential grey market. They admit to being wary of lax security at hospitals etc.
- UK starts mass coronavirus vaccination programmeThe first patients in line on what has been dubbed "V-Day" -- the over-80s, care home workers and at-risk frontline health and social care staff -- will roll up their sleeves for an initial dose from early morning.
- View: Free coronavirus vaccinations are better than any stimulus the Centre can provideNo amount of fiscal stimulus will revive the economy until fear is cured and service activities resume. To diminish fear, the top priority of the budget must be to vaccinate as many as possible as quickly as possible.
- India's Coronavirus vaccination drive: Ground report from Delhi, Guwahati, Jaipur, and LucknowIndia's Coronavirus vaccination drive: Over 3 lakh healthcare workers to be inoculated on the 1st day. Ground details by Times Now's Arvind (SMS Hosp, Jaipur), Amir (Govt Medical College, Lucknow) & Arindam (Guwahati Medical College).India's Coronavirus vaccination drive: Ground report from Delhi, Guwahati, Jaipur, and Lucknow
- America's President-elect Joe Biden receives coronavirus vaccine jab publiclyBiden became the latest in a string of U.S. political leaders who have received the vaccine. Vice President Mike Pence received it publicly at a White House event Friday while other members of Congress have also received doses
- Uttar Pradesh sets up 311 centres across 75 districts for coronavirus vaccinationAdditional Chief Secretary of Health Amit Mohan Prasad said, "Vaccination will be held at 311 places in all the 75 districts of the state on January 16. The drive will start at 9 am and will continue till 5 pm."
- Coronavirus vaccine will be equally effective against new mutant of coronavirus: CSIR DGThe CSIR's Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (IGIB), Delhi and Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), Hyderabad have alone done sequencing of over 2,200 genome sequences of coronavirus in India.
- US readies for rollout of coronavirus vaccine: Anthony FauciThe government's foremost infectious-disease expert is detailing some of the initial plans for rolling out a coronavirus vaccine in the US. "Towards the middle and end of December, we will be having available about 40 million doses of vaccines for 20 million people that will be allocated to the states according to population.," Dr. Anthony Fauci said during an online briefing Tuesday hosted by Colorado Gov. Jared Polis.US readies for rollout of coronavirus vaccine: Anthony Fauci
- 35,000 centres will be set up to store coronavirus vaccines: UP govt"There is a capacity to store 2.5 lakh litres of vaccine in the state. For vaccination, six crore syringes are needed and till now, 4.5 crore have been allotted," the state government said.
- Telangana receives over three lakh doses of Serum Institute's Covishield coronavirus vaccineThe vaccine will be sent to 139 centres, where the vaccination drive will begin from January 16," Telangana Public health Department Director G Srinivas Rao said.
- Russia begins mass trials of second coronavirus vaccineEpiVacCorona, which is being developed by Siberia’s Vector Institute, was authorized this month to carry out trials on 150 volunteers over 60 and 3,000 volunteers over 18, the watchdog has said.
- Stop Bharat Biotech's coronavirus vaccine trial in Bhopal, plead NGOs working for gas victimsIn the letters addressed to the PM and Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan, these NGOs have also sought punishment for the "responsible parties who were negligent in ensuring the safety, well being and the rights of the trial participants".
- Bharat Biotech says death of Bhopal volunteer not related to its coronavirus vaccine trialsThe case comes amid concerns being raised by industry experts and opposition parties on the emergency approval granted to Bharat Biotech's coronavirus vaccine ‘Covaxin’ without publication of efficacy data. The Phase III clinical trials are underway.
- Vaccine deals: India, Oxford-AstraZeneca numbers dip, but still on top; Pfizer gains mostAnalysis of contracts countries are signing with vaccine makers for advance booking of candidates shows that the deals are still fluid, changing in a matter of days with some companies gaining and some losing orders given that most candidates are still in trial stage.
- The long and short of how coronavirus vaccine might reach youIndia has an effective polio vaccine delivery network but no experience with mass adult immunisation. Other major challenges include storing and transporting the doses in optimum temperatures and making sure they are administered properly even in remote areas
- America says coronavirus vaccine to start arriving in states from MondayTrucks will roll out Sunday morning as shipping companies UPS and FedEx begin delivering Pfizer's vaccine to nearly 150 locations, said Army Gen. Gustave F. Perna of Operation Warp Speed, the Trump administration's vaccine development program. Another 450 sites will get the vaccine Tuesday and Wednesday.
- Mexico authorizes emergency use of Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccineThe first 250,000 doses of the mRNA-based vaccine are expected to arrive in Mexico by the end of December and be distributed among medical workers. Another 2 million doses will be supplied throughout January and February. Beginning from March, the monthly shipment of doses is expected to increase to 12 million.
- Oil price rally builds steam as coronavirus vaccine rollouts beginBrent was up 45 cents or 0.9 per cent at $50.70 a barrel by 0121 GMT, after gaining nearly 3 per cent on Thursday. U.S. oil was up 50 cents, or 1 per cent, at $47.28 a barrel, having also risen almost 3 per cent in the previous session
- Coronavirus vaccine to cost $3-4 to govt; $6-8 in private market: SIIIts CEO Adar Poonawalla told that the company will start selling the Covishield to the Indian government and GAVI countries in the first stage, followed by the private market.
- Coronavirus vaccine efficacy: What does it mean?Pfizer-Biontech and Moderna recently announced the first interim efficacy analysis of their Covid-19 vaccines. The financial markets cheered the news as an early marker of success.
- Singapore Airlines prepares to transport coronavirus vaccine across the globeThe airline said it has been working closely with its ground handling partner at Changi Airport, SATS, to ensure that the Singapore air hub is ready to handle and store large volumes of pharmaceutical shipments effectively.
- Israel begins coronavirus vaccine trials"We can see the light at the end of the tunnel," Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told reporters at Sheba Medical Center near Tel Aviv. Early in the pandemic, Netanyahu tasked the Israel Institute for Biological Research (IIBR) with developing a vaccine against the virus.
- Bharat Biotech recruits 23,000 volunteers for Phase III trials of its coronavirus vaccineThe Phase III human clinical trials of Covaxin began mid-November, targeted to be done in 26,000 volunteers and it is the countrys first and only Phase III efficacy study for a COVID-19 vaccine, and the largest phase III efficacy trial ever conducted for any vaccine in India, a press release from the vaccine maker said on Saturday night.
- India rehearses for massive coronavirus vaccination drive; Harsh Vardhan assures people on safety of vaccineVardhan said that free vaccine would be provided in the first phase to the most prioritised beneficiaries, including one crore healthcare and two crore frontline workers.
- Now that coronavirus vaccines are coming, what about poor countries?This being a pandemic (from the Greek word for “all people”), that welcome development presents all the usual problems of global differences in wealth, power and equity. Rich countries have already placed their orders. Poor countries can only hope not to be left out. What should be done?
- EU police agency Europol warns of fake coronavirus vaccines"Once a legitimate vaccine enters the market, counterfeited versions of the specific vaccine brand are expected to circulate rapidly," the agency's warning said, citing a phony flu vaccine that the World Health Organization discovered in Mexico in October.
- Coronavirus vaccine may be ready in a few weeks: PM ModiPrime Minister Narendra Modi is holding an all-party meeting with the floor leaders of all political parties of the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha to discuss the Covid-19 situation in the country and vaccine development.Prime Minister Narendra Modi is speaking at the virtual meeting while Union Health Minister Harshvardhan briefed the leaders on the coronavirus situation in India at present. Union ministers Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, Prahlad Joshi, V Muralidhar and Arjun Meghwal were also present at the meeting with Opposition parties.Coronavirus vaccine may be ready in a few weeks: PM Modi
- Shot in the dark: Early coronavirus vaccine efficacy explainedThe jump to mass vaccinations presents new hurdles, in particular for an mRNA vaccine like Pfizer and BioNTech's that must be stored and shipped at minus 70 degrees Celsius (-94°F).
- Pakistan to start coronavirus vaccination drive from April 2021Parliamentary Secretary on Health Nausheen Hamid said the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf government has approved funds to purchase the vaccine doses.
- Wall Street rallies on coronavirus vaccine trial resultsU.S. crude oil rose more than 8% and pushed up energy stocks while safe-haven U.S. Treasuries sold off after U.S. drugmaker Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech said a large-scale trial of their vaccine showed it was more than 90% effective in preventing COVID-19.
- Two coronavirus vaccines available in US in coming weeks: US health secretaryThe Food and Drug Administration's outside advisers will meet on Dec. 10 to consider authorizing Pfizer Inc's COVID-19 vaccine.
- PM Narendra Modi looking to ensure seamless coronavirus vaccine deliveryOver half-a-dozen ministries at the Centre and another dozen departments in each state could be involved in this massive vaccine distribution exercise from early next year.
- Europe's drugs watchdog expects first marketing application for coronavirus vaccine in daysThe European Medicines Agency (EMA) did not name the company it expects to file the application, but Pfizer Inc and BioNTEch are the most advanced in the regulatory process among the three companies that have published late-stage trial data for their vaccines.
- Dubai ruler joins coronavirus vaccine trialTwo vaccines are undergoing third-phase trials in the UAE, one produced by Chinese drug giant Sinopharm, and Russia's Sputnik-V, named after the Soviet-era satellite.
- Security guard administered COVID vaccine admitted at AIIMS after developing allergic reactionAccording to AIIMS Director Randeep Guleria, the security guard, in his 20s, at AIIMS who received the jab after 4 pm, complained of palpitations and developed an allergic skin rash within 15-20 minutes after being inoculated and was admitted to the facility.
- 1 'severe', 51 'minor' cases of adverse events reported among health workers on 1st day of vaccination in DelhiAgainst a target of 8,117 health workers to be vaccinated on the first day of the drive in 11 districts of Delhi, a total of 4,319 were administered the vaccine, figures showed.
- Evidence of coronavirus vaccines working in a 'half-measure' takes experts by surpriseSarah Gilbert, professor at Oxford's Nuffield Department of Medicine, said the better result with a smaller initial dose could be because this better "mimics what happens in a real infection".
- Vaccine is completely safe, says doctor who got first jab in GujaratOf 100 health workers who were administered COVID-19 vaccine at the civil hospital, nearly half were doctors, including critical care specialist Dr Maharshi Desai, public health expert Dr Dileep Mavalankar, immunology expert Dr Sapan Pandya, and many doctors attached to the hospital itself.
- COVID-19 vaccination drive: Healthcare workers get first shots in Delhi amid cheers, applauseManish Kumar, a sanitation worker, became the first person to receive the vaccine at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here on Saturday.
- The politics, and science behind the remarkable race for a coronavirus vaccineFew corporate competitions have unfolded with so much at stake and such a complex backdrop. At play were not just commercial rivalries and scientific challenges but an ambitious plan to put the federal government in the middle of the effort and, most vexingly, the often toxic political atmosphere created by President Donald Trump.
- Judi Dench joins Queen, David Attenborough & others in getting Covid-19 vaccineThe 86-year-old star said that she will get her next dose in a few months.
- Moderna says preparing for launch of coronavirus vaccine candidateWhile the company did not give a clear timeline on the release of data from these trials on Thursday, it has said that early data is expected in the coming weeks, depending on the number of infections seen in its 30,000-volunteer study.
- Covid-19 vaccination: PM to launch world's largest immunisation exercise on January 16PM Narendra Modi to launch India's Coronavirus vaccination drive tomorrow. Over 3000 session sites across the country will be virtually connected during the launch and almost 100 beneficiaries will be vaccinated in each session site on the 1st day. TIMES NOW with the latest updates.Covid-19 vaccination: PM to launch world's largest immunisation exercise on January 16
- Covid vaccine reaches length and breadth of country, set to start vaccination drive from Jan 16As India is set to start the vaccination program against COVID-19 on January 16, millions of doses of Covishield vaccine, manufactured by Pune's Serum Institute of India, have reached the length and breadth of the country. Covid vaccine reaches length and breadth of country, set to start vaccination drive from Jan 16
- EU says could approve Pfizer and Moderna coronavirus vaccines this yearThe Amsterdam-based EMA will have to study test results before recommending that Brussels gives its approval, but -- speaking after talks with EU leaders -- von der Leyen was cautiously optimistic.
- India's Serum Institute expects WHO emergency approval for AstraZeneca shot soon"The emergency use licensure from the WHO (World Health Organization) should be available and coming through in the next week or two, hopefully, because we have submitted everything," Adar Poonawalla told.
- Kolkata allocated highest number of COVID vaccines in BengalKolkata has been allocated the highest number of COVID vaccines in West Bengal, at 93,500, for the first phase of the vaccination drive scheduled to begin on January 16, a senior health official said on Thursday.
- Coronavirus vaccine development is on track. The next challenge? Tackling the side effectsThe U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention plans to send daily texts to those who are vaccinated for the first week and then weekly texts for six weeks, while the Food and Drug Administration will also be monitoring side effects in real time.
- Poorer nations face coronavirus vaccine wait as West locks down supplyVaccine developers Pfizer and BioNTech plan to roll out the first doses within weeks, once they receive emergency use permissions from drug agencies. They expect to have 1.3 billion doses ready next year.
- India's likely to get access to Moderna's coronavirus vaccine via COVAX facilitySince Moderna received funding from the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), which is a part of COVAX, India may get doses of the vaccine.
- American panel to assess Moderna's coronavirus vaccine as Europe vows shots before year endSurges in infections have prompted tighter restrictions in several European countries, while the United States -- the worst-hit nation in the world -- set a double record, with more than 3,700 deaths and 250,000 new cases in 24 hours on Wednesday.
- Sanofi says its coronavirus vaccine won’t require supercoolingThe companies said they expect to supply up to 50 million vaccine doses globally in 2020, and up to 1.3 billion doses in 2021.
- First lot of COVID-19 vaccine vials to arrive in Kolkata on TuesdayThe first consignment of over 10.5 lakh vials of COVID-19 vaccines will be reaching Kolkata from Pune on Tuesday, a senior official of the state health department said.
- First Covishield vaccines consignment leaves Serum Institute's facilityThree temperature-controlled trucks rolled out of the Serum Institute gates shortly before 5 am and left for Pune airport, from where the vaccines will be flown across India. The trucks carried 478 boxes of the vaccines, each box weighing 32 kg, a source involved in the vaccine transport arrangements told PTI.
- UK to run final stage trials of Janssen coronavirus vaccineDr. Saul Faust, who is helping lead the study, said the research will start first in Britain but aims to recruit a total of 30,000 people in six countries around the world.
- Russia to try out 'Sputnik-Light' COVID vaccine to make it go furtherAccording to authorities, over a million Russians have so far been inoculated with the original two-dose version of Sputnik V, named after the Soviet-era satellite that triggered the space race in a nod to the project's geopolitical importance for Moscow.
- Covishield vaccine transport to start in less than 24 hoursKool-Ex, a Mumbai-based cold chain cargo transporter, will deploy close 150 of its reefer trucks to transport these vaccines from the manufacturing plants of pharma companies to storage facilities across the country.
- Delhi govt tells healthcare facilities to submit HCWs data for Covid-19 vaccinationThe Delhi government has begun the process of enrolment of healthcare workers of different hospitals, nursing homes and other facilities for Covid-19 vaccination.
- Government issues guidelines for coronavirus vaccination drive, set to use Co-WIN platformAccording to the guidelines issued to states recently, the COVID Vaccine Intelligence Network (Co-WIN) system - a digitalised platform - will be used to track enlisted beneficiaries for the vaccination and anti-coronavirus vaccines on a real-time basis.
- Pfizer agrees to supply EU with up to 300 million doses of coronavirus vaccineThe companies said on Monday their COVID-19 vaccine was more than 90% effective based on initial trial results, and the European Commission had hours later said it would soon sign the contract with the companies.
- Should millennials and Gen Z get the coronavirus vaccine first?The U.K.’s National Vaccine Taskforce spread its bets early on, putting in orders for 340 million vaccine doses among six different vaccine candidates. Pfizer’s vaccine is one of them and Britain should be an early beneficiary, receiving a total of 40 million doses of the vaccine and possibly a portion of that before Christmas.
- Dollar dips as traders take more sanguine view of coronavirus vaccineThe New Zealand dollar recovered from an early dip to hit its strongest level in more than a year after the Reserve Bank of New Zealand kept rates on hold as expected and the central bank governor made optimistic comments about the economy.
- Oil gains after stockpile draw amid hopes for coronavirus vaccineBrent crude was up 31 cents, or 0.7%, at $43.92 a barrel by 0213 GMT, while U.S. oil gained 36 cents, or 0.9%, to $41.72 a barrel. Crude stockpiles fell by 5.1 million barrels last week to about 482 million barrels, industry group data showed on Tuesday, compared with analysts' expectations in a Reuters poll for a reduction of 913,000 barrels.
- Halted Brazil trials of Chinese-made coronavirus vaccine cause surpriseThe potential vaccine is being developed by Chinese biopharmaceutical firm Sinovac and in Brazil would be mostly produced by Sao Paulo's state-run Butantan Institute. Sao Paulo state's government said in a statement it "regrets being informed by the press and not directly by Anvisa, as normally occurs in clinical trials of this nature."
- The understated husband-and-wife 'dream team' behind Pfizer's coronavirus vaccinePfizer and BioNTech are the first drugmakers to show successful data from a large-scale clinical trial of a coronavirus vaccine. The companies said they have so far found no serious safety concerns and expect to seek U.S. emergency use authorization later this month.
- Justin Trudeau urges Canadians to 'hang on' after coronavirus vaccine newsA second wave of the coronavirus is sweeping across Canada, which is setting daily records for new infections. Canada has recorded 264,113 cases and 10,522 deaths so far, forcing some provinces to reimpose sweeping restrictions.
- Chinese company offers coronavirus vaccine to studentsChina National Biotech Group has two vaccine candidates out of five from Chinese developers that are in the final stages of clinical trials.
- YouTube bans coronavirus vaccine misinformationThe video platform said it would now ban any content with claims about COVID-19 vaccines that contradict consensus from local health authorities or the World Health Organization.
- Nifty14,300.85-132.85Sensex48,724.73-309.94
- UPL 537.7515.20
- USD/INR73.210.17
