Thu, May 06, 2021
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India appreciates Biden admin's decision to back TRIPS waiver for COVID-19 vaccines
Published On: May, 06, 202108:12 AMFor the past several weeks, India's Ambassador to the US Taranjit Singh Sandhu, along with the diplomats from South Africa, had been meeting US lawmakers and officials regarding the proposal.
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WTO chief seeks text to advance debate over COVID-19 vaccine
Published On: May, 06, 202107:22 AM
The World Trade Organisation chief appealed to member countries on Wednesday to quickly present and negotiate over a text that could temporarily ease trade rules that protect COVID-19 vaccine...
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Editorial: Ensure the youth is also protected
Published On: May, 06, 202101:24 AM
On Tuesday, the Tamil Nadu government finally opened up vaccinations for people in the 18-44 age group as part of India’s Phase III of inoculations. The decision came as a relief to the younger...
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US announces support for COVID-19 vaccine patent waiver as proposed by India, South Africa
Published On: May, 06, 202103:34 AM
The Biden administration has announced to support India and South Africa's proposal before the World Trade Organisation to temporarily waive anti-COVID vaccine patents to boost its supply.
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Vaccine hesitancy slows Africa's COVID-19 inoculation drive
Published On: May, 04, 202108:00 PM
When Edith Serem received her COVID-19 vaccination last month at a hospital in Nairobi where she works as a doctor, nurses jokingly warned she might start speaking in a foreign language.
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UN programme inks Moderna deal on 500M doses, starting in Q4
Published On: May, 04, 202106:32 PM
US biotech company Moderna will provide up to 500 million doses for the UN-backed programme to ship coronavirus vaccines to needy people in low- and middle-income countries, but shipments won't begin...
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Fringe Benefits: Do celeb endorsements of COVID vaccines help?
Published On: May, 04, 202101:26 AM
Pelé, Dolly Parton and the Dalai Lama have little in common apart from this: Over a few days in March, they became the latest celebrity case studies for the health benefits of COVID-19 vaccines.
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Jab numbers drop to 7k from 80k due to counting, lockdown
Published On: May, 04, 202103:05 AM
The election result and complete lockdown on Sunday have affected the vaccination drive in the State as less than 7,000 persons got the jabs on the day.
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FDA expected to OK Pfizer vaccine for teens within week
Published On: May, 04, 202106:43 AM
The US Food and Drug Administration is expected to authorise Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine for young adults age 12 and older by next week, according to a federal official and a person familiar with the...
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Russia lags behind others in its COVID-19 vaccination drive
Published On: May, 03, 202112:52 PM
While at the Park House shopping mall in northern Moscow, Vladimir Makarov saw it was offering the coronavirus vaccine to customers, so he asked how long it would take.
