Sputnik-5, developed by Russia, is the world’s first vaccine for COVID-19. Coronavirus vaccine update: Even as the number of coronavirus infections in the country crossed the 3-million mark on Sunday, India is trying every possible way to contain the spread of the virus. Along with developing the indigenous COVID-19 vaccines, India is in discussion with … Read more
By Priyanka Sharma New Delhi: In a first in India, the country’s top medical research body is working to create an Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) vaccine portal, as a repository for all information related to vaccine development in India. The ICMR vaccine portal would be made public by the next week. In the … Read more
NEW DELHI: India’s COVID-19 fatality rate has dropped significantly to 2.43 per cent from 3.36 per cent on June 17 due to effective clinical management of coronavirus cases, the Centre said on Tuesday, asserting the country has handled the pandemic “relatively well”. Thirty states and Union Territories have COVID-19 positivity rate lower than that of … Read more