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India approves two vaccines as it prepares for unprecedented immunization push

India approves two vaccines as it prepares for massive immunization push Niha Masih © T. Narayan/Bloomberg Health workers stand next to volunteers during a nationwide trial of a coronavirus vaccine delivery system in Delhi on Jan. 2. NEW DELHI India granted emergency approval Sunday to its first vaccines Oxford-AstraZeneca and homegrown Covaxin as it prepares to undertake an unprecedented immunization program for the country of more than 1.3 billion. The announcement of India s approval of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine came days after regulators in Britain greenlighted it and marks a big step for the country that is the world s second-worst affected by the coronavirus pandemic. India aims to administer the vaccine to 300 million people in the first phase, and distribution could begin in the coming days.

DH Deciphers | As government tracks arrivals from UK, what we know, what we don t about the new coronavirus strain

updated: Dec 23 2020, 08:22 ist A new variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, recently emerged in the UK, sowing panic around the world. Many countries, including India, have cut off air links to the UK as a result. The new variant is up to 70% more transmissible than the original SARS-CoV-2 strains, making it more fearsome. But a lot more needs to be understood about it.  How did the world get to know about the new variant?  The first information on the existence of the new strain came from an analysis of routinely available Covid-19 genome data as part of an epidemiological investigation to probe an unexpected rise in Covid-19 cases in Southeast England. On December 14, the UK informed the World Health Organisation about the new variant, which has been named SARS-CoV-2 VUI 202012/01 (Variant Under Investigation, year 2020, month 12, variant 01). 

Worst of COVID-19 May Be Over in India: Virologist Shahid Jameel

Watch | Worst of COVID-19 May Be Over in India: Virologist Shahid Jameel Jameel said the mutation being seen in the UK may already be present in India. A man wearing a protective mask walks past a mural of frontline workers amidst the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Mumbai, India, December 21, 2020. Photo: Reuters/Francis Mascarenhas/File photo Video23/Dec/2020 In an interview that both strikes a note of reassurance as well as possibly ring a few alarm bells, India’s top virologist has said of the COVID-19 situation in the country: “I do broadly agree the worst may be over for India.” However, Professor Shahid Jameel has also said that not only is it possible that the new mutant strain discovered in Britain “might already be here in India” but, more importantly, “it could also have independently developed here”. As he explained “the selection pressures responsible for this mutation of the virus may be here in our country as

Strain infectious, but not more lethal: Govt

Strain infectious, but not more lethal: Govt
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