7.50 am: The Blue Line and Pink Line services of the Delhi Metro resume today. Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) resumes services on B...
7.50 am: The Blue Line and Pink Line services of the Delhi Metro resume today.
Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) resumes services on Blue and Pink lines.
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Metro trains will run from 7 am to 11 am in the morning and 4 pm to 8 pm in the evening on both the lines, says DMRC. pic.twitter.com/E32IhTnaSW
7.40 am: UK pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca pauses the late-stage trials of its coronavirus vaccine, which it is developing with the University of Oxford, after a volunteer fell ill, AFP reports.
“As part of the ongoing randomized, controlled global trials of the Oxford coronavirus vaccine, our standard review process was triggered and we voluntarily paused vaccination to allow review of safety data by an independent committee,” a spokesperson says. “This is a routine action which has to happen whenever there is a potentially unexplained illness in one of the trials, while it is investigated, ensuring we maintain the integrity of the trials.”
“We are working to expedite the review of the single event to minimise any potential impact on the trial timeline,” the spokesperson adds.
Oxford’s vaccine, called AZD1222, had produced an immune response against the coronavirus and proved to be safe in early-stage clinical trials, according to trial results published in Read more
