Vaccine maker Serum Institute of India (SII) has pledged 50 million pounds ($66.2 million) to the University of Oxford for setting up a research campus that would also house the institute behind the AstraZeneca-Oxford COVID-19 shot. The investment was made through the company’s Serum Life Sciences unit, Oxford University...
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Bengaluru: Amid fears of the spread of new Covid strain ‘Omicron’, two South African nationals have tested positive for the coronavirus, and their samples have been sent for further tests to ascertain about the variant, a top official said on Saturday. Both of them have been quarantined and there...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired an important meeting on the Covid-19 situation and vaccination status in India on Saturday morning. The meeting was attended by top officials including cabinet secretary Rajiv Gauba, principal secretary to the prime minister PK Mishra, Union health secretary Rajesh Bhushan and NITI Aayog member...
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The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday designated a new COVID-19 variant detected in South Africa with a large number of mutations as being “of concern,” the fifth variant to be given the designation. The WHO said in a statement that it had assigned the B.1.1.529 variant the Greek...
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Jerusalem: Israel has identified a case of a Covid-19 variant with a large number of mutations first detected in South Africa, the health ministry said Friday. “The variant discovered in southern African states has been identified in Israel,” the ministry said, adding it was recorded “in a person who...
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Priyanka Chopra has commented on an Instagram video by husband Nick Jonas. The post has Nick working out at a gym. While his beast avatar left fans impressed, the person who was left in awe was Priyanka. In the clip, Nick is sweating it out with dumbbells. Priyanka in...
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