COVID: Lambda variant is now in 29 countries, but what evidence do we have that it's more dangerous?Lambda has seven mutations on the spike protein. These mutations may make it easier for lambda to bind to our cells and make it harder for ...
13 Jul, 2021, 02.29 PM IST
Chinese companies considers mixing vaccines, booster shotsSinovac and Sinopharm, the two Chinese manufacturers that combined have exported hundreds of millions of doses all over the world, say they...
28 Apr, 2021, 06.43 PM IST
Pakistan approves emergency use of third Chinese COVID-19 vaccine despite low efficacy rateThe Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) on Thursday granted Emergency Use Authorisation (EUA) to CoronaVac, developed by Chinese c...
10 Apr, 2021, 12.32 PM IST
Pakistan approves emergency use of third Chinese COVID vaccine, despite its low efficacy rateCiting officials, Geo News reported that the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) has granted Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) to ...
09 Apr, 2021, 02.18 PM IST
Alleged Chinese hand: Sri Lanka approves Sinopharm vaccine for emergency useThe approval was granted by National Medicines Regulatory Authority, State Minister of Production, Supply and Regulation of Pharmaceuticals...
20 Mar, 2021, 12.34 PM IST
Sinovac vaccine may not trigger sufficient antibody response to Brazil variant, says studyThe emergence of variants of the new coronavirus has raised concern that vaccines and treatments that were developed based on previous stra...
05 Mar, 2021, 01.00 PM IST
China's PLA provides COVID-19 vaccines to Pakistan ArmyThe People's Liberation Army (PLA) said in a statement that the Pakistan Army has become the first foreign military to receive the COVID-19...
07 Feb, 2021, 05.57 PM IST
China gives approval for broader use of Sinovac vaccineRegulators gave conditional approval for Sinovac Biotech Ltd's shot, CoronaVac, on Friday, clearing the way for general use, The National M...
06 Feb, 2021, 05.59 PM IST
China approves second domestic Covid-19 vaccineThe vaccine has already been rolled out to key groups at higher risk of exposure to coronavirus but Saturday's approval allows for its use ...
06 Feb, 2021, 04.03 PM IST
China plays down its vaccine rivalry with IndiaChina welcomes more countries to produce effective vaccines to benefit more people, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijiang told a ...
25 Jan, 2021, 09.14 PM IST
Brazil receives vaccine cargo from India amid supply concernThe 2 million doses from India only scratch the surface of the shortfall, Brazilian public health experts told, as far more doses will be n...
23 Jan, 2021, 09.07 AM IST
COVID-19 vaccine race: Main candidates and where they standCo-developed by the University of Oxford and British-Swedish company AstraZeneca and known as Covishield in India, the vaccine was the firs...
10 Jan, 2021, 11.56 AM IST
COVID-19 vaccine race: Where they stand currentlyDeveloped by Bharat Biotech in collaboration with the Indian Council of Medical Research and the National Institute of Virology, the indige...
09 Jan, 2021, 06.44 PM IST
Brazil drug agency questions 'transparency' of China vaccineThe Brazilian health regulator Anvisa on Monday accused China of using criteria that "are not transparent" to win emergency approval of its...
15 Dec, 2020, 10.51 AM IST
Where are we in the COVID-19 vaccine race?AstraZeneca said on Nov. 23 it will immediately prepare the data to submit to regulatory authorities around the world that offer conditiona...
30 Nov, 2020, 06.02 PM IST
Where are we in the COVID-19 vaccine race?U.S. drugmaker Pfizer Inc and German partner BioNTech SE released final late-stage trial data on Nov. 18 that showed their shot was 95% eff...
24 Nov, 2020, 05.33 PM IST
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 st...
10 Nov, 2020, 11.20 AM IST