Tag: COVID-19 vaccine
India to have 500mn COVID-19 vaccines by July 2021; Health Minister
Indian Health Minister Harsh Vardhan remains upbeat about the country receiving 500 million COVID-19 vaccines by July 2021 to administer as much as 25...
Can you get enough immunity from a COVID-19 vaccine? Let Us...
Two recent experiments have confirmed that individuals previously infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19 virus, can be reinfected.
Interestingly, the two reinfected individuals...
Global lab to compare COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness set up
To evaluate the efficacy of potential COVID-19 vaccine candidates, a leading non-profit health emergency group has set up a global laboratory network that gives...
$12bn COVID vaccine fund for poor nations in consideration at the...
World Bank President David Malpass is seeking board approval for a $12 billion coronavirus vaccine funding scheme to aid poor and developing countries to...
COVID-19 vaccine: Novovax step into Phase 3 trials
In the United Kingdom, the US based biotech company, Novavax has begun the phase 3 trial for its experimental coronavirus vaccine.
It is the eleventh...
COVID-19 vaccine: Johnson & Johnson begins Phase 3 trials
The COVID-19 vaccine candidate from Johnson & Johnson began its Phase 3 trials today.
The single-dose vaccine trials will involve up to 60,000 adult participants...
WHO requests cooperation for COVAX; Outlines vaccine distribution system
The World Health Organization (WHO) urged more wealthy countries to join its vaccine agreement called COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access Facility or COVAX.
The initiative which...
20mn COVID-19 vaccine candidate by 2020 end: Moderna
US-based biotech company Moderna Inc has updated that its production is on track to deliver 20 million doses of its experimental mRNA based coronavirus...
