Month: January 2021

FILE PHOTO: An employee in personal protective equipment (PPE) removes vials of AstraZeneca's COVISHIELD, coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine from a visual inspection machine inside a lab at Serum Institute of India, in Pune

Bharat Biotech Planning 700 Million Doses of COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate in 2021

Anuron Kumar Mitra 04/01/2021

Covaxin's emergency use approval has prompted questions from industry...

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‘Never Seen Anything Like it’: Gagandeep Kang on India’s Vaccine Approvals

The Wire Staff 04/01/2021

'Essentially you are handing people who are anti-vaccine, anti-science...

FILE PHOTO: A medic fills a syringe with COVAXIN, an Indian government-backed experimental COVID-19 vaccine, before administering it to a health worker during its trials, in Ahmedabad

DCGI’s Covaxin Verdict Forces First Vaccine Recipients To Make a Tough Call

Vasudevan Mukunth 04/01/2021

We have a situation in which at least some...

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India’s COVID Vaccine Stockpile Sufficient to Inoculate Priority Groups: V.K. Paul

The Wire Staff 04/01/2021

The NITI Aayog member added that the government will...

FILE PHOTO: The Oxford University/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine at Princess Royal Hospital in Haywards Heath, Britain

UK Rolls Out AstraZeneca Shots, Touts Taking Lead in Global Vaccine Race

William James and Guy Faulconbridge 04/01/2021

India approved the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine on Sunday for emergency use.

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga holds a New Year's press conference at his official residence in Tokyo

COVID-19: Japan PM Says Government Will Consider State of Emergency for Tokyo

Reuters 04/01/2021

Japan reported 4,520 new cases on December 31, prompting...

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COVID-19 Vaccines: What We Lose When We Lose Public Accountability

Vasudevan Mukunth 04/01/2021

It's stupid to expect people without any medical training...