
They said that the risk reduction was 50 for people having received two doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine which is known as Covishield in India

AstraZeneca has become the first company to publish positive Covid prevention data from an antibody trial

Delta infections after two vaccine doses had similar peak levels of virus as those in unvaccinated people, the researchers said

Bharat Biotech will be mixing Covaxin, which is administered intramuscularly, with a nasal inoculation based on a different vector.

To emerge out of this dark period, the world needs to become more inclusive

With a 45-week dosing interval between the first and second dose, antibody levels were four times higher than with a 12-week interval.

Pfizer vaccine offered 92% protection against the Alpha variant and 79% against the Delta strain two weeks after the second dose.

Since October, the WTO has faced calls led by India and South Africa for the temporary removal of such intellectual property protections

WTO has struggled to move forward on the issue since all decisions at the global trade body must be reached by consensus of all 164 member states

Viruses often develop small genetic changes as they reproduce, and new variants of the coronavirus have been seen almost since it was first detected i