European Union's drug regulator green lights Pfizer's COVID-19 pillThe endorsement by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) allows EU member states to deploy the drug after the regulator gave guidance for its...
27 Jan, 2022, 09.24 PM IST
EU regulator set to rule on Pfizer COVID pill by end-Jan, ahead of Merck - sourceThe EMA's review of Merck's pill, developed with Ridgeback Biotherapeutics, is taking longer than Pfizer's because Merck released trial dat...
24 Jan, 2022, 06.39 PM IST
Novavax says COVID vaccine triggers immune response to Omicron variantNovavax's two-dose, protein-based vaccine was authorized for use this week by European Union regulators and the World Health Organization.
23 Dec, 2021, 11.19 AM IST
Europe considers new curbs as Omicron sweeps worldOmicron infections are multiplying across Europe, the United States and Asia, including in Japan, where a single cluster at a military base...
21 Dec, 2021, 07.35 PM IST
Omicron to be dominant variant in EU by mid-JanuaryBritain recorded 78,610 new infections on Wednesday, the highest confirmed total of any day during the pandemic. But because of vaccines, d...
15 Dec, 2021, 10.31 PM IST
LS members ask govt to prepare to deal with challenges posed by OmicronRaising the issue in the Lok Sabha, Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said India has already reported 41 cases of Omicron variant and ...
14 Dec, 2021, 02.56 PM IST
US likely to announce diplomatic boycott of Beijing Winter OlympicsThe move would allow the US to send a message on the world stage to China without preventing US athletes from competing.
06 Dec, 2021, 09.06 AM IST
Could the Omicron variant bring milder illness?Among 70 cases reported in Europe that included information on disease severity, half of the patients had no symptoms and half had mild sym...
03 Dec, 2021, 10.05 PM IST
Sad we didn't stop flights from affected nations: CM Arvind Kejriwal over Omicron detection in IndiaIn his letter to Modi on Sunday, the Delhi chief minister had said, "Our country has fought a tough fight against corona for the last one a...
02 Dec, 2021, 10.36 PM IST
US reports 1st case of omicron variant in returning travellerThe infected person was identified as a traveller who had returned from South Africa on Nov. 22, developed mild symptoms and tested positiv...
02 Dec, 2021, 11.34 AM IST
European shares start December on a high; Omicron impact in focusThe pan-European STOXX 600 rose 0.8% as of 0816 GMT, tracking gains in Asian shares and U.S. futures after a sharp selloff in the previous ...
01 Dec, 2021, 02.20 PM IST
Forty-two cases of COVID-19 Omicron variant confirmed in 10 EU statesMeanwhile, new findings about the coronavirus's omicron variant made it clear that the emerging threat slipped into countries before their ...
30 Nov, 2021, 09.07 PM IST
New Covid variant: Kejriwal questions delay in banning international flightsKejriwal had on Sunday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to stop flights coming to India from countries affected by the new variant with i...
30 Nov, 2021, 02.53 PM IST
WHO members eye pandemic preparation, as new variant emergesIn the wake of diplomatic wrangling, a draft resolution at the special World Health Assembly stops short of calling for work toward specifi...
29 Nov, 2021, 03.53 PM IST
As Omicron variant circles the globe, African nations are blamed and bannedBearing a worrying number of mutations that researchers fear could make it spread easily, omicron was spotted Saturday in Britain, Germany ...
28 Nov, 2021, 10.29 AM IST
UNICEF has no plans to evacuate staff from South Africa amid spread of new COVID StrainThe new Omicron variant, which has been detected first in South Africa, has escalated tensions across the world as it is considered as more...
27 Nov, 2021, 06.54 PM IST
High alert: World scurries to contain new COVID variantWith so much uncertainty about the omicron variant and scientists unlikely to flesh out their findings for a few weeks, countries around th...
27 Nov, 2021, 05.26 PM IST