9.31 am: India records 29,163 new coronavirus cases – the lowest in over four months – taking the country’s total to 88,45,127, data from...
9.31 am: India records 29,163 new coronavirus cases – the lowest in over four months – taking the country’s total to 88,45,127, data from the health ministry showed. The toll rises to 1,30,519 with 449 more deaths. The number of active cases stand at 4,53,401. As many as 82,90,370 people have recovered from the disease so far.
8.53 am: The Winter Session of Parliament is likely to be adjourned, reports NDTV. An unidentified minister tells the news channel that there was no urgency to hold a session. The Parliament is expected to be convened in the last week of January ahead of the Union Budget on February 1.
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8.50 am: Bharat Biotech says it has begun the phase 3 clinical trials of its coronavirus vaccine candidate, Covaxin. “The Phase III trials will involve 26,000 volunteers across India, conducted in partnership with ICMR,” Bharat Biotech adds. “It is the largest clinical trial conducted for a Covid-19 vaccine in India. This is India’s first phase 3 efficacy study for a Covid-19 vaccine, and the largest phase III efficacy trial ever conducted in India.”
Phase 3 clinical trial of COVAXIN™️ takes off as the largest efficacy trial ever conducted in India, with about...
