Coronavirus Essential podcast | India fastest country to reach 4 million vaccinations, says health ministry; WHO calls for patience over Wuhan probe
Tune in to the Coronavirus Essential podcast for all the top updates on the pandemic. February 03, 2021 / 05:59 PM IST
On February 3, the Union Health Ministry said that India has become the fastest country to reach 4 million vaccinations, which was achieved in 18 days.
Meanwhile, Hung Nguyen-Viet, one of the World Health Organization experts who is visiting various virus-linked sites in China s Wuhan, said that starting the investigation almost a year after the pandemic began was not ideal, but added that the mission was progressing well.
Coronavirus Essential podcast | India s vaccine production capacity is world s is best asset, says UN chief; Novavax less effective against UK strain
Tune in to this podcast for all the top updates on the pandemic. January 29, 2021 / 06:46 PM IST
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres termed India’s vaccine production capacity as the “best asset” the world has to fight the coronavirus pandemic. This comment was during a press conference in New York.
Meanwhile, Novavax Inc. said that its COVID 19 vaccine appears 89 percent effective based on early findings and that it also seems to work, though not as well, against new mutated versions of the virus circulating in the UK and South Africa.
Coronavirus Essential podcast | Bharat Biotech s vaccine is safe with enhanced immunity, says Lancet study; 10 lakh Indians vaccinated so far
Tune in to this podcast for all the top updates on the COVID-19 pandemic. January 22, 2021 / 07:20 PM IST
A report from the peer-reviewed journal Lancet said that the Bharat Biotech s Coronavirus vaccine Covaxin has been found to be safe, and produced an immune response.
Meanwhile, a total of 9.99 lakh beneficiaries have been inoculated with COVID-19 shots till the evening of January 21, according to Union Health Ministry data.
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