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India's daily coronavirus cases dip below 40,000 for second day; 9 states, UTs still reporting upward trend
Fp Staff •The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 3,10, 99,771, while the case fatality rate stands at 1.34 per cent, the data stated.
India okays Moderna vaccine for emergency use: How does it work and how effective is it?
Kenneth Kumar Mohanty •Moderna vaccine: The Moderna jab was the second vaccine to get an emergency nod in the US after the Pfizer vaccine, another mRNA shot
Pfizer and Moderna's COVID-19 vaccines don’t lower sperm count, says study; all you need to know
Fp Staff •The potential negative impact of COVID-19 vaccines on male fertility has been one of the many reasons for vaccine hesitancy across the world
Tokyo Olympics 2020: South Africa shows the complexities of IOC's vaccine offer
•More than 500 South African Olympic athletes and coaches will be vaccinated with the Johnson and Johnson shots left over from a local clinical trial for health workers, and will effectively become part of the trial, too.
AstraZeneca vaccine efficacy 6% less for 'Indian' COVID-19 variant compared to British one, finds UK study
•The study, conducted by Public Health England, also found that a double dose of COVID-19 vaccines is almost as effective against the fast-spreading 'Indian' variant
Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine may come to India, emergency approval on the cards
Tech2 News Staff •In April, the US pharma company had offered a not-for-profit price for its vaccine for the Indian government's immunisation programme.
South African COVID-19 variant can better bypass Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine: Israeli study
•The South African variant accounted for less than one percent of coronavirus cases in Israel.
Researchers are hatching a new low-cost COVID-19 vaccine in chicken eggs
•If NDV-HXP-S proves safe and effective, flu vaccine manufacturers could potentially produce well over a billion doses of it a year.
Canadian panel of vaccine experts recommend giving the second COVID-19 jab after four months
•By doing so, around 80 percent of Canadians over the age of 16 will receive a single dose by the end of June with the expected supply of Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines
Johnson & Johnson one-dose COVID-19 shot offers strong protection, fuels concern about variants
•A single-dose vaccine is a big advantage when most countries are struggling to get shots in arms more quickly.